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- May 07, 2013
Friendship Necklace Design Ideas- Braided Necklaces for Mom
Summary: Our braided necklaces for mom project is specially prepared for oncoming mother’s day; for a personalized jewelry gift, the friendship necklace design idea has been conceived out.
Rhinestone European beads are great additions to this friendship necklace design idea; because of their retro pattern and dignified glamour, they seem to belong to grandmother-style jewelry. In a word, with them the braided necklaces for mom is extremely beautiful.
Materials and tools
2mm black nylon thread
Glass rhinestone European beads
Scissors
Instructions:
Step 1: prepare the top end of necklace
1st, snip 4 pieces of 1.2m nylon thread and align them perfectly;
2nd, leave 20cm length at top end and tie an overhand knot below;
Step 2: braid the main part with beads
1st, do about 13 lanyard knots at its beginning;
2nd, slide a bead onto one strand and tie a lanyard knot to secure this bead in;
3rd, do another 2 lanyard knots and slide another bead to repeat above process;
4th, braid 6 beads in;
Step 3: finish off the bottom end
1st, do another 13 lanyard knots as in step 2;
2nd, tie another overhand knot to finish the braiding;
3rd, leave the same 20cm threads at bottom and cut off excess length.
The finalized necklace looks like:
Tada, the friendship necklace for mom is done successfully! This necklace design idea is a great gift-inspiration. It deserves to spend days and hours in crafting this necklace for mom, and later it will become precious happy memory in your growing life.