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MATKRIAI.S AND TOOI.S

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2.25-mm mandrcl or U.S. sizc I knlttlng nccdlc

20 Inches (50 cm) of sterllng sllwr w irc.

18 gaugc (I mm)

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Make the coli and draw it out a litlle. to tlić correct length to fit your finger. Join thc ends with litlle hooks as described on page 25. Pluch thc ends tlght so that there are no Sharp points. Pollsh.

Nkcklaok mitu Siiai k Nitaiki; Bkads

MATKRIAI.S AND TOOI.S_

2-mm mandrcl

6% Icel (2 m) of Sterllng sileer u Irc.

18 gaugc 11 mm)

8 sterllng sil\cr miimcg lirads. 8 mm m length

14 rmgs madę from 18-gaugt.• tl mm) sicr-hng silwr wire on a l-mni mandrcl Sterllng silwr spring ring clasp. 12 mm

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Out ihr 18-gaugc (I mm) wire inlo iwo 316-loot (I ml lengths. Make the iwo coils. Draw each coli out to 28^;Ai inches (72 cm). <-ut the drawn-out coils inlo 3'rti-Inch (9 cm) pieces. Place a head on one (dece and join it into a ring. as shown on page 25. Shape the ring on a ring mandrcl. Shape the next ring the same way. hut join it to the lirst ring hefore closlng the circle. Repcat thc fabrlcation process mml the necklace is long enough. Kmish with jump rlngs and a clasp. See page 31 for how to assemble the rlngs. Pollsh.

tLcnglh: 7'A inches (18 cm) without clasp

MATKRI AI.S ANI) TOOI.S 2-mm mandrcl

(cci (2 m) of sterllng sllwr u irc.

18 gaugc (I mm)

8 sterling sil\ cr nutmeg beads. 8 mm m length

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Make the coli and draw it out to 26% inches (66 cm). Cul the wire mto seven 3'/«-lnch (8 cm) pieces and one 3V«-inch <9 cm) piece. Place a liead m the center of the 3%-inrh (9 cm) piece. Bend the wire down on hoth słdes of the head.

Bend the ends of the wire over 1 mch (2.5 cm) from the head. This will later become a primllive clasp. Place a head in the middle of a 3%-inch (8 cm) wire. and bend thc wire down on both sides. Closc to the head. form an cye at each end that is attached to the wire of the preceding head. (See drawing above.)

Repeat this process umil the łasi head. Shape the wire on each side of this last head Into a slightly larger cye so that the catch has something to hołd on to.

W hen you re finished. shape the projcct on a bracclet mandrcl inlo a comfortable shape. Pollsh.

Siarting at any point on the edge. ligh: ly wind ihe wire around the wavy wire a few limes. Pinch the end in. Repeat this tie-on whenever you start a new w eh wire.

Puli the wire diagonally and wind it around Ihe opposite edge. Draw the wire hack and forth across the shape until th-' si|uare Is covcred in one dlrcciion. Now wcavc morę wire rrosswise to thc firsi

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