Easy jewellery to make

• Sew a stylish sarong
• Sew the simplest-ever skirt
• Knit a two-tone colour-block cardigan: free knitting pattern
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• Knit a lacy cap-sleeved cardigan: free knitting pattern
• Get the lacy look: free knitting patterns
• Knit a diamond lace sweater: free knitting pattern
• Knit a peplum jacket: free knitting pattern
• Fly the flag: Union Jack craft projects
• Knit a Union Jack men's slipover: free knitting pattern
• Make colourful cufflinks
• Knit a cabled shrug: free pattern
• Knit a longshoreman's scarf: free knitting pattern
• Knit single-strap baby booties: free knitting pattern
• Crochet a braided necklace: free crochet pattern
• Knit a love-heart bag: free pattern
• Knit a cable hat: free pattern
• Knit a cable wrap jacket: free knitting pattern
• Knit a collared sweater: free knitting pattern
• How to sew a jersey snood
• Sew a faux fur stole
• Knit a moss-stitch bag: free pattern
• Knit a cabled loop wrap: free pattern
• Five-minute fashion DIY: scarf to snood
• Make it in moss stitch...
• Make a woolly hat from an old sweater
• Knit a cabled plait and bobble sweater: free pattern
• How to make a recycled bag
• Knit a lacy cropped tie-front cardigan: free knitting pattern
• Create it with cross-stitch
• Knit a striped cardigan: free pattern
• Knit a lacy wrap: free pattern
• Sew a big beach bag
• Knitting patterns for plus-sizes
• Take an old tea-towel...
• Make a velvet evening purse
• Make your own jewellery
• Knit a sleeveless deep-collar top: free pattern
• Make it for a fête
• Knit a stripy sweater: free pattern
• Make a ruched hair bandeau
• Make a long beaded necklace
• Knit a classic cable sweater: free knitting pattern
• Take an old jumper...
• Knit a diamond-patterned bag: free pattern
• Sew a pretty sleep mask
• Knit a pretty lacy cardigan: free pattern
• Get customising: make a beaded camisole
• Knit a spotty cardigan: free pattern
• Transform girl's jeans into a skirt
• Get customising: make a sequined T-shirt
• Knit a one-button cropped cardi: free pattern
• Knit a tweedy jacket: free knitting pattern
• Sew a cute glasses case
• Knit a man's crew-neck jumper: free knitting pattern
• Knit a chunky shrug: free pattern
• Knit a cosy wrap: free pattern
• Knit a multi-stripe sweater: free pattern
• Sew a patchwork scarf
• Sew a fabric watch-strap
• Sew a child’s apron
• Make a simple bracelet
• Knit Sasha Kagan's intarsia flower socks: free pattern
• Knit diamond-panel socks with lacy cuffs: free pattern
• Crochet a fluted scarf: free pattern
• Crochet a lacy-edged cardigan: free pattern
• Make it from a kit: jewellery
• Sew a Lisa Stickley suit carrier
• Make pretty friendship bracelets
• Knit Erika Knight mittens: free pattern
• Make a fascinator
• Knit a textured cardigan: free pattern
• Make a pretty Japanese paper bangle
• Make velvet bow hair clips
• Knit and felt a jazzy bag: free pattern
• Knit and felt a little saddle bag: free pattern
• Sew an apron
• Knit a polo-neck sweater: free pattern
• Get customising: make a jewel-encrusted cardi
• Make a studded top
• Knit a chunky scarf: free pattern
• Patterns from the past: vintage knits we wouldn't wear!
• Make a pretty pearl and crystal necklace
• Knit a chunky cable cardigan: free pattern
• Knit a Fair Isle beret: free pattern
• Knit a high-neck sweater: free pattern
• How to make a pompom
• Knit a lacy sweater: free pattern
• Knit a round-necked, ruffle-edged moss-stitch cardigan: free pattern
• Craft ideas for kids: princess tiaras
• Customise a denim jacket - no sewing needed
• Knit a frilled bag: free pattern
• Reader's craft idea: button bracelets
• Knit a long-sleeved shrug: free pattern
• Make a ribbon and button brooch
• Make a bluebird brooch
• Knit a cable trim cardigan: free pattern
• Make simple leather bracelets
• Try a fresh-flower necklace
• Knit a lace cardigan: free pattern
• Knit a two-tone sweater: free knitting pattern
• Knit a ribbed sweater: free knitting pattern
• Make a Cath Kidston strawberry apron
• Use your creative skills - and save money
• Make a homemade book bag
• Knit a chevron-patterned cardigan: free pattern
• Knit a plus-size twisted-rib cardigan: free pattern
• Knit a plus-size waistcoat: free pattern
• Sew a simple backpack
• Getting started with jewellery making
• Knit a plus-size jacket: free pattern
• Knit a beach bag: free pattern
• Make a cute felted wool corsage
• Knit a lacy cropped cardigan: free knitting pattern
• Easy jewellery to make
• How to make a colourful felted scarf
• Knit a jacket-style moss-stitch cardigan: free pattern
• Knit a lacy wrap: free pattern
• Knit a drawstring-pocket jacket: free pattern
• Knit a beaded long-sleeved shrug: free pattern
• How to make a simple gym bag

Simply thread your choice of beads onto fine leather thonging. For a simple necklace, you could use a long piece of thonging and secure the beads at each end with knots and then fasten the necklace by tying it. For a more professional finish, add a metal clasp (you will need jewellery pliers for this).

To make a loop for a chunky bead, thread a head pin through a small bead first, then the large bead. Trim the end of the head pin and bend it with round-nose pliers to make a loop.

To secure the ends of the leather thong, thread it through a calotte, knot the thong and trim the end. Using pliers, gently close the calotte over the knot. Attach calottes to clasp to fasten.

Beads and jewellery-making equipment from The Bead Shop (020 7240 0931).