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Wire Wrap It Tutorial

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I hope this translates, cause I'm kinda no good at explaining some things, but ok...here we go
Oh and one note:

Keep in mind, with this tutorial i used a 22 gauge headpin, but you can use any gauge. Though the thinner the wire, the easier for the bends, and the thicker the wire, the harder for it to bend. But I find that 22 and lower are a little stronger. (But then it all depends on what size the hole of the bead is and what you can get through.)

And once you get good at it, the possibilities of what you can do with wire is just insane. Ok, on with the tut:

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    First get all your supplies

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Start by straightening and polishing your head pin with a polishing cloth, by pulling on the tail of the headpin.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    String your bead onto your headpin

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Take your flat nose pliers....


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    and hold it flush against the bead pushing the bead to the head of the pin.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Bend the top/ tail of the wire to a 90º angle, like so.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Take your round nose pliers

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    And hold it at that 90º angle you've just made. At the bend of the 90º hold it TIGHTLY!

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    Still holding at the bend, take the tail with your other hand and pull up and over the top rung of the round nose pliers.

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    Keep pulling until you get about here...don't go all the way around!

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    Now move your pliers so that the top rung of the round nose is now on the bottom, and pull the tail around it, forming a loop.
    NOTE:
    You can take your pliers out of the half loop you've made and put it back in to continue, just make sure that the loop is in the bottom rung of the pliers so you can complete that loop!

  12. Step 12

    Step 12

    And now you have a loop!

    NOTE:
    Now if you are attatching this to a closed loop/ring string it on NOW, or forever have a wire wrapped bead attatched to nothing.

  13. Step 13

    Step 13

    Take your flat nose pliers and hold the loop you've just made, tightly.

  14. Step 14

    Step 14

    Take the tail of the headpin and start wrapping around the space between your loop and the bead.

  15. Step 15

    Step 15

    Keep wrapping tightly around until you get to the bead and can go no further.

    (As you're wrapping, keep your wraps one right after another, so that they're even.)

  16. Step 16

    Step 16

    And now take your wire cutters and cut as close to your wrap cutting off the remaining tail of the headpin.

    I later take my flat nose and squeeze the tail in so it won't stick out and poke anything.

  17. Step 17

    Step 17

    And now you have a wrap!
    or dangle.
    This is good for making pendants, since there's no chance of it falling off 'cause you've just made a closed ring.

    Now remember, if you're attatching this to another closed ring, from step 13 and on, all that wrapping, you'll be holding onto the loop and whatever else you're attatching it to. It can be tricky trying to get a grip of both, but if you can just hold on to the loop that you've made, and let the other dangle, it should be no problem....again, practice makes perfect.

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kasi1983

kasi1983

06 Feb 18:04

there are so many tutorials about how to make a wrapped loop out there... but this is probably the best and most detailed I have ever seen. *thumbs up*
I'd love to see more how-tos about those basic techniques!

BloodyRose

BloodyRose

18 Jul 03:20

thanks, this helped a lot! :]

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