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  Step 1

  Start by making the rungs of the double helix.

  Thread beads onto eye pin. I used 4 tube beads (two in each color for the nucleotides).

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  Step 2

  Using the jewelry pliers make a loop at the other end of the eye pin.

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  Step 3

  Your rung should now have two loops, one on each end.

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  Step 4

  Repeat steps 1-3 until you have 10 rungs.

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  Step 5

  Grab two head pins. Thread one 4mm seed bead on each pin. Then, thread one of your rungs.

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  Step 6

  Repeat step 5, alternating between seed bead and rung until you have used all 10 rungs.

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  Step 7

  Using the pliers, make an oblong loop with the remaining ends of the head pins.

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  Step 8

  Push the oblong loops together until they overlap. Open the loop of the earring hook with the pliers. Slide the two loops onto the earring hook.

  The red and blue are the oblong loops, and the gray is the earring hook loop.

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  Step 9

  Twist the ladder!

  And you have one of your earrings. Repeat steps 1-9 to complete the pair.

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TreeStub Crafts · Mission, Texas, US · 6 projects 26th August 2011

Omg. I'm working on a degree to become a geneticist & these are perfect! I will definitely make them.

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the little crafty mermaid <3 · 5 projects 18th March 2011

okay, so i'm a biology major, and as soon as i saw these, i knew i had to make them! thanks for posting this!!!

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Shannen L. · Buffalo Valley, Tennessee, US · 4 projects 29th August 2010

@Kaeleira I love your version!

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Kaeleira · La Cañada Flintridge, California, US · 15 projects 27th August 2010

Thanks for the tutorial! Awesome idea, and well-written instructions <3

@Carli: I agree! Bases are essential to a good DNA chain. However, the rainbow effect is better achieved without them so I decided to deviate. I'll probably end up making another pair with bases to satisfy my need for scientific accuracy

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Carli · Wales, Wales, GB · 2 projects 19th August 2010

Haha, I'm such a sap that the first thing I thought was "Ooh she's even got the bases in there". The version of this is super pretty too but I like that yours is more 'correct' with the nucleotides. Awesome *digs out bead box*

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sophie t. · 1 project 2nd August 2010

aha, love it. i wanted to make a bracelet like this so bad. grr. damn you getting there first

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WitchArachne · Wollongong, New South Wales, AU · 3 projects 20th July 2010

Oh man, this plays up to my nerdiness so well. I may have to stop in at the bead shop before uni today

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sporkyllama · Melbourne, Victoria, AU · 3 projects 19th July 2010

Oh dear lord. xD The bio nerd in me is intent on making these.

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Shannen L. · Buffalo Valley, Tennessee, US · 4 projects 18th July 2010

Thanks!

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SyntheticStars · Eastleigh, England, GB · 31 projects 18th July 2010

Woah! These are awesome! x

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