How to Make Floating Pearl Necklace with Simple Knotting Techniques

Most floating necklaces are handcrafted in a simple knotting way. This one is no exception. I choose 4 kinds of light colored glass pearls for this necklace making. With the following steps you will figure out how to make the floating pearl necklace in simple knotting way.

Necessities for the knotted pearl necklace:

8mm white glass pearls
8mm ivory glass pearls
8mm blue glass pearls
8mm chocolate glass pearls
1mm brown leather cord
6mm blue organza ribbon
Scissors
Lighter

How to make floating pearl necklace within 2 steps:

Step 1: Make beaded floating pattern

1st, cut a 1.5m length of brown leather cord and fold it in half;
2nd, tie a double connection knot with two strands and form a 1cm loop at the fold;
3rd, slide a blue pearl onto right strand;
4th, slide a white pearl onto left strand, tie an overhand knot and slide an ivory pearl;
5th, gather the two strand and tie another double connection knot;
6th, slide onto right stand a blue pearl onto right strand, tie an overhand knot and slide a brown pearl;
7th, slide an ivory pearl onto left strand and tie a double connection knot beneath them.
8th, repeat above process to get 7 sets of the beads.

Step 2: Attach ribbon to bead pattern

1st, tie an overhand knot at the end and trim off excess cords;
2nd, cut 2 pieces of 50cm blue ribbon;
3rd, thread it through both loops of the bead pattern;
4th, tie a bow knot at the ribbon ends.

Finally the knotted pearl necklace looks like:

Tada! The floating pearl necklace is finished here. Knotted pearl necklace belongs to braided jewelry pattern. I bet some of you may fancy this elegant pattern.