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Blossom Necklace

Designed by Molly Schaller 

Materials:                                                                                           
25        Bead Gallery® 6mm accent rounds
71        Bead Gallery® 6mm glass rounds for necklace and center of flowers
25        Bead Gallery® 10mm faceted agate rounds for flower petals
20        Bead Gallery® small 2-3mm metal beads
12        Beadalon® copper #2 crimp tubes
122”    Beadalon® 49-strand .018mm flexible beading wire
1          lobster clasp
1          7mm jump ring
5          Bead Gallery® gears (available in multi-metal finishes)

Tools: 
Wire cutters
2 Chain nose pliers
Crimping pliers

Tip:  Take your time wrapping the wire around the gears and pull the wire tight after each bead wrap. You’ll get better with each one as you go!

                                                                                               
Instructions: 

1. Cut 1 25” piece of flexible beading wire. String one crimp tube onto the wire, pass the wire through the center of one of the large gears and back down through a hole in the gear, and through the crimp tube. Crimp the tube and trim the short end of the wire.
2. Bring the long end of the wire back up through the center of the gear, string 1 10mm agate round and pass the wire over the edge of the gear and up through the center hole. Repeat this step in a clockwise motion, aligning five 10mm agate rounds in a circle formation around the gear.
3. After stringing the fifth 10mm agate bead, and with the wire coming up from the center of the gear, string a 6mm accent round and place it so that it is nestled between two of the 10mm agate rounds with the wire passing between the two larger rounds. Pass the wire up and through the center hole of the gear, pulling the wire tight so that it holds the 6mm round in place. Repeat this step four more times, going in a clockwise motion around the gear.
4. With the wire emerging from the center hole in the gear, string one 6mm light purple round and pass the wire down through a side hole of the gear to hold the bead in the center of the flower.
5. String one crimp tube, pass the wire under a few of the wires on the back of the flower and pass the wire back through the crimp tube. Pull any excess slack from the wire and flatten the crimp tube with chain-nose pliers to hold all the beads in place.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 four more times so that you have a total of five flower components.
7. String the necklace. Onto the remaining 22 inches of wire, string 1 crimp tube and a lobster clasp. Pass the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp.
8. String 29 6mm necklace rounds.
9. String 2 small metal beads, one of the flower components, passing the wire under the lattice of wires between two petals and out the other side at the next set of petals, 2 small metal beads, and 2 necklace rounds.
10. Repeat step 9 four more times. String 27 necklace rounds, one crimp tube, and a jump ring, being sure that the ends of the jump ring meet to prevent the wire from coming off. Pass the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp, ensuring that you leave a bit of slack so that the necklace drapes nicely. Trim excess wire.