Designer: Sarah Goode, Beads Direct

1. Condition a length of nymo thread and add a needle. Attach a stop bead followed by 19 seed beads, 1 crystal, 1 gem, 1 crystal, 20 seed beads, 1 crystal, 1 gem, 1 crystal, 10 seed beads.

2. Now create the centre by adding 4 gems, each followed by a seed, crystal and a seed. Now add a final gem to the middle section followed by the pattern in step 1 reversed to create the other side. Tie the clasp on securely.

3. Go back through the first set of seed beads and come out of the 2nd crystal. Add 20 seed beads then go back through the crystal and gem section. Now add 12 seed beads and create a middle section as step 2. Repeat for the other side.

4. Repeat the process again to create the third strand. This time add 14 seeds before the middle section. When you get back to the clasp, secure the thread and neaten by threading back through the seed beads.