Beaded Charm and Toggle Necklace

Create a charming necklace with red and silver glass beads. This project from Katie Hacker is great for a Valentine's Day gift.
 

Materials:

• Beadalon® 49 Strand wire, .018” diameter, bright color
• Thirty-eight 6mm round red glass beads
• Twenty 4mm round red glass beads
• Twenty 4mm round silver beads
• Ten 12mm silver tubes
• Nine 6mm silver beads
• Nine red E beads silver toggle clasp
• Two 1.3mm
• Silver crimp tubes
• 27 silver head pins
• Beadstorm™ Round Nose Pliers
• Nipper Tool
• Beadalon™ Crimper

Instructions:

1. String a 6mm red bead onto a head pin. Use round nose pliers to make a loop above the bead. Trim off any excess wire. Repeat this technique to make 18 beaded charms (A charm). String an E bead and a 6mm metal bead onto a head pin. Make a loop and trim off any excess wire. Repeat for nine charms (B charm). Set the charms aside for Step 3.
    
2. Cut a 17 1/2" length of Beadalon® 49 Strand wire. String a crimp tube 1/2" from the end. String the Beadalon® wire through half of the clasp and back into the crimp tube to form a loop. Crimp it.
    
3. String a 4mm red, 4mm silver and 6mm red bead onto the wire. Repeat the following beading pattern nine times: 12mm tube, 6mm red, 4mm silver, A charm, 4mm red, B charm, 4mm red, A charm, 4mm silver, 6mm red. String beads as follows onto the end of the necklace: 12mm tube, 6mm red, 4mm silver, 4mm red.
    
4. String a crimp tube, then string the Beadalon® wire through half of the clasp and back into the crimp tube to form a loop. Crimp it.

Tip:  Follow the instructions on the crimping tool package to crimp the crimp beads or tubes.