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- Dec 11, 2014
How to Make a Braided Brown Leather and Bead Necklace for Men
Summary: Here I’d like to show you how to make a braided leather necklace, you can DIY this brown leather cord necklace for your boyfriend.
There are lots of leather and bead necklace patterns, today I want to teach you how to make a braided leather necklace for men. This brown leather cord necklace is made up of brown leather cord , brown wood beads and Tibetan heart bead, you can make one as a Valentine’s gift for you boyfriend.
Materials on how to make a braided leather necklace
1mm brown leather cord
Tibetan heart bead
8mm brown wood beads
6mm black wood bead
Headpin
Bronze jumprings
Bronze lobster clasp
Cord end
Wire cutting plier
Flat plier
Round nose plier
Instruction on how to make a braided leather necklace
Step1: Make basic brown leather cord necklace
1st, cut down four 100cm leather cord, fold them in half, make a slipknot on the middle of the cords, fix the cords for convenient weaving, make the middle two cords as axis, tie a square knot as the picture shows;
2nd, tie 10 square knots, thread a 8mm brown wood bead to middle two cords, then tie 10 square knots;
3nd, continue this pattern until tie 40 square knots, do the same to make the other one;
Step2: Finish braided leather necklace for men
1st, make the four cords (the right two cords on the first beaded strand, the left two cords on the second beaded strand) together as axis, tie a square knot, add a brown wood bead to the middle 4 cords, then tie 3 square knots, continue to thread a brown wood bead, tie a square knots;
2nd, thread a black wood bead and a Tibetan heart bead to a headpin, make a loop by round nose plier;
3rd, fix the 8 leather cords with a cord end, cut down extra cords, then connect the heart bead dangle on the cord end;
4th, at last, connect the brown leather cord necklace with two jumprings and a lobster clasp;
The final look of braided leather necklace for men:
Now I have finish how to make leather and bead necklace. I believe your boyfriend will like this braided leather necklace for men. It is more precious than the gift buying in shop. What’s more, it is really easy and every one can have a try.