Bow Necklace with Crystal Passions® Pearls, Preciosa Czech Crystal Bicones and Gold-Plated Round Beads

Cut two 18-inch lengths of Accu-Flex® 49-strand 0.019-inch diameter Dijon gold professional-quality beading wire.

String onto one 18-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.

Attach one half of a 9.5mm gold-finished round toggle clasp to the loop at the end of the beading wire.

String an alternating pattern of twenty-four Crystal Passions® 6mm rouge round pearls and twenty-three 4mm gold-plated round beads.

String on a Crystal Passions 10mm rouge round pearl followed by an alternating pattern of eight Crystal Passions 6mm rouge rounds and eight 4mm gold-plated round beads.

String the end of the beading wire back through the 10mm pearl, creating the loop for the bow.

String on the following:

• An alternating pattern of three Crystal Passions 8mm rouge round pearls and three 4mm gold-plated round beads
• An alternating pattern of four Crystal Passions 6mm rouge round pearls and four 4mm gold-plated round beads
• An alternating pattern of four Crystal Passions 4mm rouge round pearls and four 4mm gold-plated round beads

Finish the strand with a crimp bead, Accu-Guard wire guard and crimp cover as you did in Step 2.

Thread a Preciosa Czech crystal 6mm crystal aurum 2X bicone bead onto a 2-inch 23-gauge gold-plated ball head pin. Finish the head pin with a simple loop, adding the loop on the end of the beaded strand before you close the simple loop.

Repeat Steps 2 through 9 for the second strand, using the same 10mm pearl you used in Steps 5 and 6 in order to bring the two strands together.