Center component
1. Position the center component as shown in FIGURE 8, with the larger cluster of triangles at the bottom and your thread exiting the triangle shown (point a). Stitch the triangle your thread is exiting to the triangle shown in the center component (point b), exiting the triangle in the center component. Stitch this triangle to the following triangle in the previous component (point c) to form a circular unit.
2. Sew up through the center of the circle. Pick up a rondelle, and sew back down through the center of the circle. Sew up through an adjacent triangle.
3. Add cylinders to the center component as before, exiting the triangle shown (point d).
Left side of necklace
1. Position the remaining crystal components for the left side of the necklace so that the beaded “tail” is at the bottom of each component and is curving to the right (refer to FIGURE 8).
2. Stitch the triangle your thread is exiting to the triangle shown in the next component (point e), exiting the triangle from the center component. Stitch this triangle to the following triangle in the next component (point f) to form a circular unit.
3. Add a rondelle to the circle as before, and then add cylinders to the component, exiting the triangle shown (point g).
4. Continue to connect and embellish the remaining components, ending and adding thread as needed. When you finish, your thread should be exiting the last component as in point g.
5. Add one triangle to form a circular unit, embellish it, but do not add a rondelle. End the thread.
Finishing
Center a 34-in. (86 cm) ribbon through an end circular unit. Tie the ribbon to secure it to the beadwork. Tie an overhand knot on each end of the ribbon if needed to keep it from fraying. Repeat this step to add the other ribbon on the other end of the beadwork.