Rosary with Magnesite and Autumn Hickoryite and Gold-Finished and Gold-Plated Beads

Design Idea M K 2 M – Rosary has large, light blue gemstone beads with occasional brown beads. A strand of blue and brown gemstone beads hangs from golden Madonna-and-child connector at the center of the necklace. A golden cross is at the bottom of that strand.

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Design Idea MK2M

-- Designer --

Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®

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Bead, gold-finished "pewter", 6x3mm beaded rondelle / 2sided
Bead, gold-plated, 4x2mm heishi, brass
Autumn hickoryite, polished round bead natural, 10mm
Magnesite, round bead, 8mm
Connector, gold-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 18.5x10mm two-sided oval rosary with Madonna and child on front and Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ on back
Drop, gold-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 28x20mm single-sided cross
Crimp, gold-finished, 2.5mm corrugated round / approx 1.2mm inside diameter, brass
Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm round
Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, gold-plated brass, 5mm tube
Jump ring, gold-plated, 5.5mm round, 18 gauge / 3.5mm inside diameter / brass
Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter

Instructions

Step 1

Cut the following lengths of Accu-Flex 0.019-inch 49-strand Dijon gold professional-quality beading wire:

One 26-inch length
One 4-inch length

Step 2

String onto the 26-inch length of beading wire: one 2.5mm gold-finished corrugated round crimp and one Accu-Guard™ 5mm gold-plated tube wire guard. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the Accu-Guard, leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp, then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Finish with a 4mm gold-plated round crimp cover.

Step 3

String the following beads onto the 26-inch length of beading wire:

One 4x2mm gold-plated heishi bead
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead

Step 4

String the following beads onto the 26-inch length of beading wire:

An alternating pattern of eleven 4x2mm gold-plated heishi beads and ten 8mm magnesite round beads, beginning and ending with a heishi bead
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead
One 10mm autumn hickoryite polished round bead
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead

Repeat the pattern three times. Then string on an alternating pattern of eleven 4x2mm gold-plated heishi beads and ten 8mm magnesite round beads, beginning and ending with a heishi bead.

Step 5

String the following beads onto the 26-inch length of beading wire:

One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead
One 4x2mm gold-plated heishi bead

Step 6

Crimp the end of the 26-inch beading wire as you did in Step 2.

Step 7

Crimp the end of the 4-inch beading wire as you did in Step 2.

Step 8

String the following onto the 4-inch length of beading wire:

One 4x2mm gold-plated heishi bead
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead
One 10mm autumn hickoryite polished round bead
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead
An alternating pattern of four 4x2mm gold-plated heishi beads and three 8mm magnesite round beads, beginning and ending with a heishi bead.
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead
One 10mm autumn hickoryite polished round bead
One 6x3mm gold-finished beaded rondelle bead
One 4x2mm gold-plated heishi bead

Step 9

Crimp the end of the 4-inch length of beading wire as you did in Step 2.

Step 10

Using 5.5mm 18-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the 4-inch beaded strand to the bottom of an 18.5x10mm gold-finished oval rosary connector.

Step 11

Using 5.5mm 18-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach one end of the 26-inch beaded strand to one of the top loops on the 18.5x10mm gold-finished oval rosary connector.

Step 12

Using another 5.5mm 18-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the other end of the 26-inch beaded strand to the other top loop on the 18.5x10mm gold-finished oval rosary connector.

Step 13

Using a 5.5mm 18-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach a 28x20m gold-finished cross drop to the free end of the 4-inch beaded strand.

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