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Plain Hoop Earrings -Two Styles

10/11/2016

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Tools
  1. Side Cutters
  2. Round nose Pliers
  3. Chain nose Pliers
  4. Nail file
  5. 1" dowel (small circle hoops)
  6. 1 ⅜” dowel (medium circle hoops)
  7. ⅝” dowel (small teardrop hoops)
  8. Ruler
  9. A bic pen with a top
Materials
  1. 20 gauge round wire
  2. 18-16 gauge round wire
​Round hoops
  1. Cut two pieces of the thicker gauge wire 4 1/2" for small hoops or 5 ½” long for medium hoops, and file ends
  2. Make a small loop on one end of each wire using the round nose pliers
  3. Gently shape each one around the 1 ⅜” dowel as you feed the the straight end through the small loop (alternatively, do not feed through the hole but instead wrap the wire tail around under the small loop then cut any excess tail)
  4. Hold the wire tightly around the dowel and then make a sharp bend right where the wire comes through the loop to make it tight
  5. Trim tail to just to ½” and refile the end
  6. Make a larger loop on this end with the round nose pliers to hold it in place
  7. bend the wire of the loop up with the chain nose pliers to create a place to hang the earwire onto the frame
  8. You may gently hammer the outside of the wire to make it looser and come off the dowel easily
  9. Repeat procedure with other wire to create a set of frames.
  10. If you need to make the frame more round and uniform please shape it around the Dowel.
  11. Now take frames and gently hammer them to strengthen them up a bit
Simple Fish hook earwires
  1. Cut one 20 gauge round wire 4” long
  2. Make small loop with round nose pliers on both ends
  3. Slide on loop under pen top with loop opening away from pen
  4. Wrap wire about ¾ of the way around pen
  5. Now do the same to the other side
  6. Find center between the larger loop ends and cut making two earwires
  7. Cut shorter stems if you wish (no shorter than 7/8” from top of hook to tail end)
  8. Gently file ends with emery board
  9. Using Chain nose pliers make a small bend on ends facing away from earring loops( if you wish) to a 20 degree angle with flat nose pliers
  10. Lightly hammer for added strength if you wish

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Teardrop hoops
  1. Cut two pieces of the thicker gauge wire 3” long and file ends
  2. Make a small loop on each end of the wire going in the same direction (you may backbend them if you wish)
  3. Place ⅝” dowel in the center of the wire and curve it around the dowel till the loops meet
  4. Make a slight bend in the loops where they meet to make them lay parallel to one another
  5. Place the pen into the bottom center of the loop and reshape the bottom so the top loops actually lay together
Fish hook earwires with forward facing loops
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  1. Cut 4 3/4" of 20 gauge round wire and file both ends
  2. Make a large  loop with round nose pliers on both ends
  3. Slide on loop under pen top lying flat on the pen
  4. Wrap wire about ¾ of the way around pen
  5. Now do the same to the other side
  6. Create a bend just under the loop away from the larger loop on both ends then re-adjust over the pen to set in the earwire arch)
  7. Find center between the larger loop ends and cut making two ear wires
  8. Cut shorter stems if you wish (no shorter than ¼” from loop end bottom to tail end)
  9. Gently file ends with emery board
  10. Using Chain nose pliers make a small bend on ends facing away from earring loops (if you wish) to a 20 degree angle with flat nose pliers
  11. You may gently hammer the top curve of the earwire for added strength

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You can make these hoops in any size you want to and the round can become teardrop as well as the teardrop become round, just change up the dowels and alter the wire length for whatever you want to create. 

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