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- Feb 28, 2014
How to Make a Black Ladder Necklace in Egyptian Style
Summary: This tutorial is to show you how to make an Egyptian style necklace with black bugle beads and golden copper wire.
Do you love black bead jewelry? Today I would like to introduce a ladder necklace pattern which possesses sort of Egyptian style. Therefore I call it “Egyptian road”, a quite elegant necklace name. Hope you enjoy the following tutorial about how to make the ladder necklace.
Necessities for this Egyptian style necklace:
0.3mm golden copper wire
6mm black abacus glass beads
Black bugle beads
Black cross chain
Jump rings
Lobster claw
Round nose plier
Flat nose plier
Wire cutter
How to make a ladder necklace with bugle beads and copper wire:
Step1: Make beaded ladder pattern
1st, cut a 1.2m length of copper wire and fold it in half;
2nd, with round nose make a wire wrapped loop;
3rd, slide 2 abacus beads onto both ends;
4th, cross both ends through a bugle bead;
5th, keep crossing both ends through the bugle beads;
6th, make U shaped ladder pattern;
7th, slide last 2 abacus beads onto both ends;
8th, wire wrap a loop as done in 2nd process.
Step 2: Add clasp to the necklace
1st, cut two pieces of 20cm chain;
2nd, attach chains to both ends of the ladder pattern;
3rd, add lobster claw to end links.
Finally the ladder necklace looks like this:
Tada! I have finished the Egyptian style ladder necklace. I really think that black glass beads can perfectly match up with golden copper wire. Have you got any good idea about such kind of ladder necklace making.