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Today we're going to talk about the hook that will close your beautiful necklace clasp.
You want to start with a 2 or 3 inch piece of wire. You won't use the whole thing, but
I say more is better. What you want to do is take your round nose pliers and just grab
it right at the very end, the larger end of your pliers. You want to have a decent size
little loop there. Once you make your loop you're going to go about half an inch in and
you're going to start grabbing and making an opposite loop. This one is going to be
a lot rounder and a lot thicker than your other loop to make it more like a hook. Once
you have your hook, you're going to go down towards the end of the wire. Cut off excess
wire so you have maybe and 1/8 inch between the main loop ends. Don't worry about wire
flying everywhere. Then grab at the very end with the small part of your needle nose pliers
and twist the opposite way. In the very middle, make just a tiny little bend. There you have
your hook.