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Step 8Finish it up!
Lower left and upper right pictures:
Trim the twisted wires to about 1/2". Twist more firmly if needed. Curl into two loops, tucking the ends into the flat wire. You will want to make sure the flat wire can't slip off..
Upper left picture:
Bend the folded end of the 4" wire to make a hook. Measure recipient's wrist at this point and cut the hook to size so that the bracelet will fit when clasped. Work the wire patiently so that the hook end won't get any skin pinched inside it -- it needs to be quite closed at the operating end.
Lower right picture:
Attach the hook to the twisted wires. The two ends go into the two loops created in the first part of this step, and then roll into themselves (think "scroll") with the ends on the inside of the bracelet.
Background picture: Carefully manipulate into a wrist-friendly shape using anything you have handy for a mandrel. I used a piece of pvc to form the tighter curves at the side and my hands to ease the rest into a curve. Round doesn't work, for some reason. After you clasp the hook you can kind of pull on the short sides to get a pretty even shape.
Trim the twisted wires to about 1/2". Twist more firmly if needed. Curl into two loops, tucking the ends into the flat wire. You will want to make sure the flat wire can't slip off..
Upper left picture:
Bend the folded end of the 4" wire to make a hook. Measure recipient's wrist at this point and cut the hook to size so that the bracelet will fit when clasped. Work the wire patiently so that the hook end won't get any skin pinched inside it -- it needs to be quite closed at the operating end.
Lower right picture:
Attach the hook to the twisted wires. The two ends go into the two loops created in the first part of this step, and then roll into themselves (think "scroll") with the ends on the inside of the bracelet.
Background picture: Carefully manipulate into a wrist-friendly shape using anything you have handy for a mandrel. I used a piece of pvc to form the tighter curves at the side and my hands to ease the rest into a curve. Round doesn't work, for some reason. After you clasp the hook you can kind of pull on the short sides to get a pretty even shape.
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