Beaded Necklace

Yesterday I spent most of my crochet time on a beaded crochet necklace. I bought the materials for this about a month ago. I became thoroughly frustrated with stringing the beads onto the metallic embroidery floss. I exchanged e-mails with the designer on About.com several times. She eventually added some hints to the pattern that made it more understandable, so I attempted it again. The first time I tried it, I broke two needle threaders and one beading needle trying to thread the beads! This time I tried another beading needle and some gold floss and had no problems. First, ya make a chain adding a bead every fourth stitch. Then you turn and add two rows of slip stitch crochet with beads added every fourth stitch, so that they fall in between the first row of beads. I got to within 3" of the end and there is a knot in the floss preventing the beads from letting the floss slip through. Poop! So I stopped to ruminate on how to solve that glitch! I think it will be pretty nice, considering it is my first attempt at beaded crochet. I have a pendant and a lobster claw clasp to finish it off with.