Ring with Swarovski® Crystal Round Beads and Sterling Silver Wire

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Ring with Swarovski® Crystal Round Beads and Sterling Silver Wire

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Bead, Swarovski® crystal, 2mm round

Bead, Swarovski® crystal, 12mm flat foil back Xilion®

Wire, sterling silver, 22-gauge, round

Thread, Silkon®, medium-weight, (#2)

Butane light

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Prepare the focal piece:

Step 1

Using a wire cutters, cut a length of sterling silver wire to 3.
Using a chainnose pliers, bend one end to a right angle at about 1.75''.

Step 2

Add on the Art. 3240 with the wire extending upward.
Underneath, mark the placement for the second right angle bend with your chain-nose pliers so that both wire ends will extend upward.
Remove the crystal and bend the wire at the mark.
Fit the Article back on both extensions.
Using a round-nose pliers bend each extension down and outward at right angles.

Step 3

Trim each end to 5/16'' (.8 cm) from the top bend.

Step 4

Using a round-nose pliers, create a plain loop to both ends finishing the ends under each wire extension (leave the top extensions flat until the point where the loops begin).

Create the bezel:

Step 5

Cut two pieces of sterling silver wire to 2.5''.
With a round-nose pliers, turn a plain loop to one end of each segment.

Step 6

Load 4 round crystals to each segment, the focal piece component loops, and 4 additional round crystals.
With a wire cutters, trim each end to .25''.
Tum a plain loop to each end orienting the loops to match those at the opposite ends.

Step 7

Cut two pieces of sterling silver wire to 3''.
With a round-nose pliers, turn a double-tier loop (two levels of a plain loop resembling a split ring) to one end of each segment.

Step 8

Complete the bezel sides by loading one end of each focal component's plain loop, 10 round crystals, and the opposite focal component loop.
Create double-tier loops to secure each end orienting the loops to match those at the opposite ends.

Create the band components:

Step 9

Cut 13 lengths of sterling silver wire to 2''.
With a round-nose pliers, turn a plain loop to one end of each segment.
To 2 of the segments, add 9 round crystals, trim to .25'' and turn a plain loop to the end securing the beads within (orient the loops to match the loops at the opposite ends).
To 4 of the segments, add 8 round crystals and finish as above.
To 2 of the segments, add 7 round crystals and finish as above.
To 4 of the segments, add 6 round crystals and finish as above.
To the final segment, add 5 round crystals and finish as above.

Combine the band and focal components:

Step 10

Orient the focal component with the wire extensions at each side.
Thread the beading thread with a needle. Thread through 1 round crystal, the 5-crystal component, 2 round's, 1 6-crystal component, 2 round's, 1 6-crystal component, 2 round's, 1 7-crystal component; 2 round's, 1 8-crystal component, 2 round's, 1 8-crystal component, two round's and 1 9-crystal component.
Thread through the top left double tier-loop of the focal component.
Double back through all the crystal components and round's.
Picking up the tail, thread through the remaining components in the same order as above (omiting the 5-crystal component step).
Thread through the top right double-tier loop of the focal component.
Double back through as before, ending after one round crystal on the opposite side of the 5-crystal band component.*

Complete the ring:

Step 11

Pull up the slack and tie a surgeon's knot around the thread close between the crystals.
Trim tail to 3/8'' (10mm).
Hold a fine-tipped tweezers just above the knot and burn a ball-knot to the end by holding a lit butane lighter just next to the end of the tail.
Repeat the threading steps to create the opposite side of the band and finish the ring.

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