
Silken Bazaar Bracelet
How beautiful are our new Hand-Dyed Silk Ribbons? With such versatility, you can become a creative genius when using them. I incorporated an Antique Silver Plated Soaring Bird and Hammered Toggle Clasp with sparkling wire wrapped Swarovski, Czech and Preciosa Crystals. This bracelet is a super bright addition to your summer wardrobe. You can easily customize the length by cutting the Ribbon. The finished length measures approximately 8 inches. -Brandi, Customer Service
Materials:
1 Pkg. Lagoon Hand-dyed Silk Ribbon (#49184) Qty:
1 Pkg. Antique Silver Plated Floating Rings, 10mm (#14588) Qty:
1 Pkg. Aqua/Capri Fire Polished Crystals, 6mm (#16190) Qty:
1 Pkg. Citrine Swarovski Bicone Crystals, 4mm (#16614) Qty:
1 Pkg. Fuchsia Preciosa Bicone Crystals, 4mm (#42018) Qty:
1 Antique Silver Plated Soaring Bird Charm (#60523) Qty:
1 Pkg. Antique Silver Plated Oval Hammered Toggle Clasps (#50353) Qty:
1 Pkg. Silver Plated Ribbon Crimp Ends (#50647) Qty:
1 Pkg. Silver Plated Jump Rings, 6mm (#50036) Qty:
2 Pkgs. Silver Plated 2” Thin Head Pins (#50582) Qty:
Tools you will need (change quantity to 1 if
you need them):
Flat Chain Nose Pliers (#51016) Qty:
Round Nose Pliers (#51017) Qty:
Side Cutters (#51018) Qty:
Double Nylon Jaw Pliers (#51092) Qty:
Directions:
Step 1. Make the dangles. Thread one of each onto three separate Head Pins, one Capri Crystal, one Citrine Crystal and one Fuchsia Crystal. Slide the end of the Head Pin through a Floating Ring and bring back down. Form a loop about 2mm above the bead and—gripping the loop with Round Nose Pliers—start wrapping the remainder of the wire from the Head Pin around the base by hand. You can trim excess with Wire Cutters, however, I just wrapped until I reached the end. Attach three dangles per Floating Ring and repeat this with 9 more Floating Rings, then set them aside.
Step 2. Fold the Ribbon in half and make a lark’s head knot through a Jump Ring; this will give you two strands of Ribbon. Tie a knot about ½ inch from the lark’s head knot on one strand. From there, knot the Ribbon at approximately 1inch intervals, making about 4 knots per strand and staggering them along the way. Start the knots on the other strand about 1 inch from the lark’s head knot. Between each knot, slide on a single Floating Ring.
Step 3. On each knot of the Ribbon, attach one Floating Ring from Step One by twisting open a Jump Ring and sliding through the knot. Twist the Jump Rings closed.
Step 4. Twist open a Jump Ring and slide it through the Jump Ring with the lark’s head knot, before twisting closed, slide it through the loop on the bar part of the Toggle Clasp.
Step 5. Twist open a Jump Ring and slide it through the loop on the oval part of the Toggle Clasp. Before twisting closed, slide through a Floating Ring from Step One and then through the hole at the beak of the Soaring Bird.
Step 6. On the loose ends of the Ribbon, line up each strand on top of each other. About 1 inch from your last knot, fold the Ribbon and slide into the opening of the Ribbon Crimp End. Hold it steadily and working a bit from side to side, squeeze down on the Crimp End and work your way to the middle until it tightly secures the Ribbon in place. Twist open a Jump Ring and slide it through the Crimp End loop and then through the tail loop of the Soaring Bird. Twist the Jump Ring Closed.
Step 6. Tie a beautiful bow with the remainder of the Ribbon and knot the ends, leaving a tail approximately 1 inch long and trim the excess Ribbon. Attach a Floating Ring from Step One onto each knot with a Jump Ring. Enjoy!
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