Cornelian Holiday Set

Step 1

To make your first beaded bead:

Thread your needle with 50 cm of thread and pick up 4x K9. Leaving a 15 cm tail, pass your needle through the first 2 K9 again and position the beads so that 2 stacks of 2x K9 sit side by side. Figure 1a.

Pick up 2x K9 and pass through the first 2 K9 and the new 2 K9 again so that 3 stacks sit side by side. Figure 1b.

Pick up 2x K9 and pass through the 2 K9 added in the previous step and the new K9 so that 4 stacks sit side by side. Figure 1c.

Following Figure 1d, join the 2 end stacks together and pull your thread firmly so that the stacks form a neat cube. Figure 1e.

Step 3

Working in the same direction, pick up 2x K9 and pass your needle down the top K9 only of the next stack and up the top K9 in the next stack. Figure 3a.

Pick up 2x K9 and pass down the top K9 in the next stack, up the first K9 added in the previous row and step up through the first K9 added in this step. Figures 3b and 3c.

Step 5

Close the gaps at the end of the tube by following the thread paths shown in Figures 5a – 5c without adding any new beads. Figure 5d.

Step 7

To make the necklace:

Following steps 1 – 6, make a total of 29 beaded beads. Figure 7.

Step 9

Using your wire cutters, cut the excess cable leaving approximately 8 mm to fit inside the cable end and to create a small amount of movement in the necklace. Using the flat nose pliers, crimp the cable end into place. Figure 9.

Step 11

To make the earrings:

Follow steps 1 – 6 to make 4 beaded beads. Thread 1x K9 onto a ball head pin, followed by 1x KH32, 1x beaded bead, 1x KH32, 1x beaded bead and 1x KH32. Using the round nose pliers, turn a loop at the top of the head pin. Using the 2 pairs of flat nose pliers, carefully open the loop on the earring finding, pass it through the loop at the top of the head pin and close the loop again. Figure 11.