Beaded Gecko

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  Step 1

  Gather up your stuff and decide on colors to use. You'll need 24 or so seed beads of your main body color and around 20 of the foot/belly color, and 2 for the eyes. You don't hafta use 2 different colors for the body... I just didn't have enough green. You can either match your floss to the color of your beads (which I couldn't) or just use something that sorta goes... You'll definitely need two needles, though.

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  Step 2

  Separate your floss strands down to 2 and thread a needle on either side and thread up one of your body beads to the center.

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  Step 3

  String up 2 more of the same beads on the right needle

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  Step 4

  Go back through the beads the other way with the left needle

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  Step 5

  Pull the left and right threads away from eachother until the beads sinch down to the middle bead

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  Step 6

  Thread up an eye on either side of a body bead on the right needle

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  Step 7

  Thread the left needle back through the beads on the right thread and sinch down like before

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  Step 8

  Add 2 body beads the same way next, then 2 more.

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  Step 9

  String a body bead, then 4 of the other color on the right needle

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  Step 10

  With the SAME needle skip over the first 3 beads and thread back through the last two

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  Step 11

  Sinch down towards the body of the gecko. Repeat on the other side with the left needle

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  Step 12

  Follow this pattern until you reach the end of the tail and tie an overhand knot at the end.

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  Step 13

  You can either leave the strings on and make a necklace or trim them off

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Vermin Jerky · San Diego, California, US · 22 projects 22nd April 2011

Having the same problem as Katie and Krystyl. I tried it several times and with different kinds of threads. Same scrunched-together result each time. I'm hoping beating wire will work better. It's so cute!

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manabunga · Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture, LA · 7 projects 23rd May 2010

it's beautiful. thank you for sharing <3

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Chuckee · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 15 projects 9th April 2010

But... it's too short...
It needs three line of four beads...

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Bead Crumbs · United States, US · 24 projects 22nd March 2010

love the colors!

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Katie's Crafts · Dracut, Massachusetts, US · 16 projects 10th March 2010

I agree with Krystyl O.'s comment...I guess it just takes practice.

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leila deli · Madrid, Community of Madrid, ES · 18 projects 8th February 2010

i make those with wire instead of string

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Krystyl O. · Abbotsford, British Columbia, CA · 11 projects 30th December 2009

Hmm, I never learned how to make these as a kid, so I'm having some difficulty, when I try to putt the string tight, the beads roll under each other, making a big mess, ... I guess I'll keep trying, but it's soo frustrating >.<

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Kira L. · 2 projects 8th July 2009

Whar are Seed Beads?

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Alice Paddock · 6 projects 19th November 2008

Oh this is like the one in the book I have(But mines bigger)Hmm I've got to find that thing again

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queenfairypants · Manchester, England, GB · 75 projects 15th September 2008

Sooooo tiny! I'm so grateful for the how-to because I didn't know how to do this sort of thing before, thanks!

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