How to Make a Necklace to Hold a Badge
- 1). Measure two lengths of cord long enough to put over your head and wear as a necklace: one 33 inches and the other 35 inches. You will use a little length from the ends of both cords to crimp the crimping beads onto. The longer cord will hold your I.D. badge; the shorter cord is for decorative purposes.
- 2). String one crimping bead onto the shorter cord but do not crimp the end. Tie a temporary knot around the bead. Begin to string your beads onto the cord in a pattern of your choice. Continue stringing beads in your chosen pattern until you come to the end of the first cord. End with a crimping bead, and tie a temporary knot around the bead.
- 3). String a crimping bead on the longer cord. Do not tighten it at the end of the cord yet. Tie a temporary knot around the crimping bead to hold it in place. Using the same beading pattern you used for the shorter cord, string beads until you have the cord filled halfway with beads.
- 4). Secure the beads on the first half of the longer cord with a crimping bead and crimp this bead. Clip your I.D. badge on to the cord so you can measure the width you need. String another crimping bead on, but leave enough room on the cord to clip your badge on and then crimp this bead, too. Remove your badge so stringing beads will be easier, and finish stringing the beads on the remaining half of your cord. Finish with the last crimping bead, but don't crimp this bead.
- 5). Untie the temporary knots around the crimping beads at the ends of your cords. Thread both ends from both cords through the crimping beads so no cord is showing. Prior to crimping these beads, tie knots in the ends of the cord to catch them on the interior of the crimping beads. Crimp all four beads so they hold the ends of the cord securely.
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