Bracelet with Coated Glass Beads and Chainmaille
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Design Idea MC3A
-- Designer --
Rose, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead, coated glass, opaque matte rainbow, 7-8mm uneven round
- Clasp, toggle, electro-coated "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), blue, 12mm beaded round
- Eye pin, electro-coated brass, purple, 1-1/2 inches, 21 gauge
- Jump ring, electro-coated brass, green, 8mm round, 6mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Jump ring, electro-coated brass, blue, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Jump ring, electro-coated brass, blue, 6mm round, 4.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Jump ring, electro-coated brass, blue, 8mm round, 6mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
Instructions
Step 1
Pass a coated glass bead onto an eye pin and for ma simple loop. Repeat to create a total of 18 beaded eye pins.
Step 2
Pass two 6mm blue jump rings through two 8mm green jump rings to create a 2-2 chain.
Pass a single 8mm blue jump ring between the two green jump rings and around the two 6mm blue jump rings without passing through the center of any. This will create a "floater" jump ring.
Pass a green jump ring through the 6mm blue jump rings on each side of the 8mm blue jump ring.
Repeat this pattern until twice the desired length is achieved.
Step 3
Starting with the first floater jump ring, attach one end of the beaded eye pins created in Step 1 to the floater jump rings along the length of the chain.
When all eye pins have been added bend the chain in half and attach the other end of the eye pins back along the length of chain, leaving two floater jump rings unattached at each end of the chain.
Complete the chain pattern to attach each end of chain and create a bracelet.
Step 4
Use a 4mm blue jump ring to attach one half of a toggle clasp to each end of the bracelet.
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