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by: Stephanie Dixon
On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... 11 pipers
piping.
Forget pipers, I need more cowbell!!!! Which leads me to the
shape of the Swarovski Keystone Crystal. Do you notice the similarities?
And of course according to some traditions mentioned on Wikipedia, the
ladies are still dancing ... .
Directions
Cut one 6 inch piece of wire and one 8 inch piece. (better to cut more, than less).
With
the 6 inch piece of wire, feed on the 7 keystone crystals through the
NARROW end, making sure that the AB coating is showing only on one side.
It's easy to feed these on the wire "backwards." Feed the wire back
through the first keystone crystal. You should have one wire coming out
of the left side of the crystal, and another coming out the right side.
Give these wires a pull to gather the crystals into a circle.
With
the 8 inch
piece of wire, feed through the top (wide end) of the keyhole crystal.
Pick up a mini-round crystal and feed through the next keyhole crystal.
Continue around the outside until you have one mini-round crystal
between each keyhole. Feed the wire through a keystone crystal once more,
so that there is wire ends coming out of both sides.
Back to
the inner circle of wire: Give the wire ends another pull to tighten up
the circle, ensuring that there are no gaps. On the back of the pendant,
cut each wire to 1 inch. Create a spiral with each wire end and centre the
spirals so that you can see them through the middle of the circle of keystones.
On
the outer circle: Make sure that the mini-round crystal's AB coating is
facing the same direction as the keystone crystal's AB coating. (They
will twirl around eventually, but can be flipped back.) Tighten up the
wire and cut one end to 1" and create a spiral and tuck in behind a
mini-round crystal.
Fold the other wire
in half and acting as if it is now one piece of wire, create a wrapped loop. Trim off the excess wire.
You now have a beautiful pendant that can be strung on a chain or silk string.
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![]() | 74701019 Craft Wire - 22ga - Silver Plated (Tarnish Resistant) (Artistic Wire) | Price: $ 12.95 per | In Stock | |
![]() | Qty: 7 | 27751810030001 Swarovski Bead - 2-Hole Keystone (5181) - Crystal AB | Price: $ 2.40 per | Sorry - this item is unavailable. |
![]() | Qty: 7 | 27750520045001 Swarovski Bead - 6mm Mini-Round (5052) - Crystal AB | Price: $ 0.95 per | Sorry - this item is unavailable. |
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