Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings with Aluminum Jump Rings and Gold-Finished Brass Snake Chain
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Design Idea QF39
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Chain, snake, 1mm / lobster claw clasp, gold-finished brass
- Ear wire fishhook, gold-plated, 18mm flat / open loop, 21 gauge brass
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, dark blue, 8mm round, 5.6mm inside diameter, 17 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, dark blue, 12mm round, 9.2mm inside diameter, 15 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, gold, 8mm round, 5.6mm inside diameter, 17 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, gold, 12mm round, 9.2mm inside diameter, 15 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, light green, 8mm round, 5.6mm inside diameter, 17 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, light green, 12mm round, 9.2mm inside diameter, 15 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, purple, 8mm round, 5.6mm inside diameter, 17 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, purple, 12mm round, 9.2mm inside diameter, 15 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, red, 8mm round, 5.6mm inside diameter, 17 gauge
- Jump ring, anodized tempered aluminum, red, 12mm round, 9.2mm inside diameter, 15 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 5.5mm round, 3.5mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 7mm round, 5.1mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Open a 12mm 15-gauge red jump ring. Add it to a 12mm 15-gauge gold jump ring. Then close it. Set the two connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 2
Open a 12mm 15-gauge light green jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of both previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Set the three connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 3
Open a 12mm 15-gauge purple jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of all three previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Set the four connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 4
Open a 12mm 15-gauge dark blue jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of all four previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Set the five connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 5
Open an 8mm 17-gauge gold jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of all five previous jump rings at once. Then close it.
Step 6
Slide an 18-inch 1mm gold-finished snake chain through the 8mm 17-gauge gold jump ring.
Earrings Instructions
Step 1
Open an 8mm 17-gauge red jump ring. Add it to an 8mm 17-gauge gold jump ring. Then close it. Set the two connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 2
Open an 8mm 17-gauge light green jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of both previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Set the three connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 3
Open an 8mm 17-gauge purple jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of all three previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Set the four connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 4
Open an 8mm 17-gauge dark blue jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of all four previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Set the five connected jump rings on your work surface so they overlap as much as possible, creating a central hole.
Step 5
Open an 7mm 18-gauge gold-plated jump ring. Thread it through the central hole of all five previous jump rings at once. Then close it. Then add at second 7mm 18-gauge gold-plated jump ring in the same manner.
Step 6
Open a 5.5mm 18-gauge gold-plated jump ring. Add it to both 7mm 18-gauge gold-plated jump rings.
Step 7
Add an 18mm 21-gauge gold-plated flat fishhook ear wire.
Step 8
Repeat Steps 1 – 7 for the second earring.
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