• Sixtyfour 6mm chrysolite Swarovski bicones
• Sixtytwo 6mm jonquil Swarovski bicones
• Eleven 9x6mm erinite Swarovski briolettes
• .018 49 strand Beadalon silver plated wire
• Small silver plated toggle clasp
• Six sterling silver EZ Crimp ends
• Sixteen 6mm sp jump rings
• Round nose pliers
• Two pair chain nose pliers
• Mighty Crimp tool
• Flush cutter
Design from Bead and Wire Jewelry Exposed by Margot Potter, Fernando DaSilva and Katie Hacker. |
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Designed By Margot Potter |
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1. Attach an EZ crimp end to one 54” section of silver plated wire. Thread wire strand into two 6mm chrysolite bicones.
2. Loop wire around and back into both bicones. Make loop snug to EZ crimp end.
3. Move down wire approximately ½” and repeat process with 2 jonquil bicones. Make the loop face opposite of the first loop by flipping the design around before you thread the working wire into the beads. The loops should alternate on either side of the wire.
4. Continue alternating bicone colors until you have 21 loops. Keep the spacing between loops to ½”.
5. Attach an EZ crimp end to wire, cutting off excess with flush cutters.
6. Repeat by creating two more beaded looped wires of the same length. One of these sections should start and end with jonquil beads and the other with chrysolite beads.
7. Attach all three ends on one side to a 6mm jump ring, keeping the strand that begins and ends with jonquil crystals in the middle of the two strands that begin and end with chrysolite crystals.
8. Repeat this process for other side.
9. Attach two jump rings to the circle end of a toggle clasp.
10. Attach three jump rings and the bar end of a toggle clasp on the opposite side.
11. On one strand of your beaded wire, attach an erinite briolette on a 6mm jump ring to the loop on each pair of chrysolite beads working around the entire wire using two pairs of chain nose pliers to open and close the jump rings. |
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