A quick project to make a fun little ring that shows off a single favorite bead! Great for your fingers or your toes!
Skill Level: Easy
Time to Make: under an hour
Supplies you will need:
* 1 focal bead, 10 mm or larger. Handmade lampwork beads or faceted semi-precious stone beads are ideal. A round, flat tablet, or tube bead works well. Avoid a bead that sticks up too far or "bumpy" beads.
* 2 sterling silver bead caps
* 3 x 4mm sterling silver round beads
* approximately 40 sterling silver "daisy" spacers (about 5 grams will do.)
* 6-8 in of stretchy bead stringing material such as Elasticity(tm), StretchMagic, or similar.
* scissors
* wire needle
This handsome ring is a great way to show off a single bead. Rings take a lot of abuse — so work with your stretch cord doubled!
The size of the ring can be easily adjusted by adding more or less daisy spacers when threading the beads. Remember to keep it even and put the same number on each side. The instructions below make a ring that is approximately a size 8.
Thread your stretchy cord through the wire needle and slide the needle to the center of the cord. Thread the beads in the following order:
1. 1 bead cap
2. 4 mm round sterling bead
3. approximately 18 spacers - this will vary with the type of spacers that you have and the size of the ring you want.
4. 4 mm round sterling bead
5. 18 spacers, vary the number to match step 3 above.
6. 4 mm round sterling bead
7. 1 bead cap
8. your focal bead
Check the size of the ring against your finger. Adjust as necessary by adding or removing spacer beads from both sides.
When you have the size right, snug the cord up tightly so that the knot will disappear after being tied. Tie a surgeon’s knot to secure the cord.
Wiggle the knot into the focal bead to hide it.
That’s it. Very quick and simple! In half an hour, you have a very cool beaded ring that is comfortable to wear and fun to show off!
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