1. Thread a Nickel-Plated Bottom Clamp bead tip. Approximately 1 inch from the end of the wire make a triple knot in the Buddy Braids on the inside of the bottom clamp. Make sure your knot is large enough not to slip out of the bottom clamp bead tip. See Illustration 1 Trim the excess Buddy Braids. Illustration 12. Close the bottom clamp bead tip around the knot by folding the clamp in half.3. String the following the make the necklace: - 1 Goldstone Round, 1 Thin Hematite Disc, 1 Black Onyx Round, 1 Leopardskin Jasper Round, 1 Black Onyx Round, and 1 Thin Hematite Disc. Repeat this pattern 17 Times. - Add 1 more Goldstone Round4. String another Nickel-Plated Bottom Clamp Bead Tip, threading the outside. Tie another set of knots in the Buddy Braids. Try to get the knots as close to the inside of the bottom clamp as possible to eliminate seeing any of the bare Buddy Braids. See Illustration 2. Trim the excess Buddy Braids. Illustration 25. Close the bottom clamp bead tip around the knot.6. Insert the open loop of the bottom clamp bead tip into one of the 5mm jump rings. Close the loop. 7. Open the other 5mm jump ring and inset the loop from the lobster clasp and close the jump ring. 8. Insert the other bottom clamp bead tip into the 5mm jump ring you just added the clasp to. Close the loop.
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