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0:00:07.390,0:00:11.749 Hi this is Megan with Beadaholique.com and
today I'm going to show you
0:00:11.749,0:00:13.509 how to make
0:00:13.509,0:00:16.499 a little set of
0:00:16.499,0:00:20.409 a ring, some earrings and a necklace using
these eight-millimeter impression jasper gemstone
0:00:20.409,0:00:21.779 beads.
0:00:21.779,0:00:22.740 They have
0:00:22.740,0:00:26.480 purple and an aqua blue and kind of a
coppery
0:00:26.480,0:00:27.279 orange
0:00:27.279,0:00:29.300 peach color in them.
0:00:29.300,0:00:31.609 They're going to be
0:00:31.609,0:00:34.170 wire wrapped.
0:00:34.170,0:00:37.690 You're going to use some artistic wire
0:00:37.690,0:00:40.190 in this really pretty bare copper color.
0:00:40.190,0:00:44.530 We're gonna use both eighteen gauge
and twenty-four gauge
0:00:45.430,0:00:48.290 We'll also need some jump rings
0:00:48.290,0:00:51.760 and these are five-millimeter twenty
gauge jump rings
0:00:51.760,0:00:53.060 in copper,
0:00:53.060,0:00:54.960 genuine copper and then
0:00:54.960,0:00:56.320 some
0:00:56.320,0:00:57.249 copper
0:00:57.249,0:01:00.100 earring findings.
0:01:00.100,0:01:01.570 You're also gonna need
0:01:01.570,0:01:04.190 some ribbon
0:01:04.190,0:01:06.430 and I'm using this really pretty
0:01:06.430,0:01:09.040 deep purple color.
0:01:09.040,0:01:11.240 The tools that we're gonna need
0:01:11.240,0:01:12.360 are
0:01:12.360,0:01:15.170 some E6000 glue,
0:01:15.170,0:01:19.320 a pair of flush cutters, a pair of wire looping
pliers,
0:01:19.320,0:01:21.410 a large size of the Wubbers,
0:01:21.410,0:01:22.380 bail making
0:01:22.380,0:01:24.360 pliers,
0:01:24.360,0:01:27.210 a pair of nylon jaw pliers,
0:01:27.210,0:01:28.649 pair of round nose pliers,
0:01:28.649,0:01:33.640 a pair of chain nose pliers. These are a lot
of tools but we're doing several different
0:01:33.640,0:01:36.920 methods of wire wrapping and
0:01:36.920,0:01:38.409 you might be able to find
0:01:38.409,0:01:40.030 other tools that work for you but
0:01:40.030,0:01:41.570 these are the ones that I used.
0:01:42.479,0:01:43.900 We'll go ahead and
0:01:43.900,0:01:45.640 start with the
0:01:45.640,0:01:49.700 link that you'll use to build both of
the earrings and also
0:01:49.700,0:01:52.600 the links for the necklace.
0:01:52.600,0:01:57.190 So go ahead and take your eighteen
gauge wire
0:01:57.190,0:01:58.439 and use
0:01:58.439,0:02:05.439 flush cutters to cut yourself a piece
about six inches long.
0:02:07.030,0:02:10.189 Then you're going to use nylon jaw
pliers
0:02:10.189,0:02:12.159 to straighten out the wire
0:02:12.159,0:02:17.769 get any bends out of it
0:02:17.769,0:02:21.799 just run it through a several times
0:02:21.799,0:02:23.519 Now I'm using
0:02:23.519,0:02:27.459 this large size of the bail making
pliers
0:02:27.459,0:02:28.909 and I've
0:02:28.909,0:02:31.109 basically measured and found that
0:02:31.109,0:02:32.979 a larger
0:02:32.979,0:02:34.879 diameter
0:02:34.879,0:02:36.069 side of this
0:02:36.069,0:02:40.089 is just a little bit larger than the
diameter of the bead I want to use
0:02:40.089,0:02:42.579 so that when I make these different
0:02:42.579,0:02:46.919 components there's just enough room to
put the bead in and then have the wire
0:02:46.919,0:02:48.289 wrapping around it.
0:02:48.289,0:02:50.910 So I believe this one is about nine
millimeters
0:02:50.910,0:02:53.559 or so, Maybe nine or ten.
0:02:53.559,0:02:55.369 The beads are eight.
0:02:55.369,0:02:58.689 Anything else you want to use you could
0:02:58.689,0:03:02.569 find a pen that is round and that is the right
diameter. You could find
0:03:02.569,0:03:04.729 any kind of tool or
0:03:04.729,0:03:07.469 household object that's the right
diameters that's a perfect cylinder and
0:03:07.469,0:03:10.729 use that. I'm just using this because I happen
to have it handy and it was the right
0:03:10.729,0:03:12.839 size.
0:03:12.839,0:03:14.189 So
0:03:14.189,0:03:15.469 take your
0:03:15.469,0:03:17.389 thicker wire
0:03:17.389,0:03:19.680 and
0:03:19.680,0:03:22.399 bend it around
0:03:22.399,0:03:25.439 and go ahead and bend it around
0:03:25.439,0:03:29.309 and squeeze it together
0:03:29.309,0:03:31.559 to kind of give yourself
0:03:31.559,0:03:33.899 that teardrop shape.
0:03:33.899,0:03:40.799 Go ahead and push it in really well.
0:03:40.799,0:03:41.989 Get that
0:03:41.989,0:03:44.119 shape the way you want it.
0:03:44.119,0:03:46.170 Take your nylon jaw pliers
0:03:46.170,0:03:53.170 and make sure that the ends are straight.
0:03:54.639,0:03:57.189 Then when you pull it off
0:03:57.189,0:04:00.429 you're going to use your flush cutters
and you want to make sure that you have
0:04:01.120,0:04:02.419 the flush edge
0:04:02.419,0:04:03.250 towards
0:04:03.250,0:04:06.530 the project so that they have a nice
squared off edge instead of the pointy edge that
0:04:06.530,0:04:08.449 this side will leave.
0:04:08.449,0:04:12.159 You want to cut about an inch
down from
0:04:12.159,0:04:14.449 where your wires meet. Give
0:04:14.449,0:04:21.449 yourself about an inch of working room.
0:04:23.210,0:04:26.900 You're going to take a pair of
round nose pliers
0:04:26.900,0:04:28.540 and pretty close to the tip
0:04:28.540,0:04:33.039 so that the inside circle is smaller
0:04:33.039,0:04:38.870 pinch the ends
0:04:38.870,0:04:41.339 roll that
0:04:41.339,0:04:43.139 down into a little circle
0:04:43.139,0:04:50.139 and then do the same with the other
side
0:04:51.789,0:04:54.139 and then take
0:04:54.139,0:04:57.289 a pair of chain nose pliers
0:04:57.289,0:05:00.430 and you wanna go ahead first and just
0:05:00.430,0:05:02.469 squished that flat
0:05:02.469,0:05:06.939 be gentle you can scratch the finish on
the wire
0:05:06.939,0:05:10.060 it is copper all the way through so you're
not going to
0:05:10.060,0:05:12.520 take the finish off but it will show
scratches
0:05:12.520,0:05:17.909 and some will show but long as you're
gentle so it won't be too bad.
0:05:17.909,0:05:19.349 Then you're going to
0:05:19.349,0:05:22.340 take one of the loops
0:05:22.340,0:05:26.519 put it towards the base of the chain nose
pliers and hold it pretty firmly
0:05:26.519,0:05:27.789 and then you're going to just
0:05:27.789,0:05:31.449 bend
0:05:31.449,0:05:33.409 and rotate it
0:05:33.409,0:05:36.179 and bend it
0:05:36.179,0:05:38.189 to get a little spiral
0:05:38.189,0:05:40.460 flip it over
0:05:40.460,0:05:43.320 and do the same thing on the other side and
you can go ahead and
0:05:43.320,0:05:44.449 pull it through the
0:05:44.449,0:05:46.159 opening between the teeth
0:05:46.159,0:05:53.159 to bring it around
0:05:56.119,0:06:00.789 and if it loses a little bit of its
shape that's fine you can put it back
0:06:00.789,0:06:03.539 on your form
0:06:03.539,0:06:05.720 when you're done. And then
0:06:05.720,0:06:07.160 if you're loop isn't
0:06:07.160,0:06:11.429 totally totally flush in there you can
grab your round nose pliers and
0:06:11.429,0:06:14.479 move it a little bit.
0:06:14.479,0:06:16.220 You wan to get your
0:06:16.220,0:06:18.809 shape right
0:06:18.809,0:06:25.809 go ahead and put it back on the form
0:06:26.259,0:06:29.050 And you should end up with a
0:06:29.050,0:06:32.099 little tear drop shape loop
0:06:32.099,0:06:34.039 with the spirals on the sides.
0:06:34.039,0:06:38.860 Go ahead and pull the spirals a little
bit a way from
0:06:38.860,0:06:40.969 the middle.
0:06:40.969,0:06:43.309 What you want to do is give yourself
space
0:06:43.309,0:06:47.839 to wrap wire in there
0:06:47.839,0:06:52.039 pull them away just a little bit.
0:06:52.039,0:06:57.189 Next your gonna take twenty four gauge wire
0:06:57.189,0:07:00.749 and cut off a piece that's about six
inches long. You won't use it all but you
0:07:00.749,0:07:02.370 to have enough to hold onto too.
0:07:02.370,0:07:03.460 If your wire
0:07:03.460,0:07:06.889 is not straight go ahead and run it
between your nylon jaw
0:07:06.889,0:07:11.529 pliers to straighten it out.
0:07:11.529,0:07:13.860 So go ahead and
0:07:13.860,0:07:16.650 take your link piece and make sure that
the
0:07:16.650,0:07:20.330 edges in here are touching
0:07:20.330,0:07:22.509 and just
0:07:22.509,0:07:25.229 grab the wire
0:07:25.229,0:07:26.740 with one hand and
0:07:26.740,0:07:28.469 wrap it
0:07:28.469,0:07:29.349 with the other
0:07:29.349,0:07:30.889 and you want to
0:07:30.889,0:07:34.490 make sure that when you wra around
0:07:34.490,0:07:35.870 that your loops
0:07:35.870,0:07:40.490 are nice and snug and that they touch each
other
0:07:40.490,0:07:44.549 without a lot of extra space.
0:07:44.549,0:07:47.629 So go ahead and wrap around about four
times
0:07:47.629,0:07:49.089 and if you
0:07:49.089,0:07:50.409 end up with your
0:07:50.409,0:07:54.210 links kind of staggered instead of together
0:07:54.210,0:07:54.930 you can
0:07:54.930,0:07:56.789 use you're nylon jaw pliers
0:07:56.789,0:08:03.539 flatten it down.
0:08:03.539,0:08:05.550 Take
0:08:05.550,0:08:07.279 both ends of the wrapping
0:08:07.279,0:08:09.169 to the back
0:08:09.169,0:08:11.780 and then use a pair of flush cutters to
trim
0:08:11.780,0:08:15.580 the wire
0:08:15.580,0:08:22.089 on the back.
0:08:22.089,0:08:24.930 Then go ahead and take
0:08:24.930,0:08:30.559 your chain nose pliers and gentle
0:08:30.559,0:08:32.710 tighten up
0:08:32.710,0:08:34.320 your wire wrapping.
0:08:34.320,0:08:35.960 Make sure that it's
0:08:35.960,0:08:42.960 nice and flat, nice and straight.
0:08:44.740,0:08:46.380 You want to make sure that
0:08:46.380,0:08:50.160 your cut edges are tucked
0:08:50.160,0:08:52.240 securely and neatly
0:08:52.240,0:08:54.210 onto
0:08:54.210,0:08:55.029 the back
0:08:55.029,0:09:02.029 side.
0:09:03.220,0:09:06.720 So this is the basic link that you have.
0:09:06.720,0:09:08.360 Next you're gonna put
0:09:08.360,0:09:10.100 a bead in there
0:09:10.100,0:09:11.410 and this stone
0:09:11.410,0:09:13.080 comes on
0:09:13.080,0:09:16.520 a strand. I just took it off of the strand
so I could be
0:09:16.520,0:09:20.140 choosier about which beads I was picking.
0:09:20.140,0:09:22.220 So you can go through there and
0:09:22.220,0:09:25.700 find the ones you really want. I like the
ones that have a little
0:09:25.700,0:09:26.410 bit more of the blue in them.
0:09:26.410,0:09:31.890 Some of them don't have any. Some
have quite a bit.
0:09:31.890,0:09:34.400 So take a bead and then take
0:09:34.400,0:09:40.390 another length of the twenty four gauge
wire
0:09:40.390,0:09:44.890 make sure it's nice and straight
0:09:44.890,0:09:48.630 put the bead onto the wire
0:09:48.630,0:09:51.230 about half way down
0:09:51.230,0:09:54.720 Then you're gonna take the bead on the
wire and place it over the top
0:09:54.720,0:09:57.680 of the front of your little link
0:09:57.680,0:09:59.350 and we're gonna wrap
0:09:59.350,0:10:02.960 going towards the spirals.
0:10:02.960,0:10:04.520 So go ahead and just
0:10:04.520,0:10:05.880 start
0:10:05.880,0:10:08.190 by pulling your wire
0:10:08.190,0:10:09.399 down and
0:10:09.399,0:10:10.270 through
0:10:10.270,0:10:11.940 on one side
0:10:11.940,0:10:15.370 and pull that nice and tight.
0:10:15.370,0:10:20.880 Then we're gonna actually to the other side.
Hold that in place there.
0:10:20.880,0:10:22.420 Try to go
0:10:22.420,0:10:23.910 directly across
0:10:23.910,0:10:26.830 within the little loop there.
0:10:26.830,0:10:30.460 You'll have some wiggle room for
straightening it out later but
0:10:30.460,0:10:32.930 try to keep it straight as possible.
0:10:32.930,0:10:34.790 I like to grab
0:10:34.790,0:10:38.840 the end with chain nose pliers and pull it
really tight.
0:10:38.840,0:10:42.260 will bend up the wire. So make sure
what you're grabbing is closer to
0:10:42.260,0:10:46.200 the end because that's the part you'll be
cutting off anyway
0:10:46.200,0:10:47.010 and then
0:10:47.010,0:10:49.230 loop your wire back though
0:10:49.230,0:10:52.150 and keep working in a
0:10:52.150,0:10:55.350 tight little spiral.
0:10:55.350,0:11:01.550 Go around about four times.
0:11:01.550,0:11:02.589 Once you have four
0:11:02.589,0:11:03.840 coils
0:11:03.840,0:11:07.290 go back to the other side
0:11:07.290,0:11:08.259 and pull that
0:11:08.259,0:11:09.680 nice and tight.
0:11:09.680,0:11:16.680 Just repeat process on the side.
0:11:20.370,0:11:27.370 And one more
0:11:28.370,0:11:29.770 You're going to bend
0:11:29.770,0:11:33.750 the wire to the back
0:11:33.750,0:11:36.020 trim the excess off
0:11:36.020,0:11:40.040 with flush cutters.
0:11:40.040,0:11:44.950 And then take a chain nose pliers
again
0:11:44.950,0:11:46.050 and
0:11:46.050,0:11:53.050 tighten that up and make sure that it's
laying nice and flat on the back.
0:11:55.210,0:11:58.420 So for making
0:11:58.420,0:12:00.140 this necklace
0:12:00.140,0:12:02.520 what you do
0:12:02.520,0:12:05.770 is make five links just like this.
0:12:05.770,0:12:10.000 Then you're gonna take
0:12:10.000,0:12:13.810 jump rings and just attach the jump
rings
0:12:13.810,0:12:15.630 to each of them
0:12:15.630,0:12:19.970 to attach your five.
0:12:19.970,0:12:21.770 Once you have all five
0:12:21.770,0:12:28.130 together take
0:12:28.130,0:12:29.800 this link of ribbon
0:12:29.800,0:12:31.250 and cut it in half
0:12:31.250,0:12:32.790 right in the middle
0:12:32.790,0:12:36.560 and then you take the raw edge
0:12:36.560,0:12:43.560 and your going to thread it through one of
your jump rings
0:12:44.030,0:12:45.529 and bring it through
0:12:45.529,0:12:51.790 a few inches about three inches
0:12:51.790,0:12:53.610 flatten out
0:12:53.610,0:12:55.810 the larger piece
0:12:55.810,0:12:58.580 fold that up
0:12:58.580,0:13:00.310 you want to go ahead and fold
0:13:00.310,0:13:03.540 the end into
0:13:03.540,0:13:06.810 the bigger piece, have it kind of wrap
around and
0:13:06.810,0:13:11.690 envelop that.
0:13:11.690,0:13:14.000 Bring the loop to the end
0:13:14.000,0:13:15.910 and then tie an overhand knot.
0:13:15.910,0:13:18.080 You wanna make sure that you get
0:13:18.080,0:13:22.080 the loose edge
0:13:22.080,0:13:26.910 encased in the knot.
0:13:26.910,0:13:29.410 Pull the knot down
0:13:29.410,0:13:36.410 You tighten it to keep it close to your
jump ring
0:13:37.180,0:13:40.250 and pull it really tight.
0:13:40.250,0:13:43.740 Then you go back to the back
0:13:43.740,0:13:45.130 pulldown
0:13:45.130,0:13:46.740 you're mean piece of ribbon.
0:13:46.740,0:13:48.570 Just trim this
0:13:48.570,0:13:51.490 close using a pair scissors
0:13:51.490,0:13:54.580 of a pair of flush cutters.
0:13:54.580,0:13:59.040 Just make sure you don't get the main
part of the ribbon.
0:13:59.040,0:14:02.770 Only the tail piece.
0:14:02.770,0:14:05.579 And then you will take a toothpick
0:14:05.579,0:14:08.860 or scrap piece of wire
0:14:08.860,0:14:14.140 and apply just a little bit of
E6000 glue just to seal that end
0:14:14.140,0:14:15.450 Make sure it's not gonna
0:14:15.450,0:14:20.770 fall through.
0:14:20.770,0:14:23.920 Just a dab
0:14:23.920,0:14:27.190 right onto the loose end.
0:14:27.190,0:14:30.860 You wan to make sure you don't get too much
and you don't get it all over onto the
0:14:30.860,0:14:34.020 other part of the ribbon because it will
soak through.
0:14:34.020,0:14:37.100 So just a very little bit and
0:14:37.100,0:14:40.410 left that dry.
0:14:40.410,0:14:43.670 Once it's all dry
0:14:43.670,0:14:45.510 take that jump ring
0:14:45.510,0:14:49.050 and you're going to use
0:14:49.050,0:14:56.050 your chain nose pliers
0:14:56.270,0:14:58.990 to attach
0:14:58.990,0:15:00.050 the ribbon
0:15:00.050,0:15:05.460 with the jump ring
0:15:05.460,0:15:06.510 to
0:15:06.510,0:15:07.620 the end
0:15:07.620,0:15:10.340 link
0:15:10.340,0:15:15.290 with the gemstones.
0:15:15.290,0:15:20.130 Make sure that it hangs
straight and that the
0:15:20.130,0:15:25.580 the knotted part of it hangs the right way
0:15:25.580,0:15:29.230 and then you just repeat that with the
other side and then that
0:15:29.230,0:15:29.970 is how
0:15:29.970,0:15:32.580 your necklace hangs. You just go ahead
and
0:15:32.580,0:15:34.420 tie a bow
0:15:34.420,0:15:39.440 at the back of the necklace.
0:15:39.440,0:15:42.870 That's how you make a necklace with
this link. How to make a earring with this
0:15:42.870,0:15:43.800 link
0:15:43.800,0:15:46.710 we need to add
0:15:46.710,0:15:50.430 this little piece here.
0:15:50.430,0:15:52.720 Instead of doing this wrap
0:15:52.720,0:15:54.140 just like that
0:15:54.140,0:15:58.770 you will make the spiral.
0:15:58.770,0:16:03.930 I'm just taking this apart so that I can show
you the same thing
0:16:03.930,0:16:05.150 You will do
0:16:05.150,0:16:06.699 that method for the
0:16:06.699,0:16:12.040 for the five links for your necklace and
then
0:16:12.040,0:16:14.250 you would do a lightly different method
0:16:14.250,0:16:21.250 when you're doing this for your earrings.
0:16:23.820,0:16:27.240 You make the main spiral
exactly the same way.
0:16:27.240,0:16:31.330 Then you're going to take
0:16:31.330,0:16:34.390 another length of the twenty four gauge wire
0:16:34.390,0:16:35.840 Give yourself
0:16:35.840,0:16:39.100 enough that you have plenty to work with.
0:16:39.100,0:16:40.219 Go ahead and
0:16:40.219,0:16:42.060 take your
0:16:42.060,0:16:45.860 wire looping pliers
0:16:45.860,0:16:49.270 and make yourself a wire loop
0:16:49.270,0:16:51.140 near the end
0:16:51.140,0:16:57.540 of your artistic gauge wire
0:16:57.540,0:16:59.240 and then just
0:16:59.240,0:17:01.750 we want to
0:17:01.750,0:17:03.030 put a bend
0:17:03.030,0:17:05.559 on each end here
0:17:05.559,0:17:09.419 so that your loop
0:17:09.419,0:17:15.430 comes off like that on both sides and
then you trim the shorter end pretty short.
0:17:15.430,0:17:18.079 You just want
0:17:18.079,0:17:22.039 a little bit of a lip, an eighth of an inch
0:17:22.039,0:17:26.050 on that shorter end.
0:17:26.050,0:17:28.410 Put your wire
0:17:28.410,0:17:34.760 back on your wire looping pliers
0:17:34.760,0:17:38.600 and wrap it around
0:17:38.600,0:17:45.380 the shorter end
0:17:45.380,0:17:48.690 when you get to the end
0:17:48.690,0:17:53.520 Now you're going to take this piece and
attach it onto your link.
0:17:53.520,0:17:55.130 You want it to go to the back
0:17:55.130,0:17:58.500 side
0:17:58.500,0:18:02.090 and hold that by the loop and you want to
hold it
0:18:02.090,0:18:04.390 near the top
0:18:04.390,0:18:05.270 and then
0:18:05.270,0:18:07.380 take the whole piece
0:18:07.380,0:18:10.140 of wire around
0:18:10.140,0:18:15.960 and loop that around the top of your
link
0:18:15.960,0:18:19.820 about four times
0:18:19.820,0:18:26.820 and trim that off
0:18:28.180,0:18:30.830 and then you go in with your
0:18:30.830,0:18:34.360 chain nose pliers to tighten that up
0:18:34.360,0:18:36.620 You want the
0:18:36.620,0:18:40.130 wire wrapped loop part to be
0:18:40.130,0:18:41.169 in the middle
0:18:41.169,0:18:44.380 and
0:18:44.380,0:18:50.590 the end piece of wire to be nice and tight
in there
0:18:50.590,0:18:54.310 and you can also take a pair of round nose
pliers or the wire looping pliers
0:18:54.310,0:18:56.310 and
0:18:56.310,0:19:02.010 grab a hold of your loop and straighten it
out.
0:19:02.010,0:19:03.140 Then you take
0:19:03.140,0:19:10.140 your earring finding
0:19:10.200,0:19:11.610 and you
0:19:11.610,0:19:13.960 gently open up
0:19:13.960,0:19:17.110 the loop on your earring finding
0:19:17.110,0:19:23.600 and put it on your loop and close up.
0:19:23.600,0:19:28.010 that's how you turn that into an earring.
You just make two of those to have
0:19:28.010,0:19:31.040 a pair of earrings
0:19:31.040,0:19:35.300 Finally I'm going to show you how to
use a similar technique to make a ring to
0:19:35.300,0:19:37.880 match your set.
0:19:37.880,0:19:39.450 To do that
0:19:39.450,0:19:42.140 you need to get quite a bit longer piece
0:19:42.140,0:19:43.370 of the eighteen
0:19:43.370,0:19:44.660 gauge.
0:19:44.660,0:19:46.760 I like to have extra.
0:19:46.760,0:19:50.340 So I'm going to work with about a foot
You probably won't need that much. You can
0:19:50.340,0:19:52.179 play around and see but
0:19:52.179,0:19:54.390 I would rather
0:19:54.390,0:19:56.400 throw a little bit away then
0:19:56.400,0:19:57.320 end up with
0:19:57.320,0:20:00.170 not enough
0:20:00.170,0:20:07.170 Ahead and straighten out your wire.
0:20:07.730,0:20:12.590 Okay now we're gonna make the loop for
the bead
0:20:12.590,0:20:17.410 Just wrap it around
0:20:17.410,0:20:19.420 your wubbers or
0:20:19.420,0:20:23.290 whatever cylindrical shape you use
0:20:23.290,0:20:25.340 and push in
0:20:25.340,0:20:29.500 to make a teardrop.
0:20:29.500,0:20:33.270 And now for the ring in particular
it's really important to get those wires
0:20:33.270,0:20:39.370 nice and straight
0:20:39.370,0:20:41.950 because they're gonna form the base
of your ring
0:20:41.950,0:20:45.410 so it goes around your finger
0:20:45.410,0:20:49.500 and try to get it nice and straight
0:20:49.500,0:20:53.919 you can pick your wire to either side to go
0:20:53.919,0:21:00.919 down the length.
0:21:04.179,0:21:08.490 So when you have your
0:21:08.490,0:21:11.460 wire nice and straight
0:21:11.460,0:21:13.810 I'm going to take a ring mandrel
0:21:13.810,0:21:16.670 and choose which size you want your ring to
be
0:21:16.670,0:21:20.400 I'm going to make a size seven
0:21:20.400,0:21:23.040 so go ahead and
0:21:23.040,0:21:25.380 wrap
0:21:25.380,0:21:27.150 all the way around
0:21:27.150,0:21:34.150 at the seven mark
0:21:34.750,0:21:39.230 and bring that all the way down. Try to make
that loop
0:21:39.230,0:21:44.250 really circular because it's easy to do it
before you put the bead on.
0:21:48.600,0:21:50.480 And then you're going to take
0:21:50.480,0:21:52.470 flush cutters
0:21:52.470,0:21:54.460 trim
0:21:54.460,0:21:56.640 about two thirds of an inch
0:21:56.640,0:22:00.710 cut from where it meets the loop
0:22:00.710,0:22:06.880 and take your round nose pliers
0:22:06.880,0:22:08.110 going to
0:22:08.110,0:22:15.110 bend those into spirals just like you
did on the links for the other pieces
0:22:21.220,0:22:23.680 and continue the spiral
0:22:23.680,0:22:24.399 with the
0:22:24.399,0:22:31.230 chain nose pliers.
0:22:31.230,0:22:33.460 It can be easier to work
0:22:33.460,0:22:36.039 with a little bit of time
0:22:36.039,0:22:43.039 on each one.
0:22:52.630,0:22:57.850 Use your nylon pliers to
straighten that out and make it flat.
0:22:57.850,0:23:03.830 They're not quite even, you can fuss with
that later. Right now as soon as you get them
0:23:03.830,0:23:07.420 to stay out of the way we're going to attach
our bead to that loop.
0:23:07.420,0:23:09.000 So go ahead and
0:23:09.000,0:23:12.360 put it back on your
0:23:12.360,0:23:14.820 base shape.
0:23:14.820,0:23:21.820 Make sure that it's nice and round.
0:23:22.030,0:23:29.030 Select a bead for your ring.
0:23:32.320,0:23:35.260 And take another length of your twenty four
gauge wire
0:23:35.260,0:23:42.260 this is a scrap from before
0:23:42.380,0:23:44.900 string the bead on
0:23:44.900,0:23:46.130 and you're going to wrap this
0:23:46.130,0:23:49.920 just like you did with the other
links
0:23:49.920,0:23:51.549 working
0:23:51.549,0:23:53.750 towards the longer end of the
0:23:53.750,0:23:56.299 main wire
0:23:56.299,0:23:57.530 pull one
0:23:57.530,0:24:04.120 out of the way and then go to the other
side
0:24:04.120,0:24:07.630 and wrap it around
0:24:07.630,0:24:14.630 a couple of times
0:24:15.330,0:24:17.100 wrap it on the other side
0:24:17.100,0:24:24.100 and finish up that wrapping
0:24:24.860,0:24:27.230 and then you're going to bring
0:24:27.230,0:24:31.520 both of those wires to the back
0:24:31.520,0:24:37.140 trim the excess off
0:24:37.140,0:24:41.919 and use your chain nose pliers to tighten
that up and then push the wire
0:24:41.919,0:24:48.919 down nice and flat so it doesn't scratch your
finger when your wearing the ring.
0:24:52.180,0:24:54.090 Go ahead and straighten out
0:24:54.090,0:24:56.820 how it sits
0:24:56.820,0:24:58.970 Get it situated how you like it
0:24:58.970,0:25:01.390 and then
0:25:01.390,0:25:03.200 tighten those down
0:25:03.200,0:25:07.100 so they don't move around
0:25:07.100,0:25:12.070 and go back to your ring mandrel.
0:25:13.800,0:25:15.830 Push down on the end of the loop to
0:25:15.830,0:25:17.029 try to straighten that
0:25:17.029,0:25:19.560 out a little bit
0:25:19.560,0:25:21.510 and get your
0:25:21.510,0:25:24.010 spirals to meet up
0:25:24.010,0:25:26.039 And if you touched too much
0:25:26.039,0:25:28.160 you might need to
0:25:28.160,0:25:30.850 bend them down to curve them further into
a spiral
0:25:30.850,0:25:32.059 and if they don't
0:25:32.059,0:25:34.409 touch enough you might actually need to
0:25:34.409,0:25:37.200 undo a little bit of a spiral
0:25:37.200,0:25:41.310 go ahead and get that nice and even
0:25:41.310,0:25:44.490 and that's how you do the earring
0:25:44.490,0:25:46.840 You can
0:25:46.840,0:25:47.760 use
0:25:47.760,0:25:51.020 similar methods to make these quick little
links
0:25:51.020,0:25:52.690 and make the whole set
0:25:52.690,0:25:53.650 of jewelry out of them.
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