Christmas Lights Necklace Pattern

 

Light up your holidays with this beautiful string of lights. It can be made as a necklace and also a bracelet.

Bead Counts

A = Miyuki 11/0 SEED bead, #468, 55* 

                + 14 for one end + 12 for clasps 

B = Miyuki 11/0 SEED bead, #02, 30* 

                + 1 for one end 

C = Miyuki 11/0 SEED bead, #1425, 3* 

D = Miyuki 11/0 SEED bead, #25F, 1660, 1436, and 1425, 21* - I used 4 different colors for the bulbs, The illustrations only show 1 color.

**Bead Counts are per Unit, Unit is approximately 3/4"

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Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Use Fireline, Nymo D or C-Lon and an #11 or #12 beading needle. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1. 

 

Row 1

1. Pick up 1B, 6A, go with thread up through the 1 B bead just added in this step.

 

2. Pick up 4B, go with thread down through the 5th A bead, step #1.

3. Pick up 4A, go with thread up through the 3rd A bead, step #2.

 

4. Pick up 2A, 1B, 1A, go with thread down through the 3rd A bead, step #4.

 

5. Pick up 8A, go with thread up through the 2nd A bead just added in this step.

 

6. Pick up 3A, go with thread up through the 1 B bead, step #4 or step #17.

 

7. Pick up 4A, go with thread down through the 2nd A bead, step #6.

 

8. Pick up 4A, go with thread down through the 6th A bead, step #5.

 9. Pick up 2B, 2D, 2B, 3A, go with thread up through the 2nd A bead, step #8.

10. Pick up 3A, go with thread up through the 3rd A bead, step #7.

11. Pick up 2A, 1B, 1A, go with thread down through the 2nd A bead, step #10.

 

12. Pick up 4A, go with thread down through the 1st A bead, step #9.

 

13. Pick up 3A, go with thread up through the 2nd A bead, step #12.  

 

14. Pick up 3A, go with thread up through the 1 B bead, step #11.  

 

15. Pick up 4A, go with thread down through the 2nd A bead, step #14.  

16. Pick up 4A, go with thread up through the 3rd A bead, step #15.

17. Pick up 2A, 1B, 1A, go with thread down through the 3rd A bead, step #16.

 

18. Continue Row 1 by repeating steps #5 though #17 until your necklace is the length that you want.

 

19. a) Pick up 4A, go with thread up through the 1 B and the 2nd A bead added in the last repeat of step #17. 

b) To add clasp, pick up 3A, clasp, 3A, go with thread up through the 4th A bead added in this step at (a) and the 1 B bead, step #17. Continue with thread around through the clasp beads several times for strength and then continue up through the 2nd A bead, step #17.

Row 2

 20. Pick up 3A, go with thread down through the 1st A bead, step #19, and the 1 B bead added in the last repeat of step #17. 

21. Pick up 6B, 3C, go with thread forward through the 6th B bead just added in this step.

22. Pick up 5B, go with thread up through the 1 B bead and the 2nd A bead added in the next repeat of step #11 to the left.

23. Pick up 3A, go with thread down through the 1st A bead, step #15 on right, the 1 B bead, step #11, and the 5th, 4th and 3rd B beads, step #22 or step #33.

24. Pick up 4B, go with thread down through the second set of 2 B beads, step #9.  

 25. Pick up 5D, go with thread up through the first set of 2 A beads, step #9. 

26. Pick up 2B, go with thread down through the second set of 2 B beads, step #9, and the 1st D bead, step #25. 

 27. a) Pick up 3D, go with thread right to left through the 3rd D bead, step #25.

 b) Pick up 3D, go with thread up through the 5th D bead, step #25, the first set of 2 B beads, step #9, left to right through the 2 B beads, step #26, down through the second set of 2 B beads, step #9, the 1st D bead, step #25, the 1st and 2nd D beads added in this step at (a).

28. Pick up 5D, go with thread up through the 2nd and 3rd D beads, step #27b, the 5th D bead, step #25, left to right through the 2 D beads, step #9, down through the 1st D bead, step #25, the 1st and 2nd D beads, step #27a, the 1st and 2nd D beads just added in this step.

 29. Pick up 3D, go with thread up through the 4th and 5th D beads, step #28, the 2nd and 3rd D beads, step #27b, the 5th D bead, step #25, and the first set of 2 B beads, step #9.

30. Pick up 7B, go with thread up through the 1B and the 2nd A beads, step #17 repeat to the left.

 31. Pick up 3A, go with thread down through the 1st A bead, step #7 repeat to the right, 1 B bead, step #17, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd B beads, step #30.

32. Pick up 3B, 3C, go with thread forward through the 3rd B bead just added in this step.

33. Pick up 5B, go with thread up through the 1 B and 2nd A beads, added in the next repeat of step #11 to the left. 

34. Continue Row 2 by repeating steps #23 through #33.

35. a) Pick up 4A, go with thread down through the 1st A bead, b step #2, the 1 B and 1st A bead, step #1. 

b) pick up 3A, clasp, 2A, go with thread down through the 1st A bead added in this step at (a), the 1 B and the 1st A bead, step #1. Continue with thread around through the clasp beads several times for strength. Weave the working thread into the necklace and end.

Christmas Lights Necklace Pattern, N0038
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