Three to one strand citrine carnelian bracelet
Fantabulous. This bracelet uses one of my favorite tricks for fancy. Look carefully at the photo. There are three strands of citrine chips and carnelian nuggets that funnel down to a single strand of sterling silver beads.
How do you do it?
After threading each individual strand of citrine and carnelian on beadalon, each strand is then threaded through a single sterling silver bead (with a larger enough diameter hole to accommodate the three strands. Surprisingly, this will not need to be very large at all).
More of the silver beads were added to continue the length of the bracelet, then crimp beads were added at the end of the bracelet with a two fold purpose: 1) to attach the bracelet to a jump ring (which attaches to the toggle clasp), and 2) to anchor those strands together and anchor them well.
And again, we have the issue of “is a toggle clasp safe to use on a bracelet”. Jewelers try to avoid toggle clasps on any piece that is too light to keep the toggle clasp closed.
However, the weight of this particular piece is definitely heavy enough to pull against the toggle clasp, keeping the pieces taut and ensuring that the bracelet will indeed stay on the wrist.
What a gorgeous gift this would make, don’t you agree?
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