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A Night at The Opera

Design By Margot Potter

Ultra-long and swingy, chain and pearl necklaces are showing up in all the fashion magazines. Create your own at a fraction of the cost. Wear it long, doubled up or even tripled as a chunky choker with high-style chic.

Materials

  • 8 (12mm) cream pearls
  • 16 (9mm x 8mm) cream Biwa pearls
  • 8 Bali-style silver rondelles
  • 16 silver eye pins
  • 1 silver jump ring
  • Bali-style silver toggle clasp
  • 17 (9-link) segments elongated cable steel chain
  • Round-nose pliers
  • Chain-nose pliers
  • Flush cutters

Finished Size
47 1/2 inches (including clasp)

Instructions
1) Slide a 12mm pearl on an eye pin; use round-nose pliers to form a loop above pearl. Trim excess wire. Repeat for each 12mm pearl. Set aside.
2) Slide a 9mm x 8mm pearl, a rondelle and a 9mm x 8mm pearl on an eye pin; form a loop above top pearl. Trim excess wire. Repeat seven additional times. Set aside.
3) Open an end link on a chain segment; slide on round end of toggle clasp. Close link. Attach opposite end of chain segment to an eye pin from step 1.
4) Open end link on another chain segment; slide onto opposite end of eye pin. Close link. Attach an eye pin from step 2 to opposite end of chain segment. Continue attaching chain segments and eye pins in this manner, alternating eye pins until all eye pins and chain segments have been attached.
5) Open jump ring and slide it on end chain link; slide on remaining half of clasp. Close jump ring securely.

Sources: Pearls from Swarovski Ltd.; rondelles and clasp from Blue Moon Beads; chain and findings from Beadalon.

Copyright © November 2005 Simply Beads magazine. All rights reserved.


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