Friendship Necklace Design Ideas- Braided Necklaces for Mom

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.