Free necklace jewelry project.

Free Craft Projects -“Motley Cord” Necklace

This project was kindly contributed by: Rings & Things, Featured on New Item Flyer #M8C Created by: Josie Arndt. Please visit Rings & Things for 200 free jewelry projects and questions regarding this project.

Inspired by the simplicity of nature, this is an easy project requiring no special tools.

Note: Our apologies for the break in the photo. For a close up of the finished necklace, click here

Tools: scissors

Suggested Materials:

Qty. Stock Name

18” #61-701-85 1mm cotton cord, light sage

18 #49-947-60-AC 6mm TierraCast™ Bali-style

BeadAligners™, antiqued copper

1 #29-851-32-B 32mm horn ring, black

1 #29-840-3 56mm large bone feather pendant, black

10 #29-571-12 9x12mm oval wood ovals, olive wood

2 #28-333-58-01 20mm glass puffed coins, beige/black

3 #28-333-58-06 20mm glass puffed coins, green/purple

2 #28-333-58-07 20mm glass puffed coins, tan/multicolor

16 #27-081-08-B 8mm horn rotund beads, black

Instructions:

1. Start by cutting 18” of cotton cord. Loop one end of the cord around your bone ring and knot it twice.

2. String beads in the following pattern:

a. olive wood bead (tuck the excess cord from your knot into the bead’s hole, and trim cord so it’s not sticking out the other end

of the bead)

b. BeadAligner (push the peg of the BeadAligner into the olive wood bead; make sure the olive wood bead is tight against the

cord knot)

c. black horn bead, BeadAligner, olive wood bead, BeadAligner, black horn bead

d. green/purple coin bead, black horn bead, BeadAligner, olive wood bead, BeadAligner, black horn bead

e. tan/multicolor coin bead, black horn bead, BeadAligner, olive wood bead, BeadAligner, black horn bead

f. beige/black coin bead, black horn bead, BeadAligner, olive wood bead, BeadAligner, black horn bead

g. green/purple coin bead (this will be the symmetrical center of the piece)

h. mirror the pattern done thus far; in other words, follow steps g. through a. in reverse (see image for help).

3. To finish, pull the end of the cord through the hole in the center of your bone feather, and knot it twice. Tuck any excess cord into the last wood bead on your piece; glue in place if desired.

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