Jewellery

I once got a necklace made of stones from my grandma. I only got to use it once before it broke. And of course it broke, it was held together with cotton thread! I decided to replace it with silver thread.

I went to a specialized store and bought 0.8 mm wide 925 silver thread, and round pointed pliers. Different pliers are used for cutting and squeezing the thread. You can also find these things in online stores. So here's how it's done:

To make a loop, squeeze the thread between the ends of the round pliers,

and turn. The size is up to you, and depends on where you position the thread. 

This is the shape you would be looking for. The very first loop is closed all the way of course.

Next place the half finished loop to the previous closed loop.

Squeeze to close the loop.

Wire the silver thread through the stone (or bead or what ever it is you are using) all the way to the loop you just made, and bend the thread slightly.

Use the round pliers to make a new loop and cut.

 Leave enough length to close the end of the loop inside the hole of the stone/bead, so that it's nice and tight. Use the round pliers to close the loop and to shape it into its final form. Finally, add fasteners, and your stone/silver chain necklace is finished.

I bought 2 m of silver thread, and after making a necklace and a bracelet there's still some 0,5 m left. The stones had drilled holes in them that sometimes would be too tight for the thread. Luckily there were enough stones with wide enough holes. There are thinner threads available, but I just took a risk this time and went with a thicker one. The stones (and also glass beads) are quite heavy, so maybe it's all for the good. By the way, I don't know what stones these are, so if anyone knows, please inform me!