- 1). Pull a strand of beading wire off the spool and wrap it around your wrist. Adjust the length until you get the size that you want.
- 2). Add one inch to your desired length and cut the wire.
- 3). String a calotte onto the wire, followed by a crimp bead.
- 4). Squeeze the crimp bead between the second notches on your crimping tool or the ones closest to the handle, then place the bead between the first two notches and squeeze a second time.
- 5). Center the crimp bead inside the calotte and cut off any protruding wire. Close the calotte gently with the flat nose pliers.
- 6). Open the loop on the end of the calotte with the pliers and insert a jump ring. Squeeze the loop closed.
- 7). Twist the jump ring open with the pliers, slide on the toggle clasp bar, then twist the jump ring closed.
- 8). String beads onto the wire, alternating spacer beads and crystals in the following pattern: black, red, clear, blue, green and yellow. End the pattern approximately one-half inch before the end of the wire.
- 9). String another calotte and crimp bead onto the end and secure them as you did with the previous pair.
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Open the calotte's loop and insert a jump ring. - 11
Twist open the jump ring, insert the toggle clasp ring, then twist the jump ring closed to finish the bracelet.
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