Swarovski crystal beads rock glamour necklace

Make this gorgeous rock chic necklace with Swarovski crystal beads.

This glamorous necklace will bring out the rock goddess in you! Made with sparkling Swarovski crystal beads and a Swarovski filigree cross, you’re sure to turn heads wearing this necklace!
Top tips: Swarovski crystal beads look great in a random arrangement. Don’t be afraid to experiment!

Swarovski crystal rock chic necklace

1. Start by cutting 3 x 22" lengths of black Beadalon 7 strand wire. Use crimp beads to attach each of the 3 wires to the loop of a large silver plated toggle clasp.
2. Thread all 3 of these Beadalon wires through a silver plated cone, and hide the crimp beads inside it.
3. Taking one strand of wire, thread Swarovski crystal beads in 4mm and seed beads adding the occasional 8mm bead in a random fashion, making sure that you thread more crystal beads on some strands than others.
4. Every so often, thread all 3 strands through a large (8mm) Swarovski crystal bead. You can choose whether this is a pearl, round or bicone crystal bead. As you have threaded more crystal beads on some strands than others, the longer beaded strands will be forced out in to a loop shape when you thread them all through the large bead.
5. When you have beaded a length of approx. 9?, threading all 3 wires through larger beads at intervals as you go, thread all 3 wire strands through an 8mm Swarovski pearl bead and two 4mm jet Swarovski crystal bicone beads. Then take 1 wire and thread it through an 8mm jet bicone bead, two 4mm jet bicone beads and through the loop on the Swarovski filigree cross.
6. Next, thread the wire back up through the three Swarovski crystal bicone beads you just added. Then thread Swarovski crystal beads and seed beads to all three wires to complete the other side of the necklace. You can copy pattern of beads on the first side you made or make the whole thing a random design.
7. As you did in step 1, attach a cone and the other half of the clasp to the end to finish your sparkling necklace.