How to make a beaded chain necklace   To make long beaded chain necklaces, use medium sized beads and lots of them .The amount of eye pins you will need will vary for the project   Ideally, the necklace should sit just below your sternum. If you are making this necklace to wear with a special top or dress, then put it on while your work and try on the necklace. The bottom of the necklace should sit about 2 inches below the seam of the top.   Steps :   1. Take one bead and slide it onto an eye-pin.   2. Using the cutting edge of the pliers, cut the eye-pin so that only a small amount sticks above the bead. About the width of your thumb is a good length.   3. Clamp the pliers immediately above the bead and bend the head pin so that it makes a 90 degree angle to the post.   4. Re-position the pliers to the end of the head pin, and roll back to create a loop.   5. Before you close the loop, hook it through the loop of another eye-pin.   6. Take anotherl bead and slide it onto the eye-pin that is attached to the other eye-pin with the previous bead.   7. Make the loop using the technique in steps 2-5, hooking on the next eye pin.   8. Repeat this pattern for all beads around the necklace   9. To connect the final bead and finish the necklace, just connect to the loop of the last eye-pin to the first bead's eye-pin.   You should now have a continuous chain of beads that is the same repeating pattern. No catch or clasp is needed for this project, as the chain is large enough to pull over the head.   www.impressivejewelry.com   Copyright (c) 2010 Free Online Library