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How to Make a Bracelet,  How to Make a Necklace

Make your jewellery work for you, this necklace is also a bracelet!

finished choker

This choker necklace can also be worn as a cool bracelet. It’s super cool and easy to make.

You will need the following tools and materials to make your choker/bracelet:

1: Pliers. You will need your flat nose pliers, round nose pliers and cutting pliers to make this choker/bracelet.

Cutting pliers, round nose pliers and flat nose pliers

2: A piece of leather or faux leather long enough to fit closely around your neck.

blue leather

3: Two flat crimp ends.

gold crimps

4: Two jump rings.

two gold colored jump rings

5: A toggle clasp.

a gold toggle clasp

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6: A head pin.

gold head pin

7: A bead or charm of your choice. I used this glass bead.

glass bead

Follow these steps to make your convertible choker bracelet:

1: Add a crimp to each end of the leather, securing it in place by squeezing it around the leather using the flat nose pliers.

adding crimp end
squashing crimp
one crimp attached
both crimps attached

2: Add a jump ring to one end and attach one part of the toggle clasp.

attaching jump ring
adding clasp to one side
clasp attached

3: Add the other jump ring and the second part of the clasp to the other end of the leather.

attaching other side of clasp
both clasps attached

4: Put the bead onto the head pin.

bead on pin

5: Bend the head pin so that it is at a right angle to the bead using the round nose pliers.

bending pin
bent pin

6: Trim the end of the pin if required (it should extend approximately 1cm from the top of the bead). If no trimming is required, curl the pin into a loop using the round nose pliers.

curling top of pin
curled pin

8: Open the charm loop slightly and attach the charm to one of the jump rings that connects the leather and the clasp.

attaching bead to jump ring

9: Close the charm loop to secure it in place. Once your charm is secured in place your creation is ready to wear, either as a choker or a bracelet!

charm attached

Here’s the design worn as a bracelet.

wearing as bracelet 2
wearing as bracelet 1

And here it is as a choker necklace.

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