First Valentine Together Necklace

Skill Level: Beginner/All

Materials

• 22 gauge round silver wire
• 36" silver brass cable chain
• (3)1 1/2 inch silver head pins
• (5) 2mm round silver bead
• Clasp of choice
• (3) 4mm jump rings
• (2) 6mm gray pearls
• (9) 4mm pearls;
  • 3 gray
  • 3 med pink
  • 3 lt pink
• (5) 4mm Clear Swarovski bicone
• (5) 4mm light rose Swarovski bicone
• (1) 6mm clear Swarovski bicone
• (1) 14mm Venetian glass heart

Tools

• Round nose pliers
• Flat nose pliers
• Chain nose pliers
• Cutters
• Ruler

Instructions

1. Cut chain into 5 pieces; (2) 9", (2) 8" & (1) 2"
2. Cut three pieces of wire 3" in length and make a rosary loop at one end, enclosing one piece of 8" chain in the loop.
   
   
3. Slide one 2mm Silver bead, one 4mm lt. pink 4mm pearl, one medium pink 4mm pearl, one 6mm gray pearl, one 4mm med pink pearl and one 4mm lt pink pearl onto wire and complete rosary link, enclosing the other 8" chain. Leave at least one wire-width space between the final loop and the bead to allow for give when you bend the bar slightly. Set aside.
   
   
4. Take the other two pieces of wire and create a rosary loop in the end of each, enclosing one piece of 9" chain in each loop.
5. Thread 4mm beads on each as follows; 1 clear bicone, 1 lt pink bicone, 1 gray pearl, 1 lt pink bicone, 1 clear bicone on one wire and complete rosary link enclosing one end of 2" piece of chain.

   
   

6. Create charms using the headpins, making rosary link at the top of each and slide onto 2” section of chain:
   • (1) 2mm silver bead, (1) 5mm gray pearl, (1) 4mm med pink pearl
   • (1) 2mm silver bead, (1) 14mm Venetian heart bead, (1) 4mm clear bicone
   • (1) 2mm silver bead, (1) 6mm clear bicone, (1) 4mm lt rose bicone
     
   
7. Complete the other piece of wire as above, enclosing the end of the 2" chain in rosary link.
   
   
   
8. Connect clasp to one end of 9" chain and one 4mm jump ring to the other. Lay the two sections of finished chains and adjust the length on the shorter one, connecting the ends to the longer chain sections.
   
9. NOTE: You can also make other variations of this such as the Green one below: The green necklace used stainless steel cable and drawn cable chain, stainless steel findings, stainless wire, 4mm pearls, rondelle crystals in clear, peridot and gray; 6mm pearl, 5mm Amazonite bead, ten 14mm Amazonite rectangle bead. You can adjust the length of the chain by putting more beads on the bars, or using more chain.
   
   
   
   Congratulations! You've made your First Valentine Together Necklace!

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