Retired - Basket Woven Cork Bracelet

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1. Cut the Olive Green cork into five pieces of 1 1/4 each.
2. Cut the Gray cork into four pieces of 1 1/4 each.
3. Lay out the three long cork pieces. (Dark brown on top, Natural Cork in the middle, and Dark Teal on bottom)
4. Begin by lining up the long cork pieces on one end. Lay one green piece across the three long pieces. Covering the edge.
5. You will now need to make three 2mm hole punches in the center of each piece using the Leather hole punch. See photo for reference.
6. Use a 4mm rivet on the brown cork and one on the teal cork. You can see an example of this in this video.
7. On the natural cork, use one 3.7mm eyelet rivet, as seen in this video.
8. About 10mm from where the green cork ends, place a gray piece of cork in with the gray showing on top of the natural cork, and below the brown and the teal. See photo for reference.
9. Punch two 2mm holes in the center of the intersecting areas of the brown and gray pieces, and the teal and gray piece. (see photo) You will then place two eyelets; one on the brown cork and one on the teal.
10. About 10mm from where the gray cork ends, place a green piece of cork in with the green behind the natural cork.
11. Punch two 2mm holes in the center of the intersecting areas. You will then place two rivets; one on the brown cork and one on the teal.
12. Repeat this process for the three other gray pieces and two other green pieces.
13. When you come to the final green piece repeat the same process as you did previously on the other side.
14. Open one 10mm jump ring and loop it through one eyelet on one end of the bracelet. Loop on one 5mm jump ring. Close the jump ring.
15. Open one 5mm jump ring and attach it to the 5mm jump ring that is attached to the 10mm jump ring, attach the square end of the clasp. Close the jump ring.
16. Move to the other side of the bracelet and open one 10mm jump ring and loop it through one eyelet on this side of the bracelet. Loop on one 5mm jump ring. Close the jump ring.
17. Open one 5mm jump ring and attach it to the 5mm jump ring that is attached to the 10mm jump ring, attach one more 5mm jump ring. Close the jump ring.
18. Open one 5mm jump ring and attach it to the toggle end of the clasp. Close the jump ring.
19. All done!

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