Making a tiny rosary/Rosary for dolls

My post about the itsy bitsy rosary I made for a lot more notes than I anticipated, so I thought I’d post a little tutorial.

(I apologize for the lack of a ‘read more’, tumblr won’t let me add a cutoff on mobile.)

What you’ll need:

-Around 25 inches of a fine string that knots well. You can use bracelet making cord, but for this one I used embroidery floss.

-Scissors

-53 small beads of one color. I used macrame/bracelet weaving beads, but something of a similar size would work.

-6 small (same or close to the size as above) beads of a contrasting color

-19 seed beads, unless you’ve managed to find crucifixes and centerpiece medals in the correct scale (if you have, pretty please tell me where to find them!!)

Optional: a very thin needle for threading the beads, but if your string doesn’t fray much you can get away without one.

With beads, always make sure you have a few extra in case you lose some/some are defective (I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten beads without holes. It’s rather hilariously frustrating)

Alright, let’s start! Set yourself up somewhere comfy with good lighting.

Tie a knot at one of your string and thread seven seed beads onto it. Cut a few inches (around five) off the loose end of the string and tie it just under the top two beads, leaving the ends of the short string even on either side. Thread three seed beads each onto the ends of the string you just tied, and make a knot at the ends. Tie a knot above the two top beads on the vertical string. Ensure the knots are tight, and then trim the ends of the bottom and the horizontal strands. This makes your cross.

Thread one of your six contrasting ‘Our Father’ beads (in my case, white) above the cross. Knot, then add three of your main ‘Hail Mary’ beads (green for me), knot again. One more Our Father, then knot.

Thread the last six of your seed beads and tie them so they’re in a loop. It’s okay if they’re a bit loose. Make sure knot is secure, then cut the string.

Tie the remainder of the string onto one side, with two beads on one end and four on the other. Now you start threading your Hail Mary beads, ten at a time. After your tenth, knot, add an Our Father bead, and then knot again. Repeat until you have five sets of ten/decades with four Our Fathers in between.

Tie the string onto the side of your centerpiece with four beads, splitting them in between so that you have three pairs. Secure knot, trim off your excess string, and you’re done!

That’s all, folks! Thanks for reading. If you make one following this tutorial, please reblog with your photos or tag me in your posts! I’d love to see what you’ve done.