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Free Project: The Desert & the Ocean

Design by Suzann Wilson

Tied together with a vivid dichroic pendant, this multistrand necklace is rich with colors and beads from the earth and sea.

Materials

  • 164 turquoise chips
  • 42 (10mm) bronze freshwater pearls
  • 32 (10mm) Paua shell diamond beads
  • 32 (3mm) gold round beads
  • 40 gold daisy spacers
  • 16 gold fluted saucers
  • Gold foil glass focal component
  • 6 (2 x 2mm) gold crimp tubes
  • Gold flower clasp
  • 3 (21-inch) lengths .015-inch-diameter 19-strand nylon-coated flexible beading wire
  • Crimp pliers
  • Wire nippers
  • Tape

Finished Size
18 inches (including clasp)

Project note: Use tape to secure strands of wire not being strung.

Instructions

1) String a crimp tube 1/2 inch from one end on one 21-inch wire; place short wire tail through one half of clasp and back through crimp bead. Use crimp pliers to flatten and fold crimp bead.
2) String two turquoise chips and a gold fluted spacer. String 10 turquoise chips and a gold fluted spacer; repeat seven more times, but do not string last gold fluted spacer.
3) Repeat step 1 to attach a second wire to same half of clasp.
4) String a bronze pearl and a daisy spacer; repeat 20 more times, but do not string last daisy spacer.
5) Repeat step 1 to attach third wire to same half of clasp.
6) String an antique gold round and a paua shell diamond; repeat 15 more times.
7) Insert all three wires through focal component.
8) Repeat step 2 in reverse on turquoise chips wire.
9) Repeat step 4 in reverse on bronze pearl wire.
10) Repeat step 6 in reverse on paua shell diamond wire.
11) String a crimp bead on one wire; insert wire through remaining half of clasp and back through crimp bead. Flatten and fold the crimp bead. Trim excess wire.
12) Repeat step 11 for remaining wires.

Sources: Beads and focal component from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads; clasp from Blue Moon Beads; crimp tubes and beading wire from Beadalon.

Copyright © May 2008 Simply Beads magazine. All rights reserved.

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