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Pendant Necklace

Materials

Yellow Turquoise Pendant

1mm waxed black cotton cord

Large copper bead

2 Small copper beads

Celtic Diamond Knot Charm

Lobster claw clasp

Split Ring

2 crimp end tips

1 Oval Jumpring

Tools

Chain Nose Pliers

Split Ring Pliers

Crimp Pliers

Cocktail Straw

Step One

Choose which side of your pendant you want to be the presentation side. Place the charm on the presentation side and then run the 1mm cord through both the stone pendant and the charm.

Step Two

Make sure the charm and pendant are in the center of your cord, grab a hold of both cords and create an overhand knot as close to the pendant/charm as you can.

An overhand knot is the same knot you use to tie off a balloon.

Step Three

Slide both ends of the 1mm cord through the larger copper bead and slide to the overhand knot you just created, tie a second overhand knot above the copper bead.

Step Four

Cut an inch and half piece of the cocktail straw off. Slide that piece of cocktail straw onto a single piece of cord. With the cocktail straw touching the overhand knot, place a knot on the cord.

Pull the cocktail straw off the cord.

Step Five

Slide one of the smaller copper beads onto the cord that has the new knot on it. Place anothor knot above the copper bead in order to lock the copper bead in place.

Step Six

Repeat steps 4 and 5 on the other side of the necklace.

Step Seven

This step will construct the clasp. The lobster claw is connected to one crimp end using the oval jumpring.

The split ring is attached to the other crimp end.

Step Eight

The clasp in now going to be attached to the necklace. Crimp pliers work wonders but using a model glue or costume epoxy on the very tip of the cord will help this project last longer.

If you don't have crimp pliers and are using chain nose pliers I would really recommend using some sort of glue or epoxy to help secure the crimp ends in place.

Finished Product

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