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Step 14: Now we are ready to wrap the loop at the top closed. Grasp the loop with your bent chain nose pliers while holding the pliers in your non-dominant hand. Holding the loop in your pliers is designed to preserve the round shape of the loop while you wrap the end of the wire around itself. Wrap the wire about 3 times around, until the gap in the wrap is closed. Step 15: Using your flush cutter, cut the excess wire. This will leave a small wire tail sticking out as shown below-left. Step 16: Grasp the loop again with one pair of bent chain nose pliers and using a second pair of bent chain nose pliers, squeeze and twist the small wire tail flat so that it doesn't stick out. Step 17: You are now ready to add your ear wire or a chain, depending upon whether you are making earrings or a necklace.
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Step
13: Reposition the jaws of your pliers so that you have
room to complete the loop then push the wire the rest of the way around.
Ideally, you will want to make this second wrap in the opposite
direction from the wrap that you completed in step 9. This is a
little hard to figure out, but with practice one can see why this is
important and how to accomplish it. When you have completed the
loop, inspect it visually to ensure that it is centered above the wire
from the gemstone. If it isn't centered, insert your round nose
pliers into the loop and bend it left or right until it is centered. 
