River Treasures Necklace
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River Treasures Necklace
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River Treasures Necklace
Designed by: Laura
Difficulty: Intermediate
Learn how to make this River Treasures Necklace using brand new Preciosa bicone beads and stunning Fire Polished faceted beads.
Step 1
- Cut 3 lengths of wire.
- 2 lengths to measure 5.5".
- 1 length to measure 16".
- Take the two shortest lengths and crimp them onto each side of your toggle clasp leaving the other ends of wire free to thread beads onto.
- Thread a mixture of the 8mm and 6mm fire polished faceted rondelles onto each of these wires.
- At each end of the shortest wires, crimp these onto the outer loop of your bar clasps.
Step 2
- Take your longest length of wire and crimp one end onto the centre loop of one bar clasp.
- Thread a mixture of the 8mm and 6mm fire polished faceted rondelles on.
- Crimp the other end of the wire onto the centre loop of your other bar clasp.
Step 3
- Hold up your necklace with the pattern on the bar clasps facing you.
- On the lower loops on your bar clasps attach a jumpring to each side.
- Cut two lengths of large link chain measuring 5 links.
- Attach these to each of the two jumprings.
- Attach another jumpring to each of these chains.
- Thread a large blue bicone onto an eyepin, trim and loop the other end of the eyepin and attach this to your jumpring.
- Add another jumpring on the opposite side of the bicone and repeat the process of chain and bicones, alternating between large and small blue bicones.
- When you have reached the centre of the chain/bicone length, thread a small bicone, a large bicone and another small bicone onto an eyepin, looping the other end and curving slightly to sit at the centre of the necklace.
- See the image for a clearer view of the pattern
Step 4
- To the top two loops on your bar clasps, attach a jumpring to each.
- Cut 4 lengths of small link chain measuring approx. 2" and 2 lengths of chain measuring 1".
- Take two eyepins, thread 3x 6mm fire polished beads onto each and trim and loop the other end.
- Take another 2 eyepins, thread a single smaller blue bicone onto each and trim and loop the other end.
- Attach the 1" chains to the jumprings.
- Attach your firepolished beaded eyepins to this chain.
- Then attach a 2" chain and the bicone eyepin.
- Do this on both sides and meet in the middle with 3 jumprings.
Step 5
- At the centre of the necklace on this upper chain, attach a headpin with 5 small blue bicones.
- Attach two more headpins with 5x 6mm fire polished beads.
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