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Hi this is Megan with Beadaholique.com and today I'm going to show you
how to make a CzechMates Lentil Bead
Chain and Make a Bracelet and I have one here that I've completed
and as you can see it's really simple
but it's really pretty. All I've done is taken
some CzechMates Lentil beads. I have this
beautiful champagne luster color here and I've taken some
jump rings and I'm using a five-millimeter 21 gauge jump ring
and I really like the way that that looks and it also fits
very nicely and then I just used a magnetic clasp
so I'm just going to show you real quick
very quick and easy. And actually
if you've ever done any chain maille, you'll know now how much time it can save
to open up your jump rings a head of time. So that is also going to hold true for
this
so I'm going to open up a few jump rings
ahead and how many you'll need
will depend of course on how long you want your bracelet
so minus probably only about six and a half inches long. I just measured it off
my wrist
I think I used 24 jump rings
if I remember correctly. I'm just gonna start with
a few for now. What you do
is one of the holes on your lentil bead
you wanna make sure that you're using
a relatively thin jump ring for the
size because you want to be able to
slide your bead on and have it go
around the jump ring and fit through the hole
so close that
some first I need to go ahead and put
two on. And close
grab another open jump ring
place your chain
and another lentil bead
and
close. You're just going to continue
that for as long as you want your bracelet. You could also use
a chain of these for anything else
it doesn't have to be a bracelet
every time onto your jump ring you'll place
a chain and another bead
you'll just continue that
until it's as long as you want it. So here I have the
bracelet and I just held it up
on my wrist to measure and I've stopped right at about where it meets your clasp
It's going to add just a little bit of room
probably about half an inch or a little less. I think that'll fit
fine. You're going to
grab another jump ring
place the magnetic clasp on the jump ring
and it wants to stick to anything metal so let it stick to the pliers
they're back out of your way and
grab one of the end beads and hang that
close it up, grab one more jump ring
again put your clasp on and get it out
of the way and then make sure that your bracelet
or your chain or whatever you're using it for, that it is not twisted around
go ahead and hang that last bead
close it up
you can see
thats super simple, quick and easy and it's really pretty
and dainty looking. You could
make a few of them in different colors
and layer them up. They are really pretty.
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