Celebrate Blue Necklace Project Download

Description

A simple chain maille necklace hat showcases topaz beads in the color known as London blue.

Skills: Chain maille

Materials Needed to Complete This Project:

• Sterling silver jump rings
• 18g AWG (1mm) Inner Diameter (ID) 9/64″ (3.7 mm), 9
• 18g AWG (1mm) Inner Diameter (ID) 5/32″ (4.1 mm), 12
• 18g AWG (1mm) Inner Diameter (ID) 3/16″ (5 mm), 30
• 18g AWG (1mm) Inner Diameter (ID) 7/32″ 5.5 mm), 7
• 16g AWG (1.2mm) Inner Diameter (ID) 5/16″ (8.7 mm), 1
• Sterling silver wire, 24 AWG (0.5mm), 0.8″ (20mm)
• Sterling silver headpin, 24g AWG (0.5mm) 1.5″ (40mm), 1
• Sterling silver clasp
• Blue 2mm wide stitched silk ribbon, 40″ (1m)
• London blue topaz beads
• 7mm x 5.5mm chicklet bead (rounded rectangle bead), 1
• 17mm x 7mm cardamom bead (3 sided tapered barrel bead), 1

Tools Needed to Complete This Project:

• Flat nose pliers, 2 pairs
• Chain nose pliers (optional)
• Round nose pliers
• Flush cutters
• Thin mandrel like a satay stick
• Scrap wire

Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, May/June 2019 Issue