Ladder

Published: Tuesday, 05 June 2018 08:27

Difficulty: 3

Linked set made from PRECIOSA Oblongs

This tutorial provides a suggestion on how to use one of the less familiar seed bead shapes, PRECIOSA Oblongs.

The beads are connected using the lesser known linking technique. Prepare the "crosspieces" and thread another eye pin through the side wire loops. You can also use this simple connection principle with other types of beads and seed beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™ product range.

Design: Helena Chmelíková

MATERIALS AND TOOLS

Materials and tools:

PRECIOSA Oblongs (O)
321 61 001; 5 x 3.5; 67010 turquoise; the necklace: 56x; the earrings: 32x

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PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 10/0; 18503 silver; the necklace: 56x; earrings: 32x (R1)

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331 19 001; 8/0; 18503 silver; the necklace: 46x; the earrings: 28x (R2)

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PRECIOSA Pressed Beads (PB)
111 19 001; 4 mm; 02010/14464 blue; the necklace: 11x; the earrings: 4x

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- silver; 20 mm, 24 mm and 30 mm eye pins; 12 mm eye pins; a fine chain with links made of thin wire; an adjusting chain; 4 mm rings; a carabiner, earring hooks

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- needle nose pliers (with rounded points); snipping pliers; flat nose pliers (for handling the rings and the eye pins loops); a ruler

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PROCEDURE

The procedure:

Step 1:
Link O and R1 on 24 mm eye pins. String 1x O, 2x R1 and 1x O. Grip the end of the protruding wire between the points and twist it. This will form a loop. Leave the loop in the point of the pliers and gently bend it behind the edge of the O hole. It will be centrally located above the hole. Straighten both loops to the same level and twist them in the same way. Link 44x eye pins in this fashion (28x for the necklace and 16x for the earrings).

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Step 2:
Link 15x PB onto a 12 mm pin (11x for the necklace, 4x for the earrings).

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The necklace

Step 3:
Create a ladder from 8 linked pins. Alternately string the eye of a pin and 1x R2 onto a 30 mm eye pin (a total of 7x R2). Straighten all the O so they lie flat with the wide surfaces on one another. Shorten any protruding wire to about 8 mm. Make a loop.

Step 4:
Thread the second side of the ladder. Once again add a total of 7x R2. Shorten the wire and make a loop.

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Step 5:
Open the loop next to 2x PB and hang them in the loops on both sides of the ladder.

Step 6:
Create two ladders out of 6 linked pins. Thread the loops on both sides. Add a total of 5x R2 between them. Link the loops. Add the PB.

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Step 7:
Create two ladders made of 4 linked pins. Thread the loops on both sides. Add a total of 3x R2 between them. Link the loops. Add PB.

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Step 8:
Cut off 40 cm of chain. Suspend the ladders. Open the empty loops by the largest ladder. Hang the chain in the loops. Close them again. Suspend the smaller ladders at the same distance from the central one.

Step 9:
Completion. Adjust the length. Place a carabiner on one end using a ring. Cut off about 7 cm of adjusting chain. Add a PB on one end. Attach the second end to the necklace using a ring.

The earrings

You need two ladders consisting of 8x linked pins (Steps 3-5). Cut 4 lengths of chain at about 12-15 mm. Hang them in the empty loops of the ladders. Connect the top links of the chains with a ring and add an earring hook.