Out of the Mouths of Babes or Fixing a Spinning Bracelet

by Judy Larson

Have you ever made a bracelet that just did not stay in place, but kept turning? It took my granddaughter to figure out the solution to this one!

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I loved this bracelet, but it kept turning on my wrist, so I stopped wearing it often. I knew it was weighted correctly because the bottom section weighed the same at the top focal section. Of and on I fiddled with the curve of the top focal section, but to no avail.

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While fiddling with it to get the focal back on top of my wrist one day, my 6 year old granddaughter asked why the toggle leaf was on the bottom instead of at the end of the "branches" of the focal piece. Such insight out of the mouth of babes! I pulled the bottom bracelet section off, connected the chain and bead sections together, and added the leaf toggle to the end of one side of the "branches". What a difference! The bracelet no longer spins on the wrist and seems much better balanced.

I have since made a few bracelets where the toggle sits outside the wrist with the same results.

Materials

Gold Filled Toggle Clasp 19mm - Pack of 1

J3-92

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $25.46
Gold Club Price: $19.10

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Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp 3 Rings 12mm - Pack of 1

K3-161

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $8.24
Gold Club Price: $6.18

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Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp Fancy Twisted Wire 15.5mm - Pack of 1

K3-167

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $7.86
Gold Club Price: $5.90

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WireJewelry - Ultimate Wire-Pliers Jewelry Pliers with Case, Set of 5

G15-20

G15-20
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $170.72
Gold Club Price: $128.04

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Category: Design
Technique(s): Design

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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