Tribal Memory Wire Necklace

Jewelry Project

Equally dazzling worn during lazy summer days or glamorous winter nights, these colours and this design is hot.

Materials needed

6mm Cats Eye beads
6mm Crystal Bicones
Shell Leaves
Chinese Coins
Memory Wire

Tips

Memory wire is tougher to manipulate than normal wire/head pins, therefore, when forming the closed loop you may need to use combination/flat nose pliers to close up the loop.

Memory wire is tougher to manipulate than normal wire/head pins, therefore, when forming the closed loop you may need to use combination/flat nose pliers to close up the loop.

Step One

Cut a length of memory wire (about 1 ½ turns of wire) using memory wire shears (be careful using the wire shears).

Step Two

Using round nose pliers, curl one end of the wire forming a closed loop.

Step Three

Thread the beads onto the wire in your desired pattern (see main picture).

Step Four

Thread five 6mm Cats Eye beads and four 6mm Crystals in an alternate pattern.

Step Five

Thread on a Shell Leaf then 2 Cats Eye beads and 1 Crystal.  Repeat this twice over.

Step Six

Follow Step 2 to complete base design.

Step Seven

Attach two Chinese Coins onto two jump rings and attach them to the necklace three beads away from the 1st and 3rd Shell Leaf.

Step Eight

Attach four jump rings together then attach a Chinese Coin to the first and last jump ring.  Repeat the once more.

Step Nine

Open the 1st jump ring and attach it to the necklace between the 1st and 2nd Shell Leaf and between the 2nd and 3rd Shell Leaf.