Single-Strand Necklace with Celestial Crystal® Beads, Charms and Teardrop Focal
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Design Idea RE3H
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead 32 facets transparent clear, Celestial Crystal® 4mm round 15.5-16 inch
- Bead transparent emerald green, Celestial Crystal® 4mm bicone 15.5-16 inch
- Bead, stainless steel, 4x1.5mm beaded rondelle
- Bead, wood (waxed), 4-5mm hand-cut round
- Beading wire, Acculon®, nylon-coated stainless steel, clear, 49 strand, 0.026-inch diameter
- Chain, silver-plated steel, 2.2mm cable
- Charm Amoracast® sterling silver, 15mm 2-sided open Bigfoot / Sasquatch round
- Charm, antique copper-plated pewter (tin-based alloy), 10.5x9mm double-sided fir cone
- Charm, antiqued sterling silver, 12x8mm 3D camper
- Clasp, lobster claw, silver-plated brass, 11x5mm with diamond pattern
- Crimp cover, silver-plated brass, 4mm round
- Crimp, sterling silver, 2x1mm cut tube, 1.1mm inside diameter
- Focal, sterling silver-filled, 41x29mm double-sided hammered and textured open teardrop with loop
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 7mm round, 5.1mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, sterling silver, 4mm tube, 0.8mm inside diameter
Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 20-inch length of clear Acculon® 49-strand 0.026-inch beading wire.
String onto the length of beading wire: one sterling silver 2x1mm cut tube crimp and one Accu-Guard™ sterling silver 4mm tube wire protector. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snugly against the Accu-Guard, leaving approximately 0.25 inches of beading wire on the end. Crimp, then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Using crimping pliers, finish with a silver-plated 4mm round crimp cover.
Step 2
String twenty-two 4-5mm hand-cut round wood beads onto the beading wire.
Then string the following pattern onto the beading wire:
- One stainless steel 4x1.5mm beaded rondelle bead
- Three 4mm emerald green Celestial Crystal® bicone beads
- One stainless steel 4x1.5mm beaded rondelle bead
- One 4mm transparent clear Celestial Crystal round bead
- One 4-5mm hand-cut round wood bead
- One 4mm transparent clear Celestial Crystal round bead
Repeat the pattern ten times, then string on three 4mm emerald green Celestial Crystal® bicone beads, followed by a stainless steel 4x1.5mm beaded rondelle bead, then twenty-two 4-5mm hand-cut round wood beads.
Step 3
Finish the end of the beading wire with a sterling silver 2x1mm cut tube crimp and an Accu-Guard™ sterling silver 4mm tube wire protector, as in Step 1.
Step 4
Add a 4mm 20-gauge round jump ring to one end of the necklace.
Add a lobster claw clasp to the other end of the necklace.
Step 5
Cut three 0.5-inch lengths of silver-plated 2.2mm cable chain.
Attach a 4mm 20-gauge round jump ring to both ends of each 0.5-inch length of chain.
Attach a Bigfoot / Sasquatch charm to the jump ring at the end of the first chain. Attach a fir cone charm to the jump ring at the end of the second chain. Attach a 3D camper charm to the jump ring at the end of the third chain.
Attach the empty (charmless) jump rings on all three chains to a 7mm 18-gauge round jump ring.
Attach the 7mm 18-gauge round jump ring to the loop in a 41x29mm hammered teardrop focal.
Using a 4mm 20-gauge round jump ring, attach the focal to the center of the necklace.
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