Now you will need to thread the beads onto this Soft Touch in the order we describe beginning in the following web page.  First, using one of your plastic hemostats, crimp the hemostat onto one end of your Soft Touch about an inch from the end.  This will prevent any beads from slipping off that end while you are working. 

At any time that you set this project down before it is finished, use your second plastic hemostat to crimp the other end of the Soft Touch.  Again this prevents you from playing follow the bouncing bead.  (This game is no fun.)

You build this necklace with a series of larger beads separated by either seed beads size 8 or 11, or by 1x1mm crimp beads.  Should you choose to use a gold-filled clasp, I recommend gold-filled 1x1mm crimp beads.  Should you choose to use a silver clasp, I recommend size 11 crystal silver lined (S/L) seed beads to separate the larger beads from one another.  This separation creates the visual effect of knotting the silk thread without the time consuming and difficult technique of actually tying a knot.  With the Soft Touch or Soft Flex used in this project, we will not be tying any knots but will use crimp beads to finish the necklace.