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Molly Schaller shows how to make a "tangerine tango" necklace – it's the color of the year and this necklace has a multi strand focal section.


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Tangerine Tango Necklace by Molly Schaller
for Halcraft USA, Inc.



Materials:

10216987 29 8mm amethyst spotted glass rounds
10447908 35 4mm pink coral rounds
10402099 29 6mm pink shell rounds
10217663 9 3x7mm dyed imperial jasper lentils
10212659 20 5x8mm dyed imperial jasper rondelles
10217658 9 6mm dyed imperial jasper rounds
10470726 9 8mm pink coral roses
10217651 8 10mm dyed dragon blood stone lentil
10217217 17 6mm pink dyed faceted agate rounds
10168507 7 8mm red dyed jade rounds
10149867 6 12mm opaque ruby step faceted rounds
10217657 7 8mm dyed imperial jasper rounds
10168568 3 12x16mm red opaque glass faceted ovals
10168557 7 8mm multicolor crackled resin rounds
10168621 2 25x40mm dyed pink rhodonite ovals
2 ellipse links with large jumpring
46 clear pink lined E beads
2 5-hole bumpy silver spacer bars
2 2" silver eyepins
75" Beadalon .018"49-strand flexible beading wire - 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
12 #2 silver crimp tubes
twisted toggle clasp

*Note: The number of beads you need is an estimation. Because there is a mix of beads, you might choose to use a few more or a few less, depending on your taste and the bead sizes you use in each strand.

Tools:
Crimping pliers
Wire cutters
Round-nose pliers
Chain-nose pliers
2 bowls for bead mixes

Instructions:

  1. Cut the beading wire into the following lengths: 2 6-inch pieces, 1 14-inch, 1 15-inch, 1 16-inch, 1 18-inch.
  2. Onto a 6-inch piece of wire string 1 crimp tube, 10 clear pink-lined E beads, and 1 ellipse link. Pass the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp.
  3. Onto the long tail of the wire string 1 4mm pink coral round, 1 6mm pink shell round 1 25x40mm dyed pink rhodonite oval, 1 6mm pink shell round, 1 4mm pink coral round, the center hole of one bead bar and a crimp tube. Flatten the tube to hold the beads and bead bar on the wire. Trim excess wire.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
  5. Reserve 8 4mm pink coral rounds and 6 6mm pink shell rounds. Set these beads aside.
  1. Create a mix of the following beads: remaining pink coral rounds, remaining 6mm pink shell rounds, all 3x7mm dyed imperial jasper lentils, all 5x8mm dyed imperial jasper rondelles, all 6mm dyed imperial jasper rounds, all 8mm pink coral roses, all 10mm dyed dragon blood stone lentils, and 6mm pink dyed faceted agate rounds. Place the A mix in a bowl.
  2. String 1 crimp tube onto the 14-inch piece of wire. Flatten the crimp with chain-nose pliers and pass the wire through the first hole of the bead bar in the direction opposite the one in step 3.
  3. String one reserved 4mm pink coral round, 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round, and 1 8mm amethyst spotted glass round.
  4. String 1 clear pink-lined E bead and 1 8mm amethyst spotted glass round. Repeat 25 more times.
  5.  String one reserved 6mm pink shell round and 1 reserved 4mm pink coral round. Pass the wire through the corresponding hole of the second bead bar and string a crimp tube. Remove excess slack from the wire and flatten the crimp tube. Cut extra wire.
  6. String 1 crimp tube onto the 15-inch piece of wire. Flatten the crimp with chain-nose pliers and pass the wire through the second hole of the bead bar.
  7. String one reserved 4mm pink coral round and 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round. Randomly string the A mix of beads from step 6 onto the beading wire until the strand is long enough to lay outside the first strand as they lie on your bead mat.
  8. String 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round and 1 4mm pink coral round. Pass the wire through the corresponding hole of the second bead spacer bar. String 1 crimp tube and flatten. Trim remaining wire.
  9. Create a mix of the following beads: all 8mm red dyed jade rounds, all 12mm opaque ruby step faceted rounds, all dyed imperial jasper rounds, all12x16mm red opaque glass faceted ovals, and all 8mm multicolor crackled resin rounds. Place the B mix in a second bowl.
  10. String 1 crimp tube onto the 16-inch piece of wire. Flatten the crimp with chain-nose pliers and pass the wire through the fourth hole of the bead bar.
  11. String one reserved 4mm pink coral round and 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round. Randomly string the B mix of beads from step 14 onto the beading wire until the strand is long enough to lay outside the second strand as they lie on your bead mat (using up most if not all of the beads).
  12. String 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round and 1 4mm pink coral round, pass the wire through the corresponding hole on the second bead spacer bar. String 1 crimp tube and flatten. Trim remaining wire.
  13. String 1 crimp tube onto the 18-inch piece of wire. Flatten the crimp with chain-nose pliers and pass the wire through the fifth hole of the bead bar.
  14. String one reserved 4mm pink coral round and 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round. Randomly string the A mix of beads from step 6 onto the beading wire until the strand is long enough to lay outside the first third as they lie on your bead mat. This will use up most if not all of the remaining A mix.
  15. String 1 reserved 6mm pink shell round and 1 4mm pink coral round, pass the wire through the corresponding hole on the second bead spacer bar. String 1 crimp tube and flatten. Trim remaining wire.
  16. Slide an 8mm amethyst spotted glass round onto an eyepin. Make a simple loop. Repeat.
  17. Open the loop of one amethyst spotted glass link and attach to it the loop of a toggle bar. Open the loop of the other amethyst spotted glass link and attach to it the loop of the toggle ring.
  18. Open the opposite link of the amethyst spotted glass link and attach it to the jumpring of the ellipse link. Repeat for second amethyst spotted glass link to complete the necklace.
Katie Hacker & Molly Schaller

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