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Instructions (only) for Friendship pin making

Instructions for safety pin (also known as friendship pin) making:

The basic materials you will need are:  seed beads, safety pins  and pliers. (Note about beads:  No matter what you do, and who you buy your beads from, there will be hole inconsistencies.  This means that the holes in some beads are large enough to fit on a pin shank, and others will have holes that will not allow the bead to fit.  There is no getting away from this fact.  Seasoned crafters are used to this, but a novice might think they have "defective" beads.  Because no one can know how many beads in a package will actually have holes that will be good (not even the manufacturer), you should order your beads with extra amounts to account for this.

Step 1:  Open the pin and place the beads on the front shank of the safety pin.  Remember that seed beads are naturally  different sizes, so choose ones that  are   similar in size.  If the pin won't close, choose beads that are smaller in  size, or   slightly squeeze the loop at the end.  Follow the pattern, with the top   of the  "picture",   being the round  loop end.

Step 2:  Close the pin and if you wish, squeeze the head of the pin so that it  won't  open easily.  Lay the pin down on  the working surface.

Step 3:  Loosen the round loop of the pin so that it will be easy to string other   pins onto it.   Hold head of the pin in  your left hand with the point away from  your   body.  Hold the pin with the finished beads on it in your right hand  with  beads facing   away from you.  Thread the  base of the  beaded pin onto the  front shank of the largest ,  "main"  pin and force it around the loop and onto  the back shank of the large pin.  Follow  the pattern from left to right.

Step 4:   Follow these steps for all the rows of the pattern.  When you are   done,   give the creation to a friend  as a  "friendship" token! ...and enjoy1