Tutorial Wednesday:: African Net Necklace

African Net Necklace

Taking the steps individually is the key to making this African Net beading project work. Before you start, make sure you have all of your supplies on hand including the thread of your choice, a beading needle and few grams of either Delica or size 11/0 seed beads.

Step 1: To begin, pick up one bead and go through it twice to secure it. Then pick up 11 more beads and go back through the 7th from the end.







Step 2: Now pick up 4 more beads and go down through your start bead (the very first one you picked up).



Step 3: Pick up 9 more beads and go up through the 7th from the end.



Step 4: Pick up 5 beads and go up through the 6th bead up from where your thread is coming out.



Step 5: Pick up 3 beads and go up through the 4th bead up from your thread.



Step 6: Pick up 4 beads and go down through the 2nd of the 3 beads you just added.



Step 7: Pick up another 4 beads and go down through the 5th bead down from the bead your thread is coming out of.



Step 8: Pick up 5 beads and go down through the 6th bead down from your thread.



Step 9: Pick up 6 beads and go back through the 4th from the end.



Step 10: Pick up 5 beads and go up through the 6th bead up from your thread. (Note that except for the turns at the top and bottom, you always skip the same number of beads as you are adding.)


Step 11: Again, pick up 5 beads and go up through the 6th bead up from the bead your thread is coming out of.







Step 12: Now pick up 3 beads and go up through the 4th bead up.



Step 13: Pick up 4 beads and go down through the 2nd of the 3 beads you just added.



Step 14: Pick up 4 beads and go down through the 5th bead down from the bead your thread is coming out of.



Step 15: Pick up 5 beads and go down through the 6th down from your thread.



Step 16: Pick up 3 beads and go up through the 3rd bead of the 5 you just added.



Step 17: Pick up 5 beads and go up through the 6th bead up from your thread.



Step 18: Pick up 3 beads and go through the 4th bead up.



Step 19: Pick up 4 beads and go down through the 2nd of the 3 beads you just added.



Step 20: Pick up 4 beads and go down through the 5th bead down.



Step 21: Pick up 5 beads and go up through the 2nd bead from the top of the 4 you just added.



Step 22: Pick up 3 beads and go up through the 4th bead up from your thread.



Step 23: Pick up 4 beads and go down through the 2nd of the 3 beads you just added.



From here, continue from step 2 on. For the purposes of step two, treat the bead marked with a white dot in the above illustration as though it were the start bead.


This is by far the best tutorial I have ever found. It was done by a woman named Emily Hackbarth