TUTORIAL:

This lesson shows how to develop beaded cap for zirconia. The same motif you can use for earrings and as pendants.

The cap looks the same at front and at the back.

• (for pair of earrings)
• 8 round 4mm beads
• 6 round 3mm beads
• 36 round 2mm beads
• 2 zirconia flat briolettes 18x7mm or any other beads similarly shaped (briolettes; pears; drops); top drilled
• beading thread of your choice (Nymo; Silamide; KO are most common beading threads; but other brands can also be used)
• for earrings or pendant: pair of sterling silver earwires or pendant bail;

• Size 10 beading needle
• Thread conditioner (optional)
• Scissors
• Chain nose plier