Crochet Beaded Badge Necklace
The crochet beaded badge necklace is a fun project that works up quickly. It is easy to make any color with a wide variety of beads. The crocheted length would work with different types of badge holders and can even be used with lanyards or as a regular necklace.
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Badge Holders for Special Events
I have been to many conferences and participated in many groups that use “badge style” name tags. It’s a great way to get to know everyone’s name and be able to re-use name tags for several days. But often these badge holders come with just a simple string or cord – boring! 😉 I wear a badge holder when I rehearse in choir and I really wanted to create something pretty and sparkly to wear as a change so this “Crochet Beaded Badge Necklace” was born!
Bead Crochet Technique
There are several ways to add beads to your crochet projects. For this necklace you will use a very small crochet hook to add the beads as-you-go. I love this technique for this project! It makes it quick and easy to customize to whatever length or bead pattern you would like.
Stitches Used in the Crochet Beaded Badge Necklace
To make the crochet beaded badge necklace you will need to know how to chain, slip stitch and treble crochet. There are 2 main stitches used that I explain below and show you how to do in the step-by-step video tutorial here. One is a “Beaded Chain” stitch and the other is a “2 Treble Crochet Cluster” stitch.
Yarn Used for this Crochet Badge Holder
This project does call for Size 10 cotton crochet thread. Because of the thin thread, working with beads and making a cluster stitch, I am rating this project “Intermediate”. You can make this project with thicker yarn but you would need to find beads whose hole is big enough to fit a double-strand of the yarn.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Measurements:
Finished necklace is about 26″ to 30″ long
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Size 10 cotton crochet thread (1 ball is plenty for one necklace)
1.5mm hook by Clover (These are some of the best tiny crochet hooks because of their silicone handle and high quality metal hooks with the perfect shape for working well with thin thread)
.9 mm hook (or smaller if bead holes small)
Beads (approximately 40-50) – I recommend finding the beads you like first and then matching the beads to a thread color;
(Round glass faceted beads look the best – be mindful of the bead hole size – if it is too tiny, then the beads will be very difficult to work with – A good way to test is to see if at least a double-strand of the thread can fit through the bead hole)
Special Stitches and Abbreviations:
Sc (single crochet) = Insert hook into stitch, YO, draw up a loop; YO, pull through 2 loops on hook
2tr-CL (2 treble crochet cluster) – ch 4, [YO twice, insert hook into top of previous Bch, (YO, pull through 2 loops on hook) twice] twice; YO, pull through all 3 loops on hook
Here are the steps of the 2tr-CL stitch as explained above – for more help with this stitch watch the step-by-step video tutorial here
Bch (beaded chain) – Remove hook from working loop; insert hook through bead hole; pull working loop through bead; YO, pull through loop on hook
**Please note that you probably will need to use the smaller hook for every beaded chain – depending on the size of the bead holes, you may have to use a hook smaller than .9mm**
YO (yarn over)
Hk (hook)
Lp (loop)
Ch (chain)
St (stitch)
Sp (space)
Step-by-Step Video Tutorial:
If these photos or explanations here are giving you trouble, then check out the step-by-step video tutorial for this necklace project! I take you through each part of the project and give you some tips along the way to help you be successful.
Instructions for the Crochet Beaded Badge Necklace:
Special stitches are written in bold and italicized text and defined above
This is the necklace length before the edging is added
Necklace Length:
With 1.5mm hook ch 2
Sc in 2nd ch from hk; Turn.
Ch 1, sl st into sc;
Using thicker yarn and a larger bead, this photo shows how you use the smaller hook to pull the working loop through the bead
Bch
[2tr-CL in top of previous Bch, Bch] until reach desired length
(Most badge necklaces are 26 to 30 inches long)
Sc in top of last Bch. Fasten off.
**Remember, if you are having trouble with the beaded chain stitch or the cluster stitch, make sure to watch the video here for help**
Here you see the edging added with a different color of thread
Edging:
With RS facing join with sl st in side of 1st sc;
(ch 5, sl st in top of next Bch, ch 5, sl st in top of next cluster) across ending with sl st in side of last sc;
Ch 1, sl st across bottom of sc; ch 1, sl st in side of same sc;
(ch 5, sl st in top of next Bch, ch 5, sl st in top of next cluster) across ending with sl st in side of last sc. Fasten off.
Finishing:
With embroidery needle and yarn tails sew ends of crocheted length to clips making sure RS will hang correctly to the front – make sure length is not twisted in between clips
Weave in ends
Clip to badge holder
Your Crochet Beaded Badge Necklace is complete!
Your Crochet Beaded Badge Necklace is complete! I hope you enjoyed making this project. I have really enjoyed wearing my badge necklace to choir rehearsal and I look forward to wearing one to the next crochet conference I attend! I think these would make great teacher gifts. Many teachers wear lanyards with their keys or ID on them so you could attach the ends of this necklace to a lanyard clip for them!
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Jennifer
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