Fall, 2025, Emeritus Jewelry Class

Materials Needed:
3 ½ coils bracelet-size memory wire
About 21" of asst. beads
Notes about beads: Don’t use long, tubular or oval beads because they won’t go around the curve of the wire. Also, avoid too many heavy beads.
Tools Needed:
Memory wire cutter
Round-nose pliers

Craft Wire Projects #18 & 19: Wire Looping for Earrings, Necklaces and Bracelets on Head-pins & Wire

 

Week 5, 10/2/25, NO CLASS/YOM KIPPUR

Week 6, 10/9/25, CORD PROJECTS 

Link to Zoom recording of 10/9/25 Jewelry class.

Tools Needed for this week's projects

Tools Needed

Scissors

Ruler

Cigarette Lighter
Round-nose pliers
Knotting Tweezers
Chain-nose pliers

Cord Project #522, Many-Strand Knotted Bracelet with Sliding Closure

 

Click here for link to download Many-Strand Knotted Bracelet handout.

 

Materials Needed

20 feet of .7mm. waxed polyester cord

About 120 Size 8 seed beads (8/0)

 

Cord Projects #9 & #12: Plain or Knotted Necklace on Bead Cord, w/Bead Tips
AND
Cord Project #13: Floating-Design Knotted Necklace on Bead Cord, w/Bead Tips

 

Click here to download Byzantine Chain Maille Bib Necklace handout.

Materials Needed
(300-400) 18-gauge jump rings with 3.5mm. inner diameter (Susan’ #36)
(24”) of 1.5mm or 2mm round leather cord
2 Foldover crimps
2-4 small, heavy jump rings (Susan’s #14)
Clasp set
If adding beads:
7-15 head pins
7-17 approx. 6mm. beads

Chain Maille Project #55: 3-in-3 Chain Maille Bracelet 

 

 

Week 8, 10/23/25, Bead Weaving Project #524, Bead-Framed Flowers Bracelet

 

   

Click here to download Bead-Framed Flowers handout.

Week 9, 10/30/25, Craft Wire project #93, Wire-Beaded Flowers Necklace & Earrings

 

Click here to download Wire-Beaded Flowers handout.

Materials Needed for 18” Necklace (8 Wire-Beaded Flower Segments, plus nine 3-bead segments of plain, wire-wrapped beads & two 1-bead segments of wire-wrapped beads)
(66) 4mm. round or faceted beads, Color A (48 for flower petals & 18 for sides of the 3-bead, wire-wrapped segments)
(16) 4mm. round or faceted beads, or bicones, Color B (for top & bottom of flower segments)
(10) 6mm. round or faceted beads, Color C (8 for centers & 2 for 1-bead, wire-wrapped segments at ends of necklace)
(9) 8mm. round or faceted beads, Color C (centers of 3-bead, wire-wrapped segments)
4 yards of 26-gauge craft wire
1 clasp set
Materials Needed for Earrings (2 Wire-Beaded Flower Segments, plus 2 headpin dangles)
(12) 4mm. round or faceted beads, Color A (for flower petals)
(6) 4mm. round or faceted beads, or bicones, Color B (4 for tops bottoms of flower segments & 2 for dangles)
(2) 6mm. round or faceted beads, Color C (flower centers)
20” of 26-gauge craft wire
2 head pins
1 pair earring wires
Tools Needed
Round-nose pliers
Chain-nose pliers
Wire side cutters 

Week 10, 11/6/25, Kumihimo

Tools Needed for this week's projects
Scissors
Ruler
Wire flush cutters
8 flexible bobbins
1 oz. fishing weight
Large safety pin
Kumihimo disk
Chain-nose pliers
Round-nose pliers
Wide-eye needle  OR  32” of 28-gauge wire (to make needles)

Cord Project #519, Beaded Flowers Kumihimo

Click here to download Beaded Flowers Kumihimo handout.

Materials Needed
20 feet of #18 Superlon cord (TEX 210)
Size 6 seed beads – substitute colors if desired
(approx. amounts)
150 green
40 red
40 orange
40 blue
20 yellow
32” of 28-gauge wire (to make needles)
12” of 24-gauge wire
Pair of large end caps (43-900)
Toggle clasp  OR Lobster clasp & extender chain

Cord Project #191, Kumihimo Bracelet with Seed Beads

Week 11, 11/13/25, Craft Wire Project #171, Bracelet: Wire Braiding or Weaving with Sets of 2 Wires

Click here to download Wire Braiding Bracelet handout. 

Materials Needed
3” of tape
14 ft. of 20-gauge, dead-soft craft wire, cut into twelve 13” pieces & one 12” piece
4” of 18-gauge craft wire
18” of 24-gauge craft wire
Tools Needed
Spring Clamp  
Wire flush cutters
Nylon Jaw pliers     
Ruler
Round-nose pliers     
Chain-nose pliers
Hammer & Steel Bench Block or Anvil

Week 12, 11/20/25, Bead Weaving Project #485, Half Tila Architectural Bracelet

Click here to download Half Tila Architectural Bracelet handout.

Materials Needed
About 100 Half Tila Beads
2 yards of Size D beading thread: Superlon, Fireline, etc.
Clasp set
2 jump rings: 18 ga, 4.2mm inner diameter (Susan’s #36 rings)
Tools Needed
#10 beading needle
Scissors
2 pairs of chain-nose pliers

 

WEEK 13, 11/27/25, NO CLASS/THANKSGIVING

 

Week 14, 12/4/25, Macrame Project #515, Triple Macrame Bracelet w/sliding macrame

Materials Needed
6 yards of .7mm. Waxed Polyester Cord
Round beads w/holes large enough to fit 1 strand of cord
2 smaller beads with holes exactly large enough to fit 1 strand of cord
4” of tape 
Tools Needed
Ruler 
Scissors
Macrame Board
(3 or 4) T-Pins
Cigarette lighter
Knotting tweezers (optional)  

Week 15, 12/11/25, Chain Maille Project # 517, Sheet Metal & European 4-in-1 Chain Maille Earrings

Materials Needed
24-gauge sheet metal or 2 pre-made shapes
1 pair earring wires
22-gauge wire
Small jump rings (size tbd)
Small beads (optional
Head pins (optional)
Tools Needed
Metal shears
Ball peen or other texturizing hammer
Steel bench block
2 pairs chain-nose pliers
Dapping block
Round-nose pliers
Wire flush cutters
Metal file
Ruler
Extra-fine tip black Sharpie
Metal hole punch 

Week 16, 12/18/25, Holiday Party at Susan’s House, address to be announced later