This looks great! Thanks for posting it next to the starfish. It's a substantial size too. Your instructions were perfect. I'd probably mess it up with the threading though. I'm not creative though like you and @MatAllstonHi BigAkoya, many thanks!
The large bean is hollow (lighter in weight than I expected) and has a hole in the top and bottom. Once I untied the leather cord and removed it, I stared at it for a bit, trying to decide how to proceed!
I noticed it had a bit of black, powdery debris falling out of it, I assume from production and polishing. I gently tapped the bean in my hand until it stopping coming out. I also have very long, skinny, q-tip like swabs that I was able to push through the holes to remove a bit more.
I then threaded a long, skinny needle with thick thread and pushed that through the bean's top hole and then out the bottom hole. I then fed the threaded needle through a loop of the white satin cord. I then pushed just the needle and thread back up the bottom hole, and through the top one. As the thread was still fed through the satin cord below, I then pulled the rest of the thread through, which pulled the looped satin cord up through both holes, as well.
At that point I had the satin cord on the bean, with a big loop coming out the top, and the cord’s two ends hanging out the bottom of the bean. I then tied a knot at the top of the bean leaving about 24” of cord (just long enough to allow me to slip it over my head). Then I tied the knot at the bottom of the bean, trimmed the excess cord, and used a bit of “Fray Check” on the ends of the cord to seal any loose threads.
A bit hard to describe, but hopefully all above and pics below are helpful!
For size reference, pic shows the big needle I used, my new Bean, and the large Starfish.
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Quick modelling pic. I think this could be worn longer, too.
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By the way, I was googling this keychain and I found the photo below. It looks like the same size as the keychain bean, but the person is wearing it sideways. Just wanted to share.
P.S. If you are not afraid to wear the large bean as a long necklace, you can certainly rock the large bottle pendant!
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I agree, this bean is a relative bargain, and so fun. 
I have to decide if the large would feel overwhelming to me. Do you find yours to be heavy?
Thanks for sharing with us! 
