Braided Wire Jewelry Making Project Pg 4 made with WigJig Tools, Jewelry Wire and Jewelry Supplies

Step 8: With the braiding completed we need to finish the ends of the bracelet. First,grasp the end of the braided segment with your bent chain nose pliers and bend the 6 wires about 75 degrees as shown in picture 8A. Then grasp the wire near the bend, but on the end segment with six straight wires with your step jaw pliers or round nose pliers and make a "U" shaped bend in the wire as shown in picture 8B. Next, using your flush cutters, cut the excess wire off about 1/4 inch beyond the "U" shaped bend. See picture 8C at right.

Step 8A

Step 8B

Step 8C

Step 9: At this point we need to wrap fine gauge wire around the braided wire to fix the shape and cover the cut wire ends. Square wire or 1/2 round wire is great for this, but if you don't have that, 22 or 24 gauge round wire will work. Wrap the wire tightly. The wire shown at right is 24 gauge wire used to finish the loop. Finish both ends of the braided wire the same way. The braided wire segment should now be about 6 1/2 inches long with a loop on either end.

Step 9

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.