Retired - Unchain My Heart Lariat Necklace

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1. Begin by using your flush cutters (XTL-5600) to cut a piece of twenty four gauge black artistic craft wire at five inches long.
2. Create a wrapped wire loop at one end of the wire.
3. Onto the wire, thread one 4mm bordeaux Austrian crystal faux pearl.
4. Create the beginning of a large wrapped loop (about 6mm in diameter). Before you complete the wrapping, thread the Austrian crystal Jet Cosmic Circle onto the loop. Once you have done so, finish wrapping the wire until it meets back up with the 4mm faux pearl. Trim off excess wire.
5. Cut a piece of fine Soft Flex at about seven inches long. Onto one end of the Soft Flex thread a gunmetal crimp bead, but do not crimp it yet. Thread the end of the Soft Flex though the empty wrapped wire loop next to the 4mm faux pearl and back through the crimp bead. Pull the Soft Flex snug and crimp the gunmetal crimp bead.
6. Onto the Soft Flex thread approximately four inches of alternating Austrian crystal 4mm bordeaux faux pearls, Austrian crystal 5mm jet roundel spacer beads, and Austrian crystal 4mm red magma round beads.
7. On the end of the strand, thread a gunmetal crimp bead, but do not crimp it yet. Thread the end of the Soft Flex though the last link at one end of the two foot long piece of gunmetal chain and back through the crimp bead. Pull the Soft Flex snug and crimp the gunmetal crimp bead. Trim off excess beading wire from both ends of the strand.
8. Feed the end of the gunmetal chain through the jet Austrian crystal Cosmic Circle.
9. Cut two small pieces of the black finish cable chain, each eleven links in length. Set these aside.
10. Cut another piece of twenty four gauge black artistic craft wire at five inches long. Make the beginning of a wrapped wire loop at one end of the wire, but before completing the wrapping, thread the wire through the last link in the two foot long piece of gunmetal chain.
11. Thread the black artistic wire through the last link of each of the two small pieces of black finish chain. Now thread it through the hole in the Austrian crystal crystal Wild Heart pendant. Finally, thread it through the opposite end of each of the two small pieces of black finish chain, so that the small chain drapes on either side of the heart pendant.
12. Bring the wire back up to where it is connected to the end of the two foot long piece of gunmetal chain, and wrap it around itself several times. Trim off all excess wire.

• CHA-9688 - Gunmetal Steel Flat Link Cable Chain 4.3mm - Bulk By The Foot
  Project uses 2 feet. You will need 2 packages.


• CHA-1121 - Gun Metal Plated Fine Cable Chain 1.8mm Bulk By The Foot
  Project uses 1 foot. You will need 1 package.


• XCR-5143 - Soft Flex, 21 Strand Fine Beading Wire .014 Inch Thick, 30 Feet, Satin Silver
  Project uses 1 foot. You will need 1 package.


• FCR-1253 - Gun Metal Brass Crimp Beads 2mm x 1.5mm (100)
  Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• WCR-2403 - Artistic Wire, Copper Craft Wire 24 Gauge Thick, 10 Yard Spool, Permanent Black Color
  Project uses 10 inches. You will need 1 package.


• SWP-4020 - Austrian Crystal, 5810 Round Faux Pearl Beads 4mm, 50 Pieces, Bordeaux
  Project uses 11 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• SWC-04066 - Austrian Crystal, 5000 Round Beads 4mm, 12 Pieces, Red Magma
  Project uses 8 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• SWC-5202 - Austrian Crystal, 5305 Rondelle Spacer Beads 5mm, 12 Pieces, Jet
  Project uses 9 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• SWC-9025 - Austrian Crystal, 4139 Cosmic Ring Pendant 20mm, 1 Piece, Jet
  Project uses 1 piece. You will need 1 package.


• SWBB-3735 - Austrian Crystal, 6240 Wild Heart Pendant 27mm, 1 Piece, Crystal Red Magma
  Project uses 1 piece. You will need 1 package.

• XTL-5600 - Xuron Sharp Flush Cutter Pliers - Wire/Soft Flex