first four core beads to form a lop-sided oval. pull it tight (figure 6).
step two—string one core bead and three more outer beads (figure 7). take your needle back up through the last three core beads of step one and pull the work snug (figure 8).
step three—take your needle up through the new core bead that you just added in step two (figure 9) and pull snug. you are now ready to repeat steps two and three until the rope is the length your desire.
note—make sure that each new set of beads you add falls to the right of the last set of three if you are right-handed. this will 