| The bottom wire component on the earrings shown at right is made using the 5 pegs shown below-right. This component is made with 2 1/2 inches of 20 gauge wire. Begin by cutting and making a loop in the end of your wire, then using this loop to straighten the wire. Start on your jig with pegs 1 and 2. Place the initial loop on peg 1 and make a loop around peg 2 leaving the wire adjacent to the hole for peg 3. Continue by adding peg 3 and making a loop around peg 3, then adding peg 4 and 5 in turn. (When I made this component, I flipped the wire over after every loop that I made so that the final loop ended up on peg 1. This is optional, and probably not recommended the first time you make this component.) Once all five loops are completed, remove the wire from your jig and cut the excess wire. Close the final loop with your bent chain nose pliers. |
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| At this point, we will have made the wire components necessary to assemble these earrings and we will need to begin assembling the earrings. Instructions for making these earrings continue on the following web page. |
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