Necklace with Miyuki Delicas beads and large hole glass beads and imitation gemstone

Start your creation with the chain necklace with the big hole beads. Adjust the length of the chain to the length of your neck depending on whether you want a longer or shorter necklace. Be aware that a second necklace completes this creation (you can choose if it will be shorter or longer than the first one).

Thread your large hole beads (glass and gemstone) alternating with large rings worked in stainless steel. You can choose a regular or asymmetrical stringing like here.

Here is an example of the sequence proposed with orange beads (to be found in the "variation" material list). The final creation was made with green beads. Once your beads are positioned, leave this first necklace aside.

Start the second necklace by cutting a length of wired wire (taking your measurement +10 cm to make your finishes without running out of wire) with a wire cutter.

On one end, insert a squeeze bead on your wire, place it on one side of the wire guard, position it in the arc of the circle and then place it on the other side of the guard and again in the squeeze bead. Leave a small length of wire (which will later be hidden in the beads).

Using a crush bead pliers, crush your bead to secure the wire. To do this, start by flattening it and then fold it in half on itself. For a technical demonstration of the gesture, see our sheet: How to make pretty finishes with a crush bead?

Now that the end of your thread is secured, you can string your Miyuki Delicas beads until you get the length you want. The stringing is asymmetrical and random, so you are free to reproduce it or create your own.

Before closing your wire by repeating step 4 on the remaining end of the wire, thread large 2/0 seed beads as desired. These are very large seed beads (6mm) with a hole diameter large enough to fit over the Miyuki Delicas beads inserted earlier. However, due to their irregularity it is possible that some beads on your whole bag block... in this case test another one.

Connect your two necklaces together using open stainless steel rings and your jewelry pliers. For more info on how to open a ring, go to our page: How to open a ring to make a piece of jewelry?When you link your colliez insert on one side a discreet clasp (in the use n°2 of this jewel, this clasp will be without particular utility but hidden in your nape of the neck) and on the other side a ring (which will be used as reception of the clasp).