Hands-on: Beads

Make your own bead necklace

With a bit of clay and some nimble fingers you can make beautifully decorated beads at home that look like the ones the bead maker creates by his furnace on the Viking marketplace.

Here you will find instructions on how to make striped beads, melon beads and reticella beads. Afterwards you can start making other Viking beads that you find attractive. Thread them onto a leather cord and your bead necklace is ready.