Three Button Necklaces

Thanks to Jane's help I have at last written this pattern out.   

Just can't give this one away, the thread is beautiful and was given to me by Sue Anna.

The yellow one has Swaroyski beads in it .

BUTTON NECKLACE © Sally Kerson 2010

Abbreviations: R ring

Ch chain

Cl close

p picot

BP long bead picot

p very small picot

R split ring

RW reverse work

+ join

B bead

Cl close

Btn button

DNRW do not reverse work

SLT Shoe lace trick

T & C tie and cut

Materials required: size 20 thread, 14 buttons, seed beads, 14 larger beads, necklace findings

Wind 2 shuttles with thread, adding 14 beads to shuttle 1, the rest of the beads are added as the necklace is worked

Bottom half of necklace

Sh 1 attach to finding with 1 ds take sh 2 and do the same

SR1: 5 – 1 / 5 – 1 Cl

SR2: 1 + SR1 4 – 1 / 1 + SR1 4 - 1 Cl

SR3: 1 + SR2 4 – 1 / 1 + SR 2 4 - 1 Cl

SR4: 1 + SR3 5 / 1 + SR3 5 Cl   (Fig 1)

Move B on shuttle 1 along to last SR before starting

R1: 3 vsp 3 + 1^st btn hole 6 Cl rw

Ch: 6 LBP (5B) 3 rw

R2:* 6 + 2^nd btn 6 Cl rw

Ch: 3 + LBP on last chain, 3 LBP (7B) 1 + LBP 3, LBP (5B) 3 rw

R3: 6 + 2^nd btn hole 6 cl rw

Ch: 3 + LBP on last chain, 3 LBP (3B) 3 rw

R4: 6 + 3rd btn hole 3 vsp 3 cl move bead from shuttle 1 DNRW

R5: 3 vsp 3 + next button 6 cl rw

Ch: 3 + LBP on last chain, 3 LBP (5) 3 rw  (Fig 2)

REPEAT FROM R2* 13 more times until R3

Ch: 3 + LBP on last chain, 6 rw

R 4: 6 + 3^rd btn hole 3 vsp 3 cl move bead from shuttle 1DNRW

SR5: 4 – 1 / 4 – 1 Cl

SR6: 1 + SR5 4 – 1 / 1 + SR5 4 – 1 Cl

SR7: 1 + SR6 4 – 1 / 1 + SR6 4 – 1 Cl

SR8: 1 + SR6 5 attach finding / 1 + SR 6 5 cl T & C

Top half of necklace (when necklace is finished each button hole is joined into twice

R1: 6 + btn hole with last SR attached to it 4 + vsp 6 Cl SLT rw

Ch: 4 *

R2: 4 + 4^th btn hole 4 (last btn hole remaining without a join) Cl rw

Ch: 4 rw

R3: 4 + 4^th btn hole 4 Cl rw

Ch: 4 rw

R4: 6 + next btn hole 4 + vsp on SR between btns 6 Cl rw

Ch: 6 rw

R5: 6 + vsp on next SR between btn 4 + btn hole 6 Cl rw  (Fig 3)

REPEAT FROM Ch 4 *.to R4 then 6 + into final btn hole 4 + vsp on last SR 6 CL T & C.