Free DIY Tutorial on How to Make a Double Stranded Pearl Necklace at Home

This pearl necklace DIY is very suitable for making at home. The materials are very ordinary and it is simple to make. To make this double stranded pearl necklace, you need to prepare some pearl beads, seed beads, eyepins and headpins. Now, let’s begin to learn how to make a pearl necklace DIY at home with detail steps!

Materials needed in double stranded pearl necklace DIY:

6MM Rosy Pearl Beads
8MM Rosy Pearl Beads
Round Seed Beads
Mother of Pearl Link
Rosy Rice Pearl Beads
Eye pins
Head pins
Jump rings
Tiger Wire
Crimp Beads
Lobster Clasp

Instructions for double stranded pearl necklace DIY:

Step 1: Make the first bead strand for double pearl necklace DIY

1st, cut off about 15cm tiger wire, slide a crimp bead onto the wire and pass the wire back to the bead then pinch it with flat nose pliers;
2nd, slide a 6mm pearl bead, a seed bead, an 8mm pearl bead and a seed bead onto the wire, then add a 6mm pearl bead, a seed bead, a rice pearl bead and a seed bead again;
3rd, continue to repeat process the 2nd 4 times, and add a 6mm pearl bead, a seed bead, an 8mm pearl bead, a seed bead, a 6mm pearl bead again, then fix the end with the crimp bead in the same method as the beginning.

Step 2: Make the second bead strand for double pearl necklace DIY

1st, slide a rice pearl bead onto an eyepin to make a bead link;
2nd, slide a seed bead and a 6mm pearl bead onto a headpin to make a bead dangle, then do another two bead dangle in the same way;
3rd, attach the three bead dangles to the bead link as picture shows, this is one bead link dangle;
4th, do another eight bead link dangles as the same;

5th, attach a jumpring to each hole of mother of pearl link, attach a bead link dangle to the mother of pearl link as picture shows;

6th, cut off about 25cm tiger wire, and do the beginning in the same way as the first bead strand;
7th, slide a seed bead and three 6mm pearl beads onto the wire, then add a seed bead and a rice pearl bead to the wire again;
8th, slide a seed bead and a 6mm pearl bead onto the wire, add a bead link dangle, then slide a 6mm pearl bead, a seed bead and a rice pearl again;
9th, repeat process 8th in this step 3 times again, then add a seed bead, a 6mm pearl bead, and a mother of pearl bead dangle to the wire; so far, you have finished half of the second pearl strand;

10th, continue to make the rest hale of the second pearl bead strand, and keep both sides in symmetric as below picture shows.

Step 3: Make the bead chains for the double stranded pearl necklace DIY

1st, make twenty-four 8mm bead links;
2nd, connect every two pearl bead links until the bead chain has twelve pearl beads;
3rd, do the other bead chain in the same way.

Step 4: Finish double stranded pearl necklace DIY

1st, attach the two bead strands to one end of each bead chain as picture shows;

2nd, use a lobster clasp to connect both ends of bead chains.

Here is the final look of double stranded pearl necklace DIY:

Tada! This tutorial on how to make a double stranded pearl necklace at home is over! It is so easy but beautiful, isn’t it? Based on this pearl necklace DIY, you can choose other materials and colors to make your own style necklace. Just have a nice try!