How to make a Spiral Bead Hanger
You will need: 6 smaller charms and one big charm (I’m sticking to hares for this example), some memory wire, small split rings, beads (ranging from tiny seed beads to 8mm beads), 2 eye pins, chain and one large crystal. Put the split rings onto the charms.
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Also round nosed pliers, flat nosed pliers and wire cutters.
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Cut about 3 rounds of the wire.
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Bend the top (about a centimetre) and form a loop with the round nosed pliers.
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Chose a colour theme and pick a large crystal for the bottom decoration – I’ve decided on green.
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Select some beads. I’ve chosen some tiny seed beads, slightly larger ones, 4mm glass beads, 6mm glass beads and a couple of 8mm glass beads. Try varying the shades and add in some feature beads.
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Make up a pattern to follow. I actually wrote this one down, but with the idea that I can vary it depending on how I feel. It was almost like following a knitting pattern (though not as complex).
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Try to put the charms into the pattern fairly evenly. Also make sure that if the charm is one-sided that it is around the right way, facing outwards and checking that you’re holding the spiral the right way up.
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Finish with another loop, pointing downwards.
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Make your bottom decoration, sticking to the bead theme.
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Connect to the lower loop, making sure that the charm is facing the right way.
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Now you will need to gently twist and coax the wire into a stretched coil – be firm but gentle at this point.
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Finally make a hook to hang your spiral. The
photo has 2 split rings, but you actually only need one, as the eye pin has its
own ring.
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Bend the eye pin into a hook – don’t worry about
it looking too perfect as it looks good when it is a bit quirky.
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Add to the spiral.
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The end result should look something like this!
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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
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