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Step 1:  Cut and straighten a 2 1/2 inch long piece of 20G wire.  1/2 hard gold-filled or sterling silver wire work best. 

Step 2:  Position three pegs in your jig in a triangular pattern.  The pattern for the Cyclops is shown at right.  The pattern for the Olympus will be shown at the end of these instructions.  Now make a loop in your wire and place that loop on the lower left peg in the triangle.  Wrap the wire as shown at right.
 

Rememberance Beaded Earrings WigJig jewelry making design step 2 made with glass beads, jewelry tools, wire and supplies.
Cyclops Pattern

Step 3:  Cut the two loops off the ends of the triangles.  Cut the two wire segments to the same length.  I cut the wire just before the point in the wire where it started to bend around the lower pegs.

Rememberance Beaded Earrings WigJig jewelry making design step 3 made with glass beads, jewelry tools, wire and supplies.
Step 3
 
Step 4:  For this first alternative we are going to make a bend in each end of the legs of the triangle.  Leave about 1/8" of straight wire at the end of this bend.  I made this bend using Fine Step Jaw Pliers and used the edge of the pliers to measure where to make the bend.  When completed the wire should appear as shown at right.

Rememberance Beaded Earrings WigJig jewelry making design step 4 made with glass beads, jewelry tools, wire and supplies.
Step 4

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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.