Dramatic Beaded Chain Dangle Choker

Materials:

• 10 beads
• 10 decorative head pins
• 10-20 spacer beads
• 20 jump rings
• 18-inch piece of chain for necklace
• lobster clasp
• 21 inches chain for dangles
• chain nose pliers
• round nose pliers
• wire cutters

Instructions:

1. Cut 21-inch piece of chain into four 2-inch pieces, four 2 ½-inch pieces, and one 3-inch piece.
    
2. Arrange beads and spacer beads on 10 decorative head pins in pattern of your choice.
    
3. To make each head pin into a dangle, use chain nose pliers to grasp wire just at point where it exits last bead. Bend wire at 90-degree angle.  
    
4. Grasp bend with round nose pliers and wrap wire around pliers as far as possible to start to make a loop. Reposition pliers to finish loop.  
    
5. Use wire cutters to trim wire where it crosses beginning of loop.  
    
6. Arrange lengths of chain in this pattern: 2”-2”-2 ½”-2 ½”-3”-2 ½”- 2 ½”-2”-2”
    
7. Arrange bead dangles between lengths of chain, beginning and ending with a bead dangle.
    
8. Attach bead dangles and lengths of chain to necklace chain with jump rings.  
    
9. Attach a clasp with a jump ring to one end of chain.