Twisted Heart Necklace

Spiral Staircase Stitch Necklace with Glass Heart focal.

Posted by Sooz in the Shed

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A beadwoven piece using Spiral Staircase stitch and a variety of beads make the rope necklace for a lovely focal glass heart bead.

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You Will Need (8 things)

  • 200 4mm Cat's Eye Beads
  • 10 g Sz 8 Seed Beads
  • 5 g Sz 15 Seed Beads
  • 30 mm Glass Heart Bead (vertically drilled)
  • 1 12-15mm Round Glass Bead (for clasp)
  • 3 5mm Crystal Beads
  • KO or Nymo Beading Thread
  • Beading Needle

Steps (17 steps, 300 minutes)

  1. 1

    Thread your needle with
    approx 1m Beading Thread.

    String on 2 x Sz 8 seed beads
    / 2 x Sz 15 Seed Beads / 1 x
    4mm Cats Eye Bead / 2 x Sz 15
    Seed Beads.

  2. 2

    . Leaving a 4” tail tie the
    two threads to pull the
    beads into a circle, double
    knot to secure.

  3. 3

    String on 1 x Sz 8 Seed Bead
    / 2 x Sz 15 Seed Beads / 1 x
    4mm Cats Eye Bead / 2 x Sz 15
    Seed Beads.

  4. 4

    Take your needle back
    UP through the last 3 Sz 8
    Seed beads on the work
    and the Sz 8 Seed Bead
    you just strung on.
    Pull the string in tight
    which will make the beads
    lay down on the work.

  5. 5

    Make sure your last set of
    beads always lie to the right of
    the set before.
    Your thread should always
    come out at the top of your
    work ready to begin the next
    set.

  6. 6

    Repeat Steps 3 & 4
    until your work measure
    approx 16” or the desired
    length for your neck.

  7. 7

    To add more thread simply
    make a half-hitch knot (by
    threading through the previous
    thread and catching the loop
    before pulling tight) & weaving
    your thread into the work (Hitch
    it again to make more secure
    before trimming off)
    Work a new thread in the same
    way before beginning again.

  8. 8

    When you have
    reached your desired
    length, string on 2 x Sz 8
    Seed Beads, 1 x 12-15mm
    focal Bead and 1 x Sz 8
    Seed Bead.

    Thread back through
    all of these beads missing
    the single bead at the end.

  9. 9

    Pull in tight and half-hitch
    the thread.

    It is suggested that you
    work back through the Sz 8
    Seed Beads and Focal a few
    times, back and forth, to
    strengthen, half-hitch your
    thread again and weave in the
    ends before trimming off the
    excess.

  10. 10

    Join some thread at
    the opposite end as in Step
    8, and when secure string
    on enough Sz 8 and Sz 15
    beads (alternately) to
    make a loop to fit your
    focal bead into. Be careful
    not to make it too tight or
    too loose.

    Join the loop by
    sewing into the last bead
    on the work.

  11. 11

    Strengthen the loop by
    sewing through it a few times
    before half-hitching and
    weaving in the ends.

  12. 12

    Take approx a meter
    of beading thread and
    thread up your needle.
    String on 30 Seed Beads,
    alternating Sz 8’s and Sz
    15’s; tie into a loop by
    double knotting the
    thread.

  13. 13

    Thread on the large focal
    heart bead followed by a 4mm
    Cats Eye bead.

  14. 14

    Thread on 9 Seed
    beads (alternating Sz 8 &
    Sz 15’s) followed by the
    5mm Crystal and ending
    with a Sz 15 Seed Bead.

    Thread your needle
    back up the beads, missing
    out the Sz 15 at the end.

  15. 15

    Pull tight and thread back
    through to the top of the heart.

  16. 16

    When back at the top
    of the heart repeat from
    steps 12-14 to form three
    loops and three dangles.
    Half hitch the thread and
    weave in the ends.

  17. 17

    Finally thread your
    heart pendant onto your
    spiral necklace.