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Loop de Loop Bangle
by Allison Hoffman, for FusionBeads.com
Sparkling wire bracelet.
MATERIALS:
Photo of finished piece by Jim Lawson; all other photos courtesy of the author.
26-gauge non-tarnish silver Artistic Wire, 42'
26-gauge copper wire, 10"
4mm Sand Opal CRYSTALLIZED™-
Swarovski Elements crystal mix, 6
4mm Jonquil CRYSTALLIZED™- Swarovski
Elements crystal, 9
4mm Khaki CRYSTALLIZED™- Swarovski
Elements crystal mix, 10
4mm Light Topaz CRYSTALLIZED™- Swarovski
Elements crystal mix, 5
4mm Lime CRYSTALLIZED™- Swarovski
Elements crystal mix, 3
6mm Lime CRYSTALLIZED™- Swarovski
Elements crystal round bead, 4
6mm Light Gray Opal CRYSTALLIZED™-
Swarovski Elements crystal round bead, 6
2-1/2" diameter sterling flat bangle bracelet,
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This cool project uses two sterling bangle TOOLS:
Chain nose pliers
bracelets. Wrap them together with silver craft Flush cutters
wire and accentuate with crystals for an eye- Ruler
catching piece! Black Sharpie
TIP: RESOURCES:
Prior to using your beads, make sure you test All materials from FusionBeads.com
each one so you can fit two pieces of 26g wire
through them. TECHNIQUES:
Wirework, wirewrapping, beading.
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2. Loop de Loop Bangle
Step 1: Cut five 2" pieces Step 5: Add two beads
of copper wire. To to the wire.
anchor, use one Wrap the wire
piece and wrap it around the
around the top bottom bangle
bangle twice. once to anchor
it in place.
Step 1
Step 5
Step 2: Starting with the top bangle, use a ruler and
measure 1/2" down the copper wire, and mark. Step 6: Bring the wire
Wrap the copper wire around the bottom back up
bangle, making sure the mark on the wire is through the
lined up with the bottom bangle. Anchor the bead closest to
copper wire to the bottom bangle by wrapping the bottom.
the wire twice around the bangle. Pull the wire all
the way
through the
bead. Step 6
Step 7: Loop the wire
around the
bead so it
frames the
bead.
Step 7
Step 2
Step 3: Repeat Steps Step 8: Go back up
1-2 five through the next
more times, bead and pull
making sure the wire all the
the copper way through.
Step 8
wires are
spread out Step 9: Loop the wire around the bead in the opposite
evenly along the Step 3 direction of the first wire loop so it will form a
bangles. figure 8 pattern. Bring the wire through the
back of the top bangle.
Step 4: In the middle of
one of the copper
wraps, take a 2'
piece of silver
wire, and wrap
around the top
bangle once to
anchor the wire in
place. Wrap the
wire 19 more times Step 4
to the right. Step 9
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3. Loop de Loop Bangle
Step 10: Wrap the wire Step 15: Repeat Steps 4-
around the 14 until the
top bangle bangle is
once to completely
anchor it in covered with
place. Wrap wraps (or about
the wire 19 10 1/2 times).
more times to You can remove
the right. Step 10 the copper
wrap anchors
Step 11: Start with the as you go along. Step 15
bottom The last wrap of
bangle, and wire should be against the first wrap that was
repeat Step made. Trim the tail of the wire.
10.
Step 11
Step 12: Slide the
wrapped wire
so it butts up
against the
bead on the
left.
Step 12
Step 13: Add two beads
to the wire,
and repeat
Steps 5-9, this
time going
through the
back of the
bottom bangle. Step 13
Wrap once to
anchor it in place.
Step 14: Wrap the wire 19
more times.
Step 14
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