Kumihimo Necklace with Seed Beads

Materials: Available at www.sonoranbeads.com 6 strands Petite Braiding Cord #2786 2 strands C-Lon Cord (3yd each) 2 Boro glass end caps 1 Toggle Clasp Foam Kumihimo Disk 8-no-tangle bobbins From your Stash: 2-3 grams size 8Seed Beads 2 22 gauge wire 4 each 2- 4mm crystal bi-cones Tools and Supplies needed: Wire cutters Crimp tool Sharp Scissors Glue or nail polish Round nosed pliers

Original Design by Nora Farnsworth

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Step-by-step instructions: 1. Tie the C-Lon cord onto a bobbin. Divide the seed beads in two and string them on the c-lon cords. Wrap each strand on a bobbin. Close the bobbin leaving about 8 of cord out side the bobbin. 2. Wind each satin cord on a bobbin. Leave 8 10 inches out of the bobbin. Gather all of the cords and tie an overhand knot. 3. Take the knot and put it down through the top of the hole in the center of the disk. Position the cords on either side of the dots and secure them in the slots. 4. Turn the disk so that #32 is at the top. With your right hand bring the strand to the right of #32 down to the right of the strand #16 and secure it between #15 and #14. With your left hand bring the strand at the bottom of the disk to the left of #16 and bring it up to the top left of #32 between #30 and 31. Turn the disk counter -clockwise a quarter turn. (You can turn clockwise just remember to turn the same way each time.) 5. Now #8 should be at the top. With your right hand bring the strand to the right of #8 down to the right of the strand #24 and secure it between #22 and #23. With your left hand bring the strand at the bottom of the disk to the left of #24 and bring it up to the top left of #8 between #6 and 7. Turn the disk counter clockwise a quarter turn. 6. Now the #16 should be at the top. With your right hand bring the strand to the right of #16 down to the right of the strand #32and secure it between #30 and #31. With your left hand bring the strand at the bottom of the disk to the left of #32 and bring it up to the top left of #16 between #15 and 14. Turn the disk counter -clockwise a quarter turn. 7. You have now made a complete circuit around the disk. Braid one more circuit without bringing up the seed beads. 8. Open the bobbins with the seed beads and slide 5 or 6 beads up the cord and position them outside the bobbin close the bobbin. Continue braiding, each time you come to a seed bead bobbin bring up a seed bead and tuck it under the cord, and next to the rope. Move the cord to the correct position. 9. Continue braiding in this way, bringing up a seed bead each time you come to the bobbin with the beads, until all of the beads are used. Then braid another two circuits without seed beads. 10. Finishing: Remove the necklace from the disk, gather the cords and tie an overhand knot. On the inside of the knot wrap C-Lon tightly around the cord. Tie a small square knot. Do the same to the other side. Touch the square knots with glue or nail polish and let dry. Continue finishing: When the glue is dry, cut the knot off the necklace at both ends right above the wrapped cords. With an awl punch a hole through the cord at the base of the wrapped cording and insert a piece of wire making a U shape. (Squeeze the wire tightly up to the fiber to make the ends as small as possible). Wrap one piece of wire one time tightly around the other wire and snip off the excess. Insert the remaining wire through the bead cap, place a crystal bi-cone on the wire and snug it into the hole in the cap, make a wire wrap loop. Repeat with the other side. Attach the clasp with jump rings.

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