This wooden beaded necklace from Katie Hacker makes a great gift for a guy or a girl.
Materials:
18" length of stringing wire
Ninety 4-5mm coconut heishi
Sixteen 5mm wooden cube beads
Eight 6mm braided silver spacers
Sixteen 2.2mm silver spring spacers
Two silver 2mm crimp tubes
Silver barrel clasp
Crimp Tool
Nipper Tool
Steps:
String a crimp tube 1/2" from one end of the stringing wire. Loop the wire end through half of the clasp and place the end back inside the crimp tube. Use crimping pliers to crimp it.
String ten coconut heishi, a spring spacer, a cube bead, a braided spacer, a cube bead and a spring spacer. Repeat this pattern until all of the beads are used.
String a crimp tube onto the necklace. Loop the wire end through half of the clasp and place the end back inside the crimp tube. Use crimping pliers to crimp it.