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How to Make Wire Wrapped Jewelry

Copper and Wool Bangle

I’ve previously posted a tutorial showing a fun way to use up the little bits of especially luscious yarn you may have left over from your fiber projects by incorporating them into fiber jewelry links.  Here’s another way to use your precious leftovers.  Just 10 feet of special worsted weight yarn is enough for this [...]

Droplet Pendant – Free Wire Wrapped Jewelry Making Tutorial

To make this pendant you’ll need: 1 10mm round bead (hole must be large enough to accommodate two pieces of the thicker wire) 1 briolette bead approximately 8mm tall x 6mm wide 14 inches 18 or 20 gauge dead soft or half hard wire 40 inches 24 gauge dead soft wire an 8mm mandrel, such [...]

Figure Eight Links

These whimsical links are wonderful for spacing out beads on a hand made jewelry chain.  To make the larger size shown above, you will need: About 4 inches dead soft 18-gauge or 20-gauge wire (I prefer 20-gauge for these links) An 8mm mandrel, such as a Bic pen or a US size 11 knitting needle [...]

How to Make a Wrapped Loop

The wrapped loop is used very frequently in wire wrapped jewelry making.  It can be used to link beads together to form beaded chains or to attach dangles to other jewelry components, such as ear wires.  In fact, attaching a dangle to an ear wire by means of a wrapped loop is probably the most [...]

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