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Starting Your Wrapped Bead

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Make a loop on one end of the wire, and slide on a bead.

Tammy Powley
Note on the beads: I used what I had on hand as far as beads, but my idea was to use two colors of beads in graduated sizes. Use whatever size you want and have available, but keep this in mind if you decided to purchase crystal beads specifically for this project.

First, you need to wire wrap your beads. I will show you how to do that in this project, but you can also find directions and illustrations for the same technique in my Wire Wrapped Beads article. I suggest using at least five or six inches of wire when you wrap a bead. That way you have plenty to work with and won’t run out of wire as you wrap it.

File the ends of your wire, and begin by using round-nosed pliers to make a loop on one end of your wire, and then slip on one of your beads. (At this point, it doesn’t matter which bead you start with, but normally the bigger the bead the easier it is to do this technique.)

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