Instructions on Making an Anglican Rosary
To make an Anglican rosary, gather beads in four different sizes. The largest bead will be the invitatory bead, the next largest will be the cruciform beads and the next largest will
be the weeks beads. The smallest of all should be the spacer beads. A rosary means a garden of roses. Think of the rosary as having a stem – the dangling part that ends in a cross – and a path – the circle of beads.
YOU WILL NEED:
• 1 Christian cross
• 1 invitatory bead – size 10 -12 mm or larger
• 4 cruciform beads – size 8 – 10 mm
• 28 weeks beads- size 6 – 8 mm
• Seed beads - size 8 or 11
• Beading thread
• Size 10 beading needle
• Hypo cement or non-water soluble glue
• Small scissors
• Clothespin or small clamp, such as an alligator clip or an office binder clip
1. Cut a four-foot length of thread. Thread the needle and bring both ends of thread together to for a double strand. Place the
clothespin or small clamp at the end, leaving about a four inch tail.
2. String the cross or charm and move it down to the clothespin or clamp. String the stem of the Anglican rosary in the following order: 5 seed beads, 1 invitatory bead, 5 seed beads, 1 cruciform bead.
3. String the path of the rosary in the following order: *3 seed beads, 1 weeks bead.* Repeat between * and * until there are 7 weeks beads on the thread. Then string 3 seed beads and one cruciform bead. Repeat between * and * again until another 7 weeks beads
have been added. Then add 3 seed beads and 1 cruciform bead. Repeat until all weeks and cruciform beads are strung, ending with 3 seed beads.
4. To close the circle of the rosary path, bring the needle back down through the first cruciform bead strung and through all the
remaining beads on the rosary’s stem down to the cross. The needle and thread should be exiting the first seed bead strung in step one. Pass the needle back through the cross so that both thread tails are exiting the same side of the cross and lying side by side.
5. Remove the clothespin or clamp. Pull threads to draw the beads snug. With both thread tails, make a surgeon’s knot (right over left twice, left over right once) around the top of the cross or charm.
6. Rethread the tails – one strand at a time if need be - and draw the needle and tails back through the first 5 seeds beads strung in step one and back through the invitatory bead. Clip thread close to the invitatory bead. Thread remaining tail and repeat.
7. Place a small drop of hypo cement on the knot and let it dry.
These instructions have been adapted from "A Basic Anglican Rosary" by Kimberly Winston.
To make an Anglican rosary, gather beads in four different sizes. The largest bead will be the invitatory bead, the next largest will be the cruciform beads and the next largest will
be the weeks beads. The smallest of all should be the spacer beads. A rosary means a garden of roses. Think of the rosary as having a stem – the dangling part that ends in a cross – and a path – the circle of beads.
YOU WILL NEED:
• 1 Christian cross
• 1 invitatory bead – size 10 -12 mm or larger
• 4 cruciform beads – size 8 – 10 mm
• 28 weeks beads- size 6 – 8 mm
• Seed beads - size 8 or 11
• Beading thread
• Size 10 beading needle
• Hypo cement or non-water soluble glue
• Small scissors
• Clothespin or small clamp, such as an alligator clip or an office binder clip
1. Cut a four-foot length of thread. Thread the needle and bring both ends of thread together to for a double strand. Place the
clothespin or small clamp at the end, leaving about a four inch tail.
2. String the cross or charm and move it down to the clothespin or clamp. String the stem of the Anglican rosary in the following order: 5 seed beads, 1 invitatory bead, 5 seed beads, 1 cruciform bead.
3. String the path of the rosary in the following order: *3 seed beads, 1 weeks bead.* Repeat between * and * until there are 7 weeks beads on the thread. Then string 3 seed beads and one cruciform bead. Repeat between * and * again until another 7 weeks beads
have been added. Then add 3 seed beads and 1 cruciform bead. Repeat until all weeks and cruciform beads are strung, ending with 3 seed beads.
4. To close the circle of the rosary path, bring the needle back down through the first cruciform bead strung and through all the
remaining beads on the rosary’s stem down to the cross. The needle and thread should be exiting the first seed bead strung in step one. Pass the needle back through the cross so that both thread tails are exiting the same side of the cross and lying side by side.
5. Remove the clothespin or clamp. Pull threads to draw the beads snug. With both thread tails, make a surgeon’s knot (right over left twice, left over right once) around the top of the cross or charm.
6. Rethread the tails – one strand at a time if need be - and draw the needle and tails back through the first 5 seeds beads strung in step one and back through the invitatory bead. Clip thread close to the invitatory bead. Thread remaining tail and repeat.
7. Place a small drop of hypo cement on the knot and let it dry.
These instructions have been adapted from "A Basic Anglican Rosary" by Kimberly Winston.