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Green Garnet Multi-Strand and Ring
Designed by: Virginia Barrera
Skill Level: Intermediate

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Materials:

  • Soft Flex® Wire, .019 Diameter, Color - 1 spool
  • 18 Gauge Gunmetal Artistic Wire - 1 spool
  • 24 Gauge Gunmetal Artistic Wire - 1 spool
  • 1mm x 1mm Gold Filled Crimp Tubes - (1 pkg
  • 2mm x 2mm Gold Filled Crimp Tubes - (1 pkg)
  • 10mm Gold Filled Lobster Clasp - 1 Clasp (1 pkg)
  • 5mm Gold Filled Jump Rings 1 Jump Ring (1 pkg)
  • Green Garnet Discs - 22 beads (1 strand)

Tools:

  • Soft Flex® Professional Chain Nose Pliers
  • Regular Crimping Pliers
  • Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters
  • Micro Crimping Pliers
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Instructions for Necklace:

  1. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 22 inches of Soft Flex® Wire,.019 Diameter. (Strand A)
  2. String one 1mmx1mm Gold Filled Crimp Tube and use Micro Crimping pliers to secure the Crimp Tube 3 1/2 inches from one end of the wire.
  3. Use the long end of the wire to string 1 Green Garnet Disc and 1 Crimp Tube. Use Micro Crimping pliers to secure the Crimp Tube to the wire.
  4. String 1 Crimp Tube. Use Micro Crimping pliers to secure the Crimp Tube to the wire 1/2 inch from the previous crimp tube. Repeat Step 3.
  5. Repeat Step 4, securing the Crimp Tube 1 inch from the previous tube.
  6. Repeat Step 4. Set aside.
  7. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 13 inches of Soft Flex® Wire, .019 Diameter. (Strand B)
  8. Repeat Step 2, securing the Crimp Tube 3 inches from one end of the wire.
  9. Repeat Step 3.
  10. String 1 Crimp Tube. Use Micro Crimping plirs to secure the Crimp Tube to the wire 1 1/2 inches from the previous crimp tube. Repeat Step 3.
  11. Repeat Step 10 three times.
  12. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 9 inches of Soft Flex® Wire, .019 Diameter. (Strand C)
  13. Repeat Step 2, securing the Crimp Tube 2 inches from one end of the wire.
  14. Repeat Step 3.
  15. Repeat Step 10 twice.
  16. Use one end of Strand C and one end of Strand B to string one 2mmx2mm Crimp Tube. Place the Crimp Tube so that it is at the very end of Strand C and 2 inches from the end of Strand B and use Regular Crimping pliers to secure the Crimp Tube. Use Flush Cutters to trim any excess wire from Strand C only. Do not cut Strand B. Repeat entire step using the other ends of Strands C and B.
  17. Use one end of Strand B and one end of Strand A to string one 2mmx2mm Crimp Tube. Place the Crimp Tube so that it is at the very end of Strand B and 2 1/2 inches from the end of Strand A and use Regular Crimping pliers to secure the Crimp Tube. Use Flush Cutters to trim any excess wire from Strand B only. Do not cut Strand A. Repeat entire step using the other ends of Strands B and A.
  18. Use one end of strand A to string one 2mmx2mm Crimp tube and the jump ring. Pass back through the Crimp Tube and secure using Regular Crimping pliers. Use Flush Cutters to trim any excess wire.
  19. Repeat Step 18 using the lobster clasp and the other end of Strand A.

Instructions for Ring:

  1. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 4 inches of 18 Gauge Artistic Wire.
  2. Place the and wire on top of your finger (or a ring sizer or marker the size of your finger). Wrap one end of wire one and one half times around your finger. Repeat with the other wire, going the opposite direction. Let the wires run side by side 1/2 inch. Set aside.
  3. Use Flush Cutters to cut 8 inches of 24 Gauge Artistic Wire. Wrap the 24 Gauge wire around the already sized 18 Gauge wire, in the 1/2 inch where the wires overlap, 10 times. String 1 Green Garnet Disc and to wrap 10 more times.
  4. Use Flush Cutters to trim excess wire from both the 24 Gauge Artistic Wire and the 18 Gauge Artistic Wire.

Projects not intended for children under the age of 13. The information on this instruction sheet is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, nor results guaranteed. Soft Flex® Company disclaims all liability from any injury to anyone undertaking the construction of this project as a result of improper safety precautions.

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