WOVEN TREASURE NECKLACE Instructor: Robin Atkins
Supply List

This necklace is great for using bits and pieces, treasures, and one-of-a-kind beads you have in your collection. It works best if you use a simple color scheme – either an analogous group of closely related colors (example: rust, brown and beige) or two colors which work well together (example: blue and green, or red and black). Plus you can add some metal elements. Since the cord used to weave this necklace shows all of the way through, you'll want to coordinate your color scheme with the available colors of cord.

You will need to bring the following:

•  Accent beads in a range of sizes, perhaps 2-4 ounces total. The cord we'll use is about the diameter of #8 Pearle Cotton. Please check the hole sizes of your beads. Many times you will want to pass the cord through the hole twice. Most stone beads and pearls have holes which are too small. Most pressed glass beads work very well.

•  Small beads. I like to use Japanese “Delica” beads, and sizes 8, 6, and/or 5 seed beads. Please don't bring size 10 or 11 seed beads, as the holes are generally too small for the cord.

•  Small metal spacer beads look good with many designs.

•  Treasures! Charms, buttons, bells, dangles, coins, anything with a loop or hole for stringing will work.

•  A pair of sharp scissors.

•  Five pound lead diver's weight (used to weight the cork work surface) available at scuba shops. (Note: if you can't bring a diver's weight, we can tape your work to the table.)

Kit – supplies I will provide: The kit/supply fee is $8 per student.

•  #18 bonded nylon cord (good choice of colors available).

•  DMC tapestry needle, size 24.

•  Heavy pins, for pinning your work to a cork board.

•  Piece of quarter-inch cork board, approximately 8” x 12”.

•  Detailed handout..

Supplies I will bring for students to use, but not keep

•  Fray Check (trade name), used to stiffen the ends of the cord so they may be used as self needles.

•  G-S Hypo Tube Cement (trade name), a jeweler's cement with a fine tip applicator.

•  A beading cloth.

Note: Your finished necklace will weigh only a few ounces, so you won't need to bring every bead you own. In fact, in the first day, you will just get a good start. Between the two sessions, you may want to do a little work in the evening (especially if you want to finish your necklace the next day). Don't worry though if you don't finish, as excellent hand-outs and demonstrations will see you through to completion on your own. Students may choose to make a bracelet or tassel if they prefer, instead of a necklace, which could certainly be completed during the two day workshop.

Beads Indeed/Atkins Creations
837 Miller Road , Friday Harbor , WA 98250 – (360) 378-6147
robin@robinatkins.com www.robinatkins.com