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Rainbow
Cuff II

Design by Marg Yamanaka

(Instructions only - no kit. Feel free to modify the design for your own taste.)

Not content to make just ONE Rainbow cuff, (see Rainbow Cuff I) Marg (our buyer) thought she'd try again, this time with the smaller, 4mm bicones, to fully exploit the wide range of colours available.

So here is her Rainbow Cuff, made with 4mm Swarovski's 5301s (bicones), 3-hole connectors and memory wire.

Tools needed

Heavy duty Wire cutters, suitable for memory wire
Round nose pliers

Supplies needed

3 x 1.25 coils of bracelet size memory wire. (Buy memory wire on this page). Actually, this sample is made with just a single coil for each strand, instead of 1.25. I suggest you use a little more than a coil per strand, unless you have the wrists of a munchkin (which, coincidentally, Marg does.) Each cm of the bracelet is 3 connectors and 2.5 beads long, or, each inch is 7 connectors and 6 beads. Those are actual measurements. Use this to adjust the length for yourself. The quantities below are for the length shown, so you will probably have to increase the number of beads.
44 x flat, 3 hole connectors (Connectors are findings, on this page) Increase accordingly if you are making a longer bracelet.
3 each of 43 colours (or more, if you are making it longer, as suggested) of Swarovski 4mm 5301 series bicones. Well, there aren't 44 different colours without getting into the ABs, jet, greys, and other exotic finishes, which, to my eye, don't actually fit in this rainbow colour palette, but you may not agree with me. So the solution is to repeat the colours. (hey, why not try this in just 2 or 3 colours? Or only the really far-out colours? Or only in warm colours, like pinks and oranges? Maybe all blue and aqua and green? The sky is the limit!) (Get your 4 mm Swarovski bicones on this page, and this page.)

Making the bracelet

Start with the 3 separate coils of memory wire. (Cut your wire into 3 equal portions, about 1 and 1/4 coils) Use the round nose pliers to coil a loop at the end of each wire. The wire is hard to coil, so you might want to practice on a spare piece first.

Thread each wire into each hole of single 3-hole connector.

Thread a single bead of the same colour onto each wire. (See below for the colours and the order.) Follow with a connector. Continue alternating beads and connectors until you have enough for a bracelet, or you run out of beads.

Add your last connector, and coil the end of the wire into a tidy loop. The memory wire doesn't want to coil up nicely, so you have to use some muscle to get the loops. However, with a little practice, you can do it easily.

Thread the beads in the following order to duplicate this "rainbow" effect:

Crystal

Crystal AB

Jonquil

Lt Colorado Topaz

Smokey Topaz

Smokey Quartz

Indian Red

Red Topaz

Hyacinth

Lt Siam

Ruby

Burgundy

Amethyst

Fuchsia

Rose

Peach

Lt Amethyst

Violet

Tanzanite

Sapphire

Lt Sapphire

Lt Azore

Indian Sapphire

Aqua

Indicolite

Capri

Blue Zircon

Emerald

Morian

Turmaline

Erinite

Chrysolite

Peridot

Olivine

Lime

Jonquil

Shadow Crystal

Repeat from top of list, i.e.

Crystal

Crystal AB

Jonquil

Lt Colorado Topaz

Smokey Topaz

Smokey Quartz

until long enough

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