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Use a 15" (38.1cm) length of 26 gauge base metal

wire to make a 4-petal harness (see Creating a

Harness on page 123 of The Art of Wire). Tape it to the

end of a 14" (6mm) dowel rod. Using 45" (114.3cm)

of 30 gauge wire, make a 114" (3.2cm) long single

dowel-knitted rope (see Single Dowel-Knitted Rope

on page 124 of The Art of Wire).

Remove the piece from the dowel by cutting away

the first round using side cutters to snip each stitch.

Keep the harness in place on the dowel. Pick out any

loose wire bits, then fold the wire ends to the inside

of the tube.

1Cut 5" (12.7cm) of 22 gauge wire and string on 3,

4mm beads; 3, 6mm beads; and 3, 4mm beads. Center

the beads on the wire and hammer the wire at each

end of the beads to hold the beads in place. Leave thebeads slightly loose on the wire.

2

Center the beaded wire inside the dowel-knitted tube.

Carefully smooth the tube over the beads, lengthening

the tube until it fits onto the beads and extends

approximately 14" (6mm) past the row of beads at

each end.

3Compact the ends of the tube around the wire past

the beads.4

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Use 6" (15.2cm) of 22 gauge wire to make an end cap

without a loop at one end of the rope (see End Caps

and Loops on pages 126127 of The Art of Wire). Trim

off any excess wire. Repeat at the other end of the

tube.

5Trim each end of the wire running through the beads

to 34" (1.9cm) past the wraps. Make the wire end into

a wrapped loop (see Wrapped Loops on page 20 of

The Art of Wire).

6

Curve the earring over a mandrel or dowel until the

end loops meet. Place a jump ring through both

wrapped loops. Add an ear wire. Repeat Steps 17

to make a second earring.

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