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3 WAYS CHALLENGE FLOATING NECKLACE
TO CREATE Attach one end of your jewellery wire through a necklace finding and secure using a crimp. Feed a crimp onto the wire and flatten where you want to start your floating design. Add the beads in your chosen pattern and secure the other end with a crimp. Repeat until your floating design is finished. Secure the other end of the wire through a necklace finding with a crimp and attach a clasp.
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Bead Challenge bead mix clasp necklace findings jewellery wire crimps jump rings
TOOLS • round-nosed and flat-nosed pliers
CHAIN NECKLACE TO CREATE Cut the chain to size and add your necklace findings and clasp.
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MATERIALS • Bead Challenge bead mix • jump rings • headpins • chain • clasp • necklace findings
Attach another length of chain to the centre link on the chain and allow it to hang. Feed your beads onto headpins, coiling the ends of some and leaving the others open. Secure your beads to the bottom section of the hanging chain, with one bead attached where the chain joins the necklace.
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TOOLS • round-nosed and flat-nosed pliers • wire cutters
WHERE TO BUY All the findings used here are available from www.beadshopscotland.co.uk and www.beadsdirect.co.uk
www.creativebeadsandjewellery.com
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