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I love crystal cube beads, especially when they have an AB (aurora borealis) finish. The AB really picks up the light, so combined with sterling wire, chain, and daisy spacer beads, you have a sparkling necklace that won?t take you more than an hour or so to make.
You?ll need:
*Approximately 11 inches of sterling chain
2 feet of 22-gauge round sterling wire
3 to 4 inches of 20-gauge half-hard round sterling wire
8 ? 4mm cube aurora borealis clear crystal beads
16 ? 4mm sterling daisy spacer beads
Wire cutters
Jeweler?s file
Flat or bent-nosed pliers
Round-nosed pliers
*The chain I used in this necklace is medium weight, about 1/8 inch thick. I got mine from www.cgmfindings.com and it?s called ?long and short? link chain because you?ll see that it is made up of one lone link and three short links that alternate. Just about any style chain will work, though, so use what you like or what is available if you can?t locate this exact chain design.
You can find lots of jewelry suppliers who sell chain listed under the Jewelry Making Findings section.
Connect Chain and Beads
1. Use wire cutters to cut 7 sections of chain, each about 1 1/4 inch long. If your chain has a pattern, like this long and short, then pay attention to this as you cut your sections so they all match. For this chain pattern, each of my section had the following links: one short, one long, 3 short, one long, 3 short, one long, one short.
2. Using 22-gauge wire and round-nosed pliers, make a loop on the wire, attach it to the end of one chain piece, and wrap it closed.
Finish Connecting Chain and Beads
3. Thread one daisy bead, one crystal, and another daisy bead onto the wire, start another wrapped loop, and attach another piece of chain before wrapping it closed.
4. Continue this process of connecting chains with wire and beads until you have connected all piece of the chain together. At this point, you should have chain sections on both ends of your necklace.
Make the Wire Loop Ends
5. Now, using wire, attach another wrapped loop to one end of the necklace, again add your beads, but this time when you make the wrapped loop on the other end, make the loop extra large by using the largest area of your round-nosed pliers to wrap. Also, you won?t connect any more chain to this end, just make a large wrapped loop on the end.
6. Repeat step 5 for the other end of the necklace.
7. Using 20-gauge wire, make the ?S? Hook clasp using my ?S? Wire Earrings instructions.
8. Attach both large loops on either side of the ?S? hook, and you?re done.
I love crystal cube beads, especially when they have an AB (aurora borealis) finish. The AB really picks up the light, so combined with sterling wire, chain, and daisy spacer beads, you have a sparkling necklace that won?t take you more than an hour or so to make.
You?ll need:
*Approximately 11 inches of sterling chain
2 feet of 22-gauge round sterling wire
3 to 4 inches of 20-gauge half-hard round sterling wire
8 ? 4mm cube aurora borealis clear crystal beads
16 ? 4mm sterling daisy spacer beads
Wire cutters
Jeweler?s file
Flat or bent-nosed pliers
Round-nosed pliers
*The chain I used in this necklace is medium weight, about 1/8 inch thick. I got mine from www.cgmfindings.com and it?s called ?long and short? link chain because you?ll see that it is made up of one lone link and three short links that alternate. Just about any style chain will work, though, so use what you like or what is available if you can?t locate this exact chain design.
You can find lots of jewelry suppliers who sell chain listed under the Jewelry Making Findings section.
Connect Chain and Beads
1. Use wire cutters to cut 7 sections of chain, each about 1 1/4 inch long. If your chain has a pattern, like this long and short, then pay attention to this as you cut your sections so they all match. For this chain pattern, each of my section had the following links: one short, one long, 3 short, one long, 3 short, one long, one short.
2. Using 22-gauge wire and round-nosed pliers, make a loop on the wire, attach it to the end of one chain piece, and wrap it closed.
Finish Connecting Chain and Beads
3. Thread one daisy bead, one crystal, and another daisy bead onto the wire, start another wrapped loop, and attach another piece of chain before wrapping it closed.
4. Continue this process of connecting chains with wire and beads until you have connected all piece of the chain together. At this point, you should have chain sections on both ends of your necklace.
Make the Wire Loop Ends
5. Now, using wire, attach another wrapped loop to one end of the necklace, again add your beads, but this time when you make the wrapped loop on the other end, make the loop extra large by using the largest area of your round-nosed pliers to wrap. Also, you won?t connect any more chain to this end, just make a large wrapped loop on the end.
6. Repeat step 5 for the other end of the necklace.
7. Using 20-gauge wire, make the ?S? Hook clasp using my ?S? Wire Earrings instructions.
8. Attach both large loops on either side of the ?S? hook, and you?re done.
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