Free Beading Instructions: Bright Pink Tube Bead Drop Necklace - Eureka! Beads Australia

Bright Pink Tube Bead Drop Necklace
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Materials:	Tools:
22 crackle tube glass beads	Crimping Pliers
1 heart toggle clasp	Wire Cutters
6 strong jump rings	Twirly Wirlies
1 x 50cm tigertail, 3 x 25cm tigertail
5 filigree metal tubes
15 8mm round faceted crystal beads
44 small sun bead caps
36 rope crown metal beads
3 plain metal beads
2 small crimps
3 large crimps
note: our necklace was made with gold findings, pink 8mm crystals and bright pink crackle tube glass beads.

The Pattern
(you'll need this for most of the necklace)
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead

The main part of the necklace
Pick up the 50cm strand of tigertail. Thread on a small crimp, a jump ring, then thread back through the crimp. Pull up tightly and squish down the crimp. Cut off any excess tigertail. Thread on a filigree metal tube. Then thread on:
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
Next, thread on the pattern (as above) 7 times, so you have a total of 15 crackle tube beads. Then thread on:
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead

Finally, thread on a filigree metal tube, followed by a small crimp, a jump ring, then back through the crimp. Pull up tightly and squish down the crimp. Cut off any excess tigertail.

Open up another jump ring. Thread on the bar part of the toggle clasp, then thread through one of the jump rings on the end of the strand. Close securely. Open the jump ring on the other end of the strand, thread on the heart part of the toggle clasp (thread through the loop at the top of the heart) and close securely.

Drop 1
Take one of the 25cm pieces of tigertail and fold it in half. Thread a plain metal bead over one strand, so it falls to the folded point. Then, thread on:
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a filigree metal tube

Next, thread on a large crimp, a jump ring, then back through the crimp. Pull up tightly and squish down the crimp. Cut off any excess tigertail. Put aside.

Drop 2
Take the next 25cm pieces of tigertail and fold it in half. Thread a plain metal bead over one strand, so it falls to the folded point. Then, thread on:
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a filigree metal tube

Next, thread on a large crimp, a jump ring, then back through the crimp. Pull up tightly and squish down the crimp. Cut off any excess tigertail. Put aside.

Drop 3
Take the last of the 25cm pieces of tigertail and fold it in half. Thread a plain metal bead over one strand, so it falls to the folded point. Then, thread on:
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a rope crown metal bead
- an 8mm round faceted glass crystal bead
- a rope crown metal bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a crackle tube bead
- a small sun bead cap
- a filigree metal tube

Next, thread on a large crimp, a jump ring, then back through the crimp. Pull up tightly and squish down the crimp. Cut off any excess tigertail. Put aside.

Putting it together
Open up the jump ring on the end of drop 1 and thread through the heart part (the main heart) of the toggle clasp. Close securely. Repeat with drops 2 and 3. Your necklace is now ready to wear!

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