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Create Egyptian Royal Necklace
Materials
8 garnet 7x10mm faceted teardrops, 8 yellow citrine 10x9mm faceted briolettes
100 garnet 3x2mm faceted rondelles, 134 vermeil 4mm daisy spacers
5 vermeil 14mm textured discs. 1 vermeil 17mm toggle clasp
2 gold-filled 2mm crimp tubes, 15" of gold-filled 24-gauge half-hard wire, 21" of gold or bronze .010 beading wire
Tools
Wire cutters, Chain-nose pliers. Round-nose pliers
1: Dangles. Cut five 3" pices of 24-gauge wire. Use 1 wire to string 1 disc, leaving a 1" tail. Fold the tail around the disc and form a wrapped loop. String 2 spacers and form a wrapped loop to complete the bail. Repeat four times for a total of 5 dangles
2: Stringing. Use the beading wire to string 1 crimp tube and one half of the clasp; pass back through the tube and crimp. String 2 spacers and 50 garnet rondelles. String 8 spacers, 1 teardrop, 8 spacers, and 1 briolette twice. String 4 spacers, 1 dangle, 4 spacers, 1 briolette, 4 spacers, 1 teardrop, 4 spacers, 1 dangle, 4 spacers, 1 teardrop, 4 spacers, 1 briolette, and 4 spacers.
String 1 dangle and repeat entire step, reversing the stringing sequence and attaching the end of the wire to the other half of the clasp.
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