Let's Eat!

Gratitude for the harvest! I get that. I also get slowing down, reconnecting with friends and family, and sharing food prepared slowly and deliberately. This Thanksgiving, I made a trinket necklace in appreciation for my gracious friend who prepares a magnificent feast year after year. This necklace is a great gift for the “foodie” in your life.

Supplies
• 19 mm hammered ring
• 55 mm knife charm
• 55 mm fork charm
• 55 mm spoon charm
• 5 6 mm rondelles
• 5 4 mm rondelles
• 5 3 mm faceted spacers
• 15 in. (38 cm) 24-gauge wire
• 7–9 in. (18–23 cm) chain, 2–3 mm links
• 2 in. (5 cm) chain for extender, 5–6 mm links
• lobster claw clasp
• 2-in. (5 cm) head pin
• 3 6 mm oval jump rings
• chainnose and roundnose pliers
• diagonal wire cutters
Flatware charms from Elka Designs, elka-designs.com. Similar charms available from Rings & Things, rings-things.com.

Step 1
Open a jump ring (Basics) and attach a knife charm and a 19 mm hammered ring. Close the jump ring. Use jump rings to attach the spoon and fork charms to the ring.

Step 2
Cut two 3-in. (7.6 cm) pieces of wire. On each wire, use the largest jaw of your roundnose pliers to make the first half of a wrapped loop (Basics). Attach the ring and complete the wraps.

Step 3
On each wire, string a 6 mm rondelle, a 4 mm rondelle, and a 3 mm faceted spacer. Make the first half of a wrapped loop.

Step 4
Cut two 7–9-in. (18–23 cm) pieces of 2–3 mm link chain. Attach a chain to each of the loops and complete the wraps.

Step 5
Cut two 3-in. (7.6 cm) pieces of wire. On each wire, make the first half of a wrapped loop. Attach an end of the chain and complete the wraps. String spacer, 4 mm rondelle, and 6 mm rondelle. Make the first half of a wrapped loop.

Step 6
On one end, attach a lobster claw clasp and complete the wraps. Repeat on the other end, substituting an extender chain for the clasp.

Step 7
On a head pin, string a spacer, a 4 mm rondelle, and a 6 mm rondelle. Make the first half of a wrapped loop. Attach the extender chain and complete the wraps.