Make Swarovski Crystal Necklace

Posted by admin on February 4, 2010

So you stopped by your favourite craft store and the pretty Swarovski Crystals caught your eye.
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You picked out your fave selection because after all they’re beautiful and they are calling your name.

Putting them in your basket you continue to buy what you originally came for. While the cart makes it many turns across the store you figure you will make a necklace. But you only purchased 12 crystal beads. How are you able to make a sublime necklace with just twelve beads? Well I should show you how with one bead to spare. First thing you want is all your materials. To make an easy floating Swarovski Crystal necklace you’ll need your color choice of tiger tail wire, your color choice of 24- 2mm crimps, a wire cutter, crimper or flat needle nose pliers, six mm jump ring, 12mm lobster clasp and a tape. 2nd measure out twenty inches ( or desired length + two inches ) of your choosing of tiger tail wire and cut using wire cutters. After deciding your swapping pattern of beads ( if you selected two different colours or sizes ), put your first bead on followed by a crimp on both sides. Holding both ends together decide where the centre of the necklace is. You might want to gradually pull down on the Swarovski Crystal bead to get it correctly focused. Once the bead is in the middle use the crimper or needle nose pliers and crimp the crimps on both sides of the bead. Next put on another crimp on both sides followed by your selection of beads and another crimp after that. Using the measuring tape space the crimps on either side of the center bead of an in. away so that there’s of an in. tiger tail showing than crimp the crimps on both sides of the bead. Continue this 3 / 4″ pattern till all eleven beads have been utilized. Then hold the floating Swarovski Crystal necklace that you have just made up to you neck and identify where you would like it to hang. After you find your required length gradually bend the tiger tail wire where the ends meet. There should be at least of an in. extra so the wire can bend and leave a dent when you remove it from your neck.

Last thing to do is put on a crimp on each side of the necklace followed by a spring ring on one side and a lobster clasp on the other. Place the lobster clasp at the groove of the wire and loop the end of the wire thru the crimp. When the crimp is positioned so the lobster clasp has a little room to move, crimp it using the pliers or crimper. Repeat this step on the opposite side for the spring ring. When you are finished you can cut off the additional wire hanging out of the crimp. Holding up your easy yet classy floating Swarovski Crystal necklace you put it on and admire it in the mirror.