How Do You Make A Jump Ring?
Jump rings are the small circles of wire used to attach findings to jewellery, or even make up part of the design of the jewellery itself. When you only need one or two, the price seems insignificant. However, if your project requires many jump rings or you do not know where to buy them, you might consider making them yourself. This guide will show you how. • There are lots of sizes of wire out there. Choose carefully. Select your wire. This depends almost entirely on what you want your jump ring to be like. If you are making a large jump ring, you should use thick, fairly stiff wire. If your jump ring is to be smaller, you may get away with a slightly thinner wire. • Make a loop at the end of the wire with the round nosed pliers. The loop should end with the long part of the wire just below the short part (when looking at it from the side with the pliers pointing upwards). • Make a coil by continuing to wrap the wire around the round nosed pliers. Make sure you don’t hold it so tightl
