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Making Braided Wire Jewelry Making Project Pages:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
Jewelry Making Techniques

 

This jewelry making project will make a braided bracelet about 7 1/2 inches long.    Starting on page 6, we will describe how to made a braided ring. 

Step 1:  Cut and straighten three 20 inch long segments of 26 gauge wire or three 24 inch segments of 22 gauge wire.  The delicate bracelet shown at right is made with 26 gauge wire.  If 22 gauge wire were used the bracelet would be thicker.  Obviously, 24 gauge would make a bracelet intermediate in size between these two. 
 

Braided Bracelet
Step 2:  Make a "U" shaped bend in the center of each piece of wire. 

Step 3:  Position three metal pegs in a row on your WigJig Jewelry Making Jig.  As shown at right, place your three "U" shaped bends on the pegs on the jig.  Now position two metal pegs about 1 to 1 1/2 inch from the first three pegs.  Place your wire around these two pegs as shown at right. 
 


Step 3
Step 4:  Now using masking tape or other non-marking tape, tape the wire down between the three pegs and the two pegs.   Because we will be pulling against these pegs as we make the braid, the pegs will want to pop out unless the wire is securely taped. 


Step 4

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This WigJig jewelry making project is provided as part of WigJig University - College of Jewelry Making Designs.  We try to provide interesting jewelry projects using beads, jewelry wire and other jewelry supplies.  We hope that these pictures will provide you enough information for you to complete this project.  Some of the skills and jewelry making techniques have not been discussed here.  For beginners, we suggest that you visit our Beginners Start Here pages. These pages discuss the skills necessary for making jewelry in the detail that beginners need. We also suggest that beginners to jewelry making might need to visit the WigJig University College of Jewelry Making Techniques for additional information about some of the skills and techniques shown. 

 Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store.  We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc.