Single-Strand Necklace with Pink Flake Moonstone and Gold-Plated Beads
Design Idea SD23
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead, gold-plated brass, 2mm squared round
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 8x3mm oval
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 0.019-inch diameter
- Chain, paperclip, 2.3mm, gold-finished brass
- Clasp lobster claw, gold-plated, 7x5mm, brass
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm round
- Crimp, gold-finished brass, 2.5mm round, 1.5mm inside diameter
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.6mm inside diameter, 22 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 5mm round, 3.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Pink flake moonstone, faceted round bead natural, 4mm
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, gold-plated brass, 4mm tube
Instructions
Cut a 10-inch length of Accu-Flex® Dijon gold professional-quality beading wire. Place a bead stopper on one end.
String an alternating pattern of eighteen 4mm pink flake moonstone faceted round beads and eighteen 2mm gold-plated squared round beads.
String on one 8x3mm gold-plated oval bead.
String an alternating pattern of eighteen 4mm pink flake moonstone faceted round beads and eighteen 2mm gold-plated squared round beads.
String onto the beading wire: one 2.5mm gold-finished crimp and one Accu-Guard™ 4mm gold-plated tube wire protector. 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.
Repeat on the other end of the strand.
Cut two 5-inch lengths of gold-finished 2.3mm paperclip chain.
Using a 4mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach one 5-inch length of chain to one end of the beaded strand. Attach the other 5-inch length of chain to the other end of the beaded strand with a second jump ring.
Using a 4mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach a 7x5mm gold-plated lobster claw clasp to one end of the necklace. Attach 5mm 20-gauge gold-plated round jump ring to the other end.
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