A Necklace with Rocaille Seed Beads

Rocaille seed beads are threaded onto a piece of beading wire. Use the bead caddy spinner. It is assembled with spacer beads and a pendant is attached using round jump rings.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

1

Squeeze the beading wire flat with flatnose pliers at the end so that it can easily go through the eye of the beading needle.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

2

Fill the bead caddy spinner with lots of rocaille seed beads and hold the needle in the opposite direction of the spin.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

3

Turn the lever in the middle clockwise to spin the bead caddy spinner. The needle will automatically fill with beads. Push the beads from the needle onto the wire. If a bead is stuck on the needle or wire, crush it with flatnose pliers.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

4

Attach two oval jump rings; one after the other and then attach to a solid round jump ring.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

5

Put a faceted bead onto a head pin, cut off the excess pin leaving a small piece long enough to form a loop.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

6

Assemble the teardrop faceted bead pendant on the solid ring using an oval ring.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

7

Attach the solid ring onto the rocaille necklace and pull a spacer bead down over the doubled over necklace.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

8

Close the necklace with crimp beads. Put a crimp bead onto each end of the beading wire, followed by a couple of rocaille seed beads. Feed the wire ends through the beads from either side. Pull the ends and squeeze the crimp beads flat using pliers.

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant

A Rocaille Seed Bead Necklace with a Pendant