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Moonstone & Iolite Necklace |
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If you love moonstone, you will like this design that features iolite rondelles that frame larger moonstone beads and create a bold and elegant necklace!
Multi-Strand Rainbow Moonstone Necklace
by Morgan Newberg
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Instructions:
- If you have a Moonstone Nugget Bead, place 1 Faceted Moonstone Rondelle, 1 Bali Spacer, your nugget, another spacer bead, 1 more moonstone rondelle on SS Headpin. Wrap 2 ends of the chain into the end.
- Cut each piece of chain ~1". Make sure sides are symmetric.
- Hand-link 1 Moonstone Rondelle - 1 Iolite Rondelle - 1 Moonstone Oval - 1 Iolite Rondelle - 1 Moonstone Rondelle. Repeat on each side and attach ~1" of SS chain. Repeat.
- Repeat previous step, except, when attaching chain, line the pendant up with 0 (on measuring, tape, ruler, or beading design board) and measure from the last hand-linked set to 9" & cut two lengths of chain that ~length of the difference (should be ~4-5" for each side). Necklace should total ~18" in length.
- For shorter necklace, cut ~1.5" of chain and attach a Moonstone oval to each end. Hand-link 6 ovals total with ~1.5" of chain between each. When linking the last oval, make sure you attach enough chain to each for total necklace length of ~16". The last length of chain will be ~4-5".
- Take both strands and attach one end of each to a jump ring. Do the same on the other side. Attach a the hook to one side and the extender to the other.
- If you need help learning to wire wrap, check out "The Basics of Bead Stringing"
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