Free Beading Instructions: Red Crackle Cube Drop Necklace - Eureka! Beads Australia

Red Crackle Cube Drop Necklace
[EX50501]

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Materials:	Tools:
25 6mm bicone glass crystals	Crimping Pliers
23 red/clear crackle cube beads	Wire Cutters
46 octa-star bead caps	Twirly Wirlies
65cm tigertail
2 filigree metal tubes
50 plain metal beads
24 jump rings
2 small crimps
1 heart toggle clasp
3 head pins
note: our necklace was made with bronze coloured findings and red glass crystals

The Pattern
(you'll need this for most of the necklace)
- a 6mm bicone glass crystal
- a plain metal bead
- an octa-star bead cap
- a red/clear crackle cube bead
- an octa-star bead cap
- a plain metal bead

The main part of the necklace
Thread onto your tigertail: 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 the pattern (as above) 22 times, so you have a total of 22 red/clear crackle cube beads.

Then thread on another 6mm bicone glass crystal, followed by a filigree metal tube, 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. Put aside for now.

Drop 1
Take one of the head pins. Thread on:
- a plain metal bead
- a 6mm bicone glass crystal
- a plain metal bead

Leaving a space of 10mm, cut the excess off the head pin. Twirl the end using your twirly wirlies. Open a jump ring and attach to the loop, close securely. Open another jump ring and attach to the first, close securely. Repeat until you have a chain of 5 jump rings. Put aside.

Drop 2
Take one of the head pins. Thread on:
- a plain metal bead
- an octa-star bead cap
- a red/clear crackle cube bead
- an octa-star bead cap
- a plain metal bead

Leaving a space of 10mm, cut the excess off the head pin. Twirl the end using your twirly wirlies. Open a jump ring and attach to the loop, close securely. Open another jump ring and attach to the first, close securely. Repeat until you have a chain of 7 jump rings. Put aside.

Drop 3
Take one of the head pins. Thread on:
- a plain metal bead
- a 6mm bicone glass crystal
- a plain metal bead

Leaving a space of 10mm, cut the excess off the head pin. Twirl the end using your twirly wirlies. Open a jump ring and attach to the loop, close securely. Open another jump ring and attach to the first, close securely. Repeat until you have a chain of 9 jump rings. 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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