Simply Silver Necklace
If you love silver, there’s no way that you won’t love our idea for this week. We used one of our newest colors of Swarovski bicones, Crystal Silver Shade, and linked them up with one of our prettiest Sterling Silver Hammered Chains. If you think you like the way it looks now, wait until you see it in person. It looks great on a solid colored top. Finished length is 22 inches.

Materials:
1 Pkg. of Crystal Silver Shade Swarovski Crystal Bicones, 6mm (#16688) Qty:
1 Pkg. of Silver Plated Jump Rings, 4mm (#50040) Qty:
1 Pkg. of Silver Plated Small Toggle Clasps (#50162) Qty:
1 Pkg. of Thin Silver Plated Eye Pins, 1”, 24 gauge (#50588) Qty:
1 Foot of Sterling Silver Hammered Large and Small Circles Chain (#62009) Qty:

Tools you will need (change quantity to 1 if you need them): 
Memory Wire Cutters  (#51005) Qty: 
Flat Chain Nose Pliers (#51016) Qty: 
Round Nose Pliers (#51017) Qty: 
Side Cutters (#51018) Qty: 

Directions:
Step 1. Onto each of 20 Eye Pins, place a Crystal.

Step 2. Using a Side Cutter cut off the excess of each Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". For each Eye Pin, using Flat Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Using Round Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire from each Eye Pin into a loop and close tightly. Set aside.

Step 3. Twist open a Jump Ring and insert the loop of one end of the Toggle Clasp and another Jump Ring. Twist the open Jump Ring closed. Twist open another Jump Ring and insert the Jump Ring that you just attached and the last link of your foot of Chain. Twist the Jump Ring closed.

Step 4. Repeat Step 3 with the other end of the Toggle Clasp and the link on the opposite end of your foot of Chain.

Step 5. Using Memory Wire Cutters, cut off the first Jump Ring that is linking the circles of Chain together.

Step 6. Twist open a Jump Ring and insert a loop from one of your Eye Pins and a circle of Chain, which you just cut free. Twist the Jump Ring closed.

Step 7. Twist open another Jump Ring and insert the loop at the opposite end of the Eye Pin that you just attached and a corresponding circle of Chain (which was connected to the circle of Chain that you attached to the Eye Pin in Step 6, before you cut the original Jump Ring off)
(Note: you want the circles of Chain to alternate, large, small, large, small, etc.)

Step 8. Going down your Chain, repeat Steps 5, 6, and 7 until all your Eye Pins are used up. (Furthermore, you will be cutting off each original Jump Ring that is linking the circles of Chain together and replacing it with your Eye Pins and 4mm Jump Rings, until you have no Eye Pins left). Enjoy!



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