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Three Strand Necklace

Making jewelry is really fun and also something you can craft when spending time on the patio on a nice summer’s day. This lovely and easy to make necklace is made within an hour.

 

 

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace

For this project you will need:

- about 2 meters of silver colored jewelry wire, 0.5 mm in diameter
- approximately 64 twisted glass sticks in clear
- approximately 61 glass beads, 4 mm in size and color of choice
- jewelry closure and 2 jump rings
- 2 crimping beads
- 2 clamshell bead tips
- jewelry pliers and wire cutters

Instructions:

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 7
1. Cut 3 strands of wire. The first being 58 cm long, the second 55 cm long and the third about 52 cm long. Gather all three strands and insert them together in the crimping bead. Use the pliers to press the crimping bead flat, which will hold all the wires together. Then add a clam shell bead tip to cover the crimping bead. The image below shows how the beginning of the necklace should look.

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 1
2. Start beading the longest strand. Begin with a twisted glass stick and alternate with the twisted glass sticks and the beads. For this strand you will need 23 glass sticks and 22 beads. When you have beaded this row, use a piece of tape at the other end of the wire so the beads won’t slip off while you do the next steps.
3. Now you will be beading the 2nd longest strand. Repeat the procedure as in step 2 but use only 22 twisted glass beads and 21 round beads. Also use a piece of tape on the open end until you finish the next step.
4. For the shortest strand, repeat as before but instead you will be needing 19 twisted glass sticks and 18 beads.
5. Now that all of the strands are beaded, you will finish off the necklace. To do so, insert all 3 ends through a crimping bead and pull the bead to each of the glass sticks as you see in the image.

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 2
6. Now use the pliers and press the crimping bead flat.

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 3
7. This is now how it looks. Any excess wire will be trimmed away.

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 4
8. Cover the crimping bead with a clam shell bead tip.

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 5
9. Add a jump ring to the hole of the clam shell bead tip. Add the closure to the jump ring.

Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace - Tutorial 6
10. Add a jump ring to the other clam shell bead tip. Now you can connect the closure to it to close the necklace.

Illustrated Jewelry Craft Tutorials and Information:

Jewelry Findings

Jewelry Findings
Use this page as a reference when you are unsure about a particular item mentioned in the jewelry projects.

Jewelry Beads Selection

Jewelry Beads
Use this page as a reference. These are a selection of beads used on the jewelry projects found on this site. 

Finishing Off a Jewelry Piece

How to Start and Finish off a Necklace or Bracelet
This is an easy technique.

 

 

 

 

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Jewelry and Bead Craft - Three Strand Necklace

 

 

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