Free Beaded Necklace Pattern

The best part is, all of the beads and other materials needed to make each of these projects was purchased either at Wal-Mart or Hobby Lobby. So no matter where you live you can find similar items to make these great projects. Let’s get started.

Free Beaded Necklace Pattern: A Day at the Beach

A tube of frosted glass beads from Wal-Mart yielded this really simple project. The package had all sorts of beads of different shapes and colors, all in a blue hue. I threw some silver spacer beads into the mix for a little pizzazz, and used silver spacer beads that are sort of shell shaped next to the silver lobster clasp.

There’s no real pattern to this pattern. Just buy the beads, determine how long you would like your necklace to be, cut your wire (for all these projects I used whatever basic beading wire was available at my local craft superstore), attach one end of the clasp to one end of your wire and get to stringing.

The idea is that the beads go on randomly. You might want to try to avoid putting two beads that are exactly the same next to each other, but it doesn’t really matter if you do. Just have fun looking at the different kinds of beads that were provided in your package, and throw in some other beads from your stash if you want.

When you near the end of your wire, attach the other end of your clasp, looping the wire through the clasp closure a couple of times and sliding the end of the wire back through the last couple of beads. You can use crimp beads also, if you want.

This is a great casual necklace to wear at the beach or the pool side, and would be a great gift for a young girl (especially since the beads are cheap).

Free Beaded Necklace Pattern: Simply Charming

Beading doesn’t get any easier than this project. Go to the bead aisle at your favorite craft store (or to your favorite bead store) and pick out a charm. Shop in your stash if you know you have something great for this project.

Then pick out a container of seed beads that coordinates with the charm you picked. For my sample project, I chose a silver and green flip-flop charm and some shiny green seed beads.

The clasp I chose was a simple silver barrel clasp. Use whatever you have lying around the house. Again, choose how long you want the necklace to be, attach your clasp and a crimp bead if desired and string on your seed beads.

If your beads are large or if your charm has a very small hole for the wire to pass through, you might need to determine where the center of your necklace is before you start stringing. One easy way to do this is to string your charm onto the wire first, before attaching a clasp to one end.

Put the two pieces of wire together so that the charm hangs in the middle. String a couple of beads on over both ends of the wire, making a little drop in the middle of the necklace. Tape one end of the wire to the table and string your beads on the other side, finishing with the clasp. Then repeat on the other side.

The charm I chose had a large hole, so it can float freely above the beads when I wear the necklace. I simple strung the whole length of the necklace with seed beads and slipped the charm on before I attached the second side of the clasp.

Depending on the charm you choose, this project is completely individual. I could see this being a fun gift to give al your girlfriends, with a different charm that represents the personality or interests of each person.

Free Beaded Necklace Pattern: Tribal Mood

Here’s another free beaded necklace pattern that might even get the boys in your life interested in beading. For this one you will want to use a heavier stranding material such as a beading thread or even hemp wire.

Choose “carved” plastic beads that look like tribal carvings on ivory, or wooden beads with similar motifs. The ones I picked were black and ivory, so I chose black pony beads to work as my spacers. I added silver barrel shaped beads to act in place of crimp beads and used a silver spring ring clasp to hold it all together.

If you’re using thread or hemp cord for this project, your best bet is to tie the thread or cord to the clasp. Simply thread the thread through the closure and tie a knot, leaving a trailing end to thread through the first few beads as usual.

Add an accent bead if desired to hide the mess, then start stringing with a pony bead, a decorated bead, another pony bead and so on until your necklace is as long as you want it, ending with a pony bead.

This is a really interesting way to use inexpensive beads to make something you, or whoever you chose to give the necklace to, will love to wear.