Egyptian Choker

Walk like an Egyptian with this colourful choker style necklace.

You will need:

• Ready made Choker with screw ball end 
• 95 x 50mm Head pins 
• 4mm Cube Beads (check hole size) 
• Fast setting Acrylic Glue 
• 10g 6mm Bugle Beads 
• 10g Sz 6 Seed Beads 
• 7g Sz 11 Seed Beads 

What you do:

• Put a tiny dab of glue on the end of a headpin and slide on a Sz 6 Seed Bead, followed by a Sz 11 Seed Bead and then the Bugle Bead.

• Leave to dry for a few minutes. Acrylic glue is much better than superglue as it will not taint your beads, like some superglues can.

• Using round nose pliers turn the very top of the pin into a loop, making sure it is tightly closed.

• A tip is to make your pliers with a dot of permanent pen so you can make each loop the same size time after time. 

• Make approx 95 of these pins. 

• Unscrew the ball from the end of the choker and thread the pins on alternately with the cube beads, leave a tiny space at the end for the choker to fasten.

© Sue Simmons / The Bead Shed

April 2008