Twisted Heart Necklace

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  Step 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.

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  Step 2

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

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  Step 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.

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  Step 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.

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  Step 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.

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  Step 6

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

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  Step 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.

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  Step 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.

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  Step 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.

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  Step 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.

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  Step 11

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

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  Step 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.

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  Step 13

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

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  Step 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.

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  Step 15

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

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  Step 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.

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  Step 17

  Finally thread your
  heart pendant onto your
  spiral necklace.

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