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Pi Day Necklace Tutorial
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (3/14) every year by geeks, math enthusiasts, and people looking for a good excuse to celebrate a day in March eating pie. I am guilty of all 3, so here's my annual Pi Day necklace.
Created by: Polly Nobbs-LaRue
Designer Tips
This necklace does not require any tools or jewelry-making experience!
Simply squeeze to pop open the hoop, then slide on a nice mixed-metal combination of TierraCast nugget heishi beads, and as you add each number or the pi symbol, make sure they all face the correct direction.
Use 3 heishi beads between each charm, to space the charms apart so people can read the characters. Without them, the charms clump up and overlap each other.
Pop the hoop closed, and slide the top loop onto a ball chain necklace. Ball chain, made of tiny spheres, is the ideal chain for Pi Day. (You could also use Rolo chain, but that's a bit more work.)
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One or more parts (or tools) used in this project are no longer available, so we've moved the whole project into the "Misc Jewelry Tutorials with Issues" area while we decide what we want to do about it: find a good sub, re-make this project, or retire the tutorial.
To use the exact pattern shown, add items in this order:
small brass heishi, large brass heishi, small pewter heishi
3 charm
small pewter heishi, large brass heishi, small pewter heishi
pi charm
small brass heishi, large brass heishi, small brass heishi
1 charm
small pewter heishi, large brass heishi, small pewter heishi
4 charm
small pewter heishi, large brass heishi, small brass heishi
Suggested Supplies
1 each #42-240-02-4 TierraCast Medium Wire Hoop Charm Holder - Gold Plated
1 each #49-958-57-3-AS TierraCast Antiqued Silver Plated Number 3 Charm
1 each #49-958-68-06-AG TierraCast Antiqued Gold Plated Greek Letter Pi Charm
1 each #49-98-57-1 TierraCast Antiqued Silver Plated Number 1 Charm
1 each #49-958-57-4 TierraCast Antiqued Silver Plated Number 4 Charm
