Saturday, July 7, 2012

Knight in Shining Armor: Pinterest Challenge


It's Pinterest Challenge Time! I have been going through my boards and hundreds of pins, attempting to find the perfect project. Inspiration hit me when I came across this neon bib necklace. However, neon is not my thing, at least not multiple colors of neon at once.

This project taught me one thing: I cannot imagine how labor intensive making a full suit of armor is, because this project continually pushed my buttons.

Here's what you need:
  • Pliers
  • Pewter rings
  • Jump Rings
  • Chain
  • Clasp




Unlike the Neon Bib necklace, I did ten rows, descending from ten rings to one ring. Link the rings together as shown, to form a triangle.

Once, the intense labor of connecting all the rings, the armor pendant should look like this:
Here is a close up of how the links together:

Once assembled, I didn't like the chain in the picture shown above. I found it too bulky, so I opted for a smaller chain. Once connecting the chain to the armor pendant with jump rings, complete the necklace with a clasp.

(Blurry) Finished product:






2 comments:

  1. Poof! That looks beautiful..and hard to make. It would def "push maybe even snap my buttons!" (HAHA!) You are so talented. Lets go bead shopping soon my hands are antsy!!
    Xo Amy

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    1. Thanks Amy! We should go bead shopping as soon as funds allow!

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