| Step 11: Complete the loop that you just made by cutting the excess wire
tail. Be sure to cut with the flat side of your flush cutters toward
the finished piece. Close this loop with your chain nose pliers.
Step 12: Attach the wire component that you just made to an ear wire finding. Do this by opening the loop at the top of the wire, sliding on the loop in the ear wire finding and closing the loop in the wire component. Either French style ear wire findings or post style ear wire findings with a loop will work. The earrings shown at right use post style ear wire findings with a ball and a loop. (These are items 2659 and 2660 in our Internet store.) Step 13: Now you need to make your second earring. Be sure to make it a mirror image of the one you just completed. To do this, if you started by using the peg furthest right in step 4 and 5, this time use the peg to the furthest left. Follow the same steps and make the matching earring. Alternative Configurations: One alternative configuration is to use 2 1/2" of wire and revise steps 10 and 11 to use a wrapped loop instead of the open loop shown here. Other alternative configurations can include using more wire and two 6mm or 8mm beads separated by a 2.5 or 3mm metal accent bead for each earring. |
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