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How to Make a Wrapped Wire Loop

Jewelry Making Supplies and Tools

20 gauge (.81 mm) round wire (for practice use brass or copper wire)

a few beads for practice

one pair round nose pliers

one pair chain nose plier wire Cutters

one pair wire flush cutters

Jewelry Wire Wrapping Instructions

Tip: Use a fine point marker and mark the jaws of your round nose pliers at about 3/8" (4.76 mm) (or other measurement) from their tip. This will help you to make consistent sized wire loops.

Cut a piece of wire about 6" long.

With your dominant hand, pick up the chain nose pliers. Near the middle of the wire's length grasp the wire between the pliers' jaws.

With your thumb, bend the top of the wire at a 90 degree angle over the jaw of the pliers.

Then, with your dominate hand, reposition the round nose pliers to grasp the horizontal portion of the wire at the bend. (pictured below)

Now we begin to wrap it around the top jaw of your round nose pliers to create a loop. Tighten your grip on the round nose pliers. Using the chain nose pliers, bring the tip of the horizontal wire upward to a vertical position.

Now bring the tip of the wire over the top jaw of the pliers and downward. The wire should now be in a vertical position, draping over the round nose pliers' top jaw.

Take out the pliers from around the wire and reposition them so that the bottom jaw of the pliers is now on top of the wire loop.

Still using the chain nose pliers, or your fingers, bring the tip of the wire upward back to its starting position. The wire has now made a full loop or circle.

With the round nose pliers in your dominant hand, grasp the wire loop, ensuring that the shorter wire is pointing upward. We will use this wire to wrap around the longer wire.

With your non dominant hand pickup the chain nose pliers and grasp the tip of the shorter wire.

Bring the shorter wire over the top of the longer wire and downward. You've made the first loop. Now make two more loops by bringing the tip of the shorter wire up, over and downward twice. You will have made three loops.

With the wire cutters, trim any excess wire.

With the chain nose pliers, tuck the wire end close to the straight wire.

A perfectly formed wrapped wire loop.

SBI!