Twisted Cross Wire and Bead Earrings - Pg 3 Made with WigJig Jewelry Making Tools and Jewelry Supplies

	Step 11. Remove the wire from the jig. Cut the wire tail so that it is only 3/4 inch long. Step 12. Insert your round nose pliers fuly into the two loops that were formed around peg 1. Grasp these two loops firmly with the round nose pliers in your dominant hand and hold the center of the cross tightly with your other hand. Now twist your round nose pliers clockwise until that limb is almost completely twisted. Step 13. Now grasp the loop in the end of the left hand limb of the cross with your round nose pliers and twist clock-wise until that limb is almost completely twisted. Step 14. Perform the same step as above for the other two limbs of the cross. Step 15. Now go back to the two loops around peg 1 and insert your round nose pliers and grasp the loops with the pliers in your non-dominant hand. With your dominant hand make one loop in the wire tail around the cross. Try to make the loop so that the wire is snug against the cross. Cut off any excess wire. Step 16. You now have two loops at the bottom of the cross (peg 1) and one loop at the other three limbs of the cross. Using a fingernail, or knife blade, gently pry the first loop away from the second loop (the last loop that ends with the wire wrapped around the cross bottom.) Cut off the first loop. This leaves the bottom of the cross with one loop, ending in the wire wrapped around the cross. Step 17. Now we finish the cross by selectively tightening the wraps on each limb of the cross until the piece takes on a finished look. Use your fingers or nylon jaw pliers to straighten out each limb of the cross. This should result in a finished cross like the one shown at left.

	Please Note that the first time you attempt to make this figure it probably won't come out like you want it. This does take a little practice. It may be easier to make the first 1-2 crosses in 22G wire as practice. Once you are satisfied with the results then graduate to 20G wire.

	Please visit page 4 for an alternative pattern for the Twisted Cross made on the WigJig Delphi.

This WigJig jewelry making project is provided as part of WigJig University - College of Jewelry Making Designs. We try to provide interesting jewelry making 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 used have not been fully discussed here. For beginners, we suggest that you start with a visit to our Beginners Jewelry Making 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.

The jewelry making projects shown here do not use Sterling Silver. The reason for this is simple, it is harder to get good pictures of Sterling Silver wire components than with colored wire including gold-filled, copper, or brass wire. Any project shown in colored wire can be made in Sterling Silver wire.