MATERIALS
1 x Tibetan Silver toggle Victorian Flower
50cm x 28 gauge Artistic wire Silver
25 x head pins Silver
4m x beading thread Black
BEADS
78 x 4mm Ochard Rd bicones Gun Metal
73 x 4mm Ochard Rd bicones Crystal AB
11 x 6mm Ochard Rd bicones Crystal AB
1 x Cubic Zirconia Pendant
5 grams x 8/0 Matsuno seed beads Gun Metal
TOOLS
Round nose pliers
Flat nose pliers
Wire cutters
Beading needle
PVA glue
STEP ONE
The body of the necklace Right-angle weave: Onto 4m of beading thread, thread 1 x bi-cone AB, 1 x seed bead, 1 x bi-cone AB, 1 x seed bead. Continuing in the same direction thread through beads again and tie a double knot with both ends of thread. Leave a 20cm tail which will be used later. Needle through until the thread comes out one of the bi-cones. Diagram 1.
STEP TWO
Add 1 x seed bead, 1 x bi-cone, 1 x seed bead. Thread through beads in the same direction until you come out the bi-cone just added. Diagram 2.
STEP THREE
Continue adding bi-cones and seed beads in Right Angle Weave until strand has 31 bi-cones on it.
STEP FOUR
Add another 11 squares working only in Gun Metal bi-cones; no seed beads.
STEP FIVE
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