Choker-Style Necklace and Earring Set with Seed Beads
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Design Idea MD2W
-- Designer --
LauraLynn, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, opaque gunmetal, (DBC-0001), #11 cut
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, opaque gunmetal, (DBS0001), #15 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, transparent silver-lined crystal clear, (DBS0041), #15 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, transparent silver-lined flame red, (DB0043), #11 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, transparent silver-lined light grey, (DB0048), #11 round
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, transparent silver-lined ruby red, (RR11), #15 rocaille
- Bugle bead, Ming Tree™, glass, opaque black, 1/4 inch
- Bugle bead, Ming Tree™, glass, silver-lined translucent clear, 1/4 inch
- Bugle bead, Ming Tree™, glass, silver-lined translucent ruby red, 1/4 inch
- Chain, silver-plated brass, 4mm double round cable
- Chain, silver-plated brass, 4mm round cable
- Clasp, lobster claw, silver-plated brass, 16x9mm double-ended infinity with (2) 10mm closed jump rings
- Ear wire, silver-plated brass, 18mm perfect balance angular fishhook with 3.5mm stardust ball and open loop, 22 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 8x6mm oval, 5.7x3.6mm inside diameter, 16 gauge
- Thread, Berkley® FireLine®, gel-spun polyethylene, smoke, 0.10mm diameter, 3-pound test
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Thread a needle. Pick up a bugle bead, a seed bead, a new bugle bead and three new seed beads.
Step 2
Pick up six seed beads then pass back through the first bugle bead, first seed bead and second bugle bead.
Note: The six seed beads will be used to create a loop to later attach the chain.
Step 3
Pick up three new seed beads, a new bugle bead and a new single seed bead.
Step 4
Pass back through the second bugle bead, second group of three seed beads and the third bugle bead.
Step 5
Repeat the process from Steps 1 - 4 until you reach the first bugle bead. Pass through the first bugle bead then continue once through the center "single" seed beads. Pass through the next three or four "single" seed beads, out through a bugle bead and finally out through two seed beads on the outside edge.
Step 6
Repeat Steps 1 - 5 until the desired look is achieved, adding bugle beads and seed beads to connect the components and only adding the loop on each end of the necklace.
Step 7
Cut a 2-1/2 inch and 3-inch length of double round chain and a 4-inch length of round chain.
Step 8
Repeat the process from Steps 1 - 4 to create a single component.
Step 9
Use a jump ring to attach one length of chain to one loop. On the end of that length of chain, use a jump ring to attach a clasp with one closed jump ring.
Use a jump ring to attach a new length of chain to the closed jump ring. On the end of that length of chain, use a jump ring to attach the component created in Step 8.
On the other side of the necklace, use a jump ring to attach the last length of chain to a loop. Finish by using a jump ring to add the remaining closed jump ring to the end of the chain.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Thread a needle. Pick up a bugle bead, a seed bead, a new bugle bead and three new seed beads.
Step 2
Pass back through the first bugle bead, first seed bead and second bugle bead.
Step 3
Pick up three new seed beads, a new bugle bead and a new single seed bead.
Step 4
Pass back through the second bugle bead, second group of three seed beads and the third bugle bead.
Step 5
Repeat the process from Steps 1 - 4 until you reach the first bugle bead. Pass through the first bugle bead then continue once through the center "single" seed beads. Pass through a bugle bead, tie off the thread and trim excess.
Attach an ear wire.
Step 6
Repeat Steps 1 - 5 to create a second earring.
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