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Make our turquoise necklace in an hour or less

We combined green-hued turquoise beads with amber chips and a carnelian pendant to create a sensational look for spring and summer. If you’re new to beading, the techniques are easy to learn – simply string a few small beads to make a loop for the pendant, then string the necklace, add a clasp, and crimp the wire ends. For an easier project, look for a pendant that comes with its own bail, the jeweler’s term for the pendant’s connecting loop.

A 1. Thread a beading needle with about 1 ft. (31cm) of Fireline or Nymo. Go through the pendant’s hole from back to front. String about an inch (2.54cm) of beads. The finished loop should be long enough to hold the pendant just below the necklace beads.

C 3. To tie the thread ends together, use a surgeon’s knot: take the left thread over the right and around. Tighten the threads.

B 2. Go through the hole and beads again for extra strength. Remove the needle. Pull the thread ends in opposite directions to tighten the beads into a loop.

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D Take the right over the left thread twice and pull tight. Glue the knot and let it dry. Hide the thread tails in a few neighboring beads and trim the excess.

4. Determine the desired finished length of your necklace (ours is 181⁄2 in./47cm including clasp). String the turquoise and amber chips onto the beading wire in a repeating pattern.

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F 5. At the halfway point, string the pendant. Continue until your necklace is the desired length.

G 6. To finish the loop end of the toggle clasp, string a crimp bead, a size 110 seed bead, and the clasp. Then go back

through the seed bead, the crimp, and at least one turquoise bead.

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H 7. Tighten the beading wire until you have a small loop around the clasp. Keep the loop small, but not tight enough to stress the beading wire.

J 9. Before finishing the toggle end of the clasp, string 2 silver beads or size 80 seed beads. These small beads give the toggle room to pivot and pass through the loop end. String a crimp, a size 110 seed bead, and the toggle. Go back through these beads and at least one turquoise bead.

I 8. Flatten the crimp bead with chainnose pliers. Tug the wire tail to make sure the crimp holds. Crimp again if the wire slips.

• 1 16-in. (41cm) strand turquoise beads, approx.10mm diameter (irregularly shaped) • 1 16-in. strand amber chips • 1 large bead for pendant (the carnelian flower shown is about 13⁄4 in./4.5cm across) • 10-20 size 80 seed beads to match pendant color • 2 2.5mm silver beads or 2 size 80 seed beads • 2 size 110 seed beads, black or silver • 2 ft. (61cm) flexible beading wire, .013 or .014 • 1 ft. (31cm) Fireline fishing line 6 lb. test or other sturdy beading material • beading needles #10 or 12 • 2 crimp beads • 1 toggle clasp • chainnose pliers • G-S Hypo Cement

K 10. Tighten the beading wire and flatten the crimp bead as in step 8. Trim the excess wire from both ends.

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