How to Make Viking Iolite Earrings: Materials: Iolite Beads Seed Beads Wire Protectors Crimps Jump Ring Earwire 6" Bead Stringing Wire Tools: Chain Nose Pliers One Step Crimper Wire Cutters Step 1: Using your 6" piece of bead stringing wire, slide on a crimp and slide on a wire protector in one end and out the other. Step 2: Push the two as close together as possible and use your one step crimper to flatten it out. Cut off excess. Step 3: String on your beads in a simple alternating pattern. For every one seed bead, you put one iolite bead. Step 4: Repeat the first step to make both ends alike. Step 5: Simply add your jump ring and earwire to connect the two sides are your new pair of beautiful earrings is complete!