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Here is my first wire wrapping tutorial!This tutorial is meant to give people a first step towards advanced wire wrapping, which is why I call it a 'beginner advanced tutuoral'.
I certainly didn't get results like this my first try, so don't get discouraged if wires aren't lining up for you, or are bending in a different direction than you hoped! Sometimes you have to follow the wires, even if you end up with a different design than you had in mind.
If you do make something with this tutorial, please leave a link in the comments - I would love to see what you come up with!
Here is a finished photo of the piece I made in this tutorial: [link]
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Looking for a store that sells square and half-round wire? Here's where I shop:
Gold filled, Argentium and sterling silver, and silver filled
Antiqued brass and coated coppers
Brass and copper
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If you like wearing this style of jewelry but you don't like making it personally, I do sell my jewelry at my etsy store, and I take commisions
Wrap on!
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Thank you, I tried to make it as clear as I could
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Thank you for this tutorial! I've not done much wire wrapping, but I will definitely br trying out this method in the future once I am more comfortable with wrapping in general! Faved!
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You're welcome!
I've found the best way to learn wire wrapping is to try things and make mistakes (and then put your successes on dA 
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I've done a small bit of simple wire wrapping and have always looked for tutorials to do it similar to your method and could never find one that was easy to understand. I'm glad that you've shared this!
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I'm glad it's easy to understand!
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Holy Moses the Kitten that's a awesomely detailed tutorial! Love it. And thank you for giving me something to work on next weekend!
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thanks!
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this will help me when i make my pendant. i have a artificial Indian spirit guide stone so I'm making it into a necklace without damaging or putting a hole through it.
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great!
you should share your pendant when you're done
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i'll be sure to do that
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Very beautiful. I have once seen such a tutorial in a book and tried it but absolutely failed (had the wrong materials and no good tools). XD Maybe I should try it again now.
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you should try again! a decent set of pliers and square/half round wire make a huge difference
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I really believe that the right material really makes a huge difference! I will search for the right wires next time I am shopping!
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It sure does! I would recommend trying to find square wire online⦠I've never seen it in craft or jewelry stores.
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Ah ok, thank you for the tipp! I also never saw square wire in any store β but just thought I was blind. XD So now I know where to search. Thanks.
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Great tutorial! Also, I think some good flush cutters like these [link] would make your life a lot easier, in terms of not having to file the ends much
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I've already got a pair of those, but the wire is still rough enough to catch on skin with them. I also have some other bail tricks that I don't divulge in this tutorial
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Yes, they definitely don't do the whole job for you but at least there's no bevel. Hehe of course, those you save for paid tutorials 
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What the heck do you use to get your wires straight and lined up for the wrapping? Mine are going like, every direction under the sun xD
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You don't have to have the 4 square wires exactly flat to start out with. In step 1, I didn't try straightening the wires at all. With square wire, it's easy enough to match up the 4 wires in the middle, though their ends might go different ways.
I only straightened the square wires out some in step 4, after they were already secured together. (They don't even need to be straightened out then, because I just curve them around the stone after that.)
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Here's my first real try.
[link]
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This tutorial is almost as wonderful as the resulting piece of jewelry. Thank you so much for putting this together, I've been searching the interwebs for good jewelry making tutorials for a while and this is the most helpful (and it also looks like the most feasible, at least for a beginner like me
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Thanks
I hope you get a chance to try it out! Square wire isn't the easiest to come by in stores, but there's lots of shops online.
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Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I managed to learn some things from you, with this (Awesome!) tutorial. I swear, you infected me with this style and now I prefer it to most styles I've used in the past.
Nope, still nowhere as neat as the way you do it, though! XD
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Great! I'm glad you're having fun with with this style. I've tried a few others, but I've kept coming back to this style (as you can tell by my gallery
On thing I like about the style is, there's so much room for creativity and everyone tries different things with it
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Awesome tutorial!
Yay! Now my wire wrapped pendants will look prettier
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thanks
and thanks for the 
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Thank you so much for this tutorial!!! It will help a lot once I get the wire and start working with a small turquoise cab that I bought myself a couple years ago. For some odd reason the logistics of wire wrapping it was not coming to me.
So thanks again for this; now I can't wait to get started.
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as you can see from the tutorial, the logistics aren't obvious from the beginning, but once you learn and practice the tricks, it gets easier
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very detailed tutorial It will help me out because I am learning how to wire wrap
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great! have fun learning and playing
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This was very helpful! I can't wait to play around with wire wrapping! But I have one question: What is the hardness of the wire? Is it dead soft?
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Thanks! I hope you have fun trying this out!
I use dead soft wire - I was pretty sure I'd forgotten something important
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Oh okay, I thought that might've been what it was. Yah, I ordered some wire the other day in dead soft so I can try to wire wrap. This tutorial will serve as a general guide for me
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This seems like a very well-made and thorough tutorial. I hope to try it out sometime :3
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thanks
I hope you do!
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This. Is. Spectacular.
Thank you so very much!
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You're. Quite. Welcome. Enjoy
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You really do go trhough a lot of wire!
Why do use diagonal cutters, btw? DO they work better with the square or something?
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diagonal cutters can cut closer to the piece, and can get into smaller spaces to trim than other cutters I've used.
I guess it doesn't seem like a lot of wire to me because this is the method I've been working with all along.
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Okay, makes sense.
And I've played with so many. You're more commited
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Mind, I doubt I'll ever get over my utter inability to work with square wire, but 
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Isn't it fun when you find out you're even more awesome than you thought?
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The battle with square? Obviously I've been playing lots, but still can't stop the infernal twisting!
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Looking at your recent pieces, I'd say you've won the battle!
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This was well done and easy to understand! Thank you! 
!yoJ
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Thanks! Have fun playing!
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This is a pretty good tutorial! Thanks for sharing
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