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I Beads:
• 40 3mm gold-plated round beads
• 10 6mm faceted bicone Swarovski crystals in assorted browns
• 9 14x17mm smooth arrow beads, topaz-colored glass i Findings:
• 1 22-inch length of 0.014-inch diameter black nylon-coated stainless steel beading wire
• 20 2-inch lengths of 0.014-inch diameter black nylon-coated stainless steel beading wire
• 62 gold-plated crimp beads
• 2 gold-plated clamshell bead tips
• 1 gold-plated lobster claw clasp
• 1 gold-plated chain tab
• 1 gold-plated jump ring i Tools: Crimping pliers, wire cutters, chain-nose pliers i Techniques used: Stringing, crimping, using bead tips
The finished piece contains 62 strategically placed crimps, but it may take you a few more, especially if you're new to crimping. Because you're moving the crimps around, often with your pliers, they can accidently get crimped on the edge of a piece of wire, for example. You may need as many as another 10 to 15 crimps to account for accidents.
This intricate-looking necklace is made of one long length of wire, decorated with several short pieces of wire (along with crimps and beads, of course). You create this piece from the middle of the wire out to the ends by repeating a simple pattern that involves layering the short pieces of wire along the main wire.
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