TUTORIAL:

If you are the fidgety type, then make this one for yourself: you can roll those beads around and around endlessly. Learn how to create a pendant resembling an abacus: add different colored beads for an explosion of color.
This pendant uses a single shaped armature, to which beads are attached using a very simple method. The result is a very contemporary and modern design, which can also be adapted for men with the appropriate colors.

• 1-foot 18ga or 16ga wire (dead soft or half-hard)
• 4 to 5-feet 26ga or 28-ga wire (dead soft)
• 20 8mm or 9mm colorful rondelle or round beads

• Flat nose pliers
• Flush wire cutter
• Mallet
• Masking tape (or painters tape)
• Dowel or thick knitting needle
• Thin knitting needle or dowel