 Step
5: Place the initial loop in your wire on peg 1 and wrap the wire
completely around peg 2. Continue to wrap the wire back up to peg 1,
eventually wrapping the wire completely around peg 1. In the picture
at right, for the initial loop, the "P" was backwards, or pointing to the
left, with the wire tail on the right side of peg 1. After wrapping
the wire around peg 2, the wire is positioned below and on the left side
of peg 1 and then wrapped around peg 1. While pushing the wire
during the wrap, push with your
 thumb
as close to the pegs as practical.
Step 6: Remove the wire from the jig. The wire will spring
apart
Step 7: In order to finish this piece, we need to insert both
loops in this wire component into the jaws of your step jaw pliers as
shown at right. The loop with the wire tail should be inserted last
so that it will be on top. Hold the wire firmly in your pliers and
wrap the wire tail a Step 8: Remove the wire from the jaws of your pliers. When the wrap is completed, the wrapped piece should appear as shown at left. Step 9: At this point you may have a short amount of excess wire. Using your flush cutter, cut the excess wire and replace the two loops back into your step jaw pliers so that you can squeeze the cut end of the wire flat. Use your bent chain nose pliers to squeeze and twist the cut end of the wire so that it lays flat. Step 10: In order for this earring to hang properly we need to make a modified figure 8 connector to connect between the top of the raindrop wire component and your ear wire finding. Using about 1 3/4" of 18 or 20 gauge wire, make a modified figure 8 connector as described here. One loop in this modified connector will need to be larger to accommodate the two larger loops in the raindrop. The smaller loop in the modified figure 8 connector will connect to you ear wire finding. |
slightly
as shown. This is normal.
round
the "throat" of the raindrop about 4 times.