  Here
is an alternative design for our Interchangeable earrings. This
design was made on our WigJig Centaur and replaces the gold-tone end cap
bead used in the first alternative with a small eye loop. For this
alternative the beads are interchangeable just as they were for our
original design.The peg pattern for this design is shown below-right.
This design uses three regular metal pegs and one 5/16" Super Peg.
As stated above, the peg patterns is shown on the WigJig Centaur, using
the rounded portion of the Centaur. When making this design, the
loop made initially on peg 1, is going to be cut off during finishing of
the earring, so you can conserve wire
Step 1: Begin with a 3 inch segment of 20 gauge wire (1/2 hard or soft will work, but 1/2 hard is preferred). Step 2: Make your initial 1/2 loop and straighten your wire. Step 3: Place your initial 1/2 loop on peg 1. Add peg 2 to the jig (without peg 3 and 4 as they would be in the way at this point. Step 4: Bend the wire around peg 2 so that it almost rests against the left hand side of peg 1. Step 5: Add peg 3, a 5/16" Super Peg, and wrap your wire around peg 3 so that it rests adjacent to the left hand side of the empty hole for peg 4 with no pressure applied. Step 6: Add peg 4 and bend the wire against peg 4 as shown above. Step 7: Remove the wire from your jig and cut the excess wire about 5/16" from the bend made at peg 4.
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making only a partial loop. 
Step 8: Now we need to make the small loop just above the bend at
peg 2. The loop that we are going to make here keeps your beads from
falling off the front of the earrings. Using your bent chain nose
pliers, grasp the wire just above the bend made on peg 2 and bend the wire
segment from peg 1 90 degrees. See the picture at right for how the
wire should look after the bend is completed.