Here’s how to make a super cute lariat!

This tutorial shows you how to put beads on a chain necklace! This bead and chain lariat is really pretty and surprisingly simple to DIY at home. This design is perfect if you are looking for an at home craft activity or want something new to spice up your zoom outfit!

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You will need the following tools and materials to make your beaded lariat:

1: Pliers. I used my cutting pliers, my round nose pliers and my flat pliers.

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2: You’ll also need some chain. I used two pieces of gold-tone rolo chain, one long enough to fit around my neck and another that was a bit shorter, approximately 12cm long.

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3: A selection of beads. I didn’t use all these beads but it’s good to have a range to choose from!

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4: Some eye pins. You’ll use these to add beads to your chain necklace.

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5: One head pin.

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6: A couple of jump rings.

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7: A lobster clasp.

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Follow these steps to make your own chain beaded lariat. Have fun with this one ;):

1: First separate your long chain into two halves. Depending on what kind of chain you have you’ll need to cut it or open up one of the links with your flat nose pliers.

2: Add a jump ring to one end of each of the chain halves.

3: Add a lobster clasp to one of the chains and set them aside.

4: Add one of the beads to one of the eye pins.

5: Bend the eye pin to form an angle.

6: Trim the length of the pin using the cutting pliers so that it is approximately 1cm long past the bead.

7: Create a loop at the end of the pin by bending it around the barrel of the round nose pliers.

8: Repeat steps 4 to 7 for the other beads, I put 7 beads on eye pins, 6 round beads and one long bead which I used as a feature bead.

9: Add a couple of beads to the head pin and loop the top as you did with the other bead charms.

10: Add the long bead to one end of the short chain and the head pin charm to the other end.

11: Link three of the round beads together to form a mini chain.

12: Repeat this for the second set of beads so you have two chains made up of three beads each.

13: Attach the bead chains to the loop at the top of the long bead.

14: Attach each of the necklace chains to each of the short beaded chains to finish the lariat off.

Now your bead and chain lariat necklace is finished and ready to wear!

Here are some other lariat tutorials you can make at home:

• An adorable lariat with a cute love heart bead detail
• A handmade beaded chain lariat made with mixed vintage beads
• This pretty lariat with a double hole bead detail
• A beaded strand with a chain detail lariat
• This chunky gold curb chain lariat
• This fun lariat with round beaded charms
• A triangle detail lariat necklace
• This special charm that you can attach to any necklace to turn it into a lariat