Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set, Wire Weaving. Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire. This tutorial will show you how to create a very elegant pendant, that can be repeated to make matching earrings.
Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set
by Natalie Patten
  • Category: Weaving
  • Technique(s): Weaving
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
This tutorial will show you how to create a very elegant pendant, that can be repeated to make matching earrings.

Materials

20 Gauge Round Half Hard .925 Sterling Silver Wire
H8-20H
  • Lesson Quantity: 54.00 inches
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 5FT
  • Price: $12.32
  • Gold Club Price: $9.24
Add to Bag
28 Gauge Round Dead Soft .925 Sterling Silver Wire
H8-28D
  • Lesson Quantity: 90.00 inches
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 10FT
  • Price: $3.70
  • Gold Club Price: $2.77
Add to Bag
Lapis 8mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Strand
A1-662
  • Lesson Quantity: 30.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $42.90
  • Gold Club Price: $32.18
Add to Bag
Rose Gold Filled Round Bright Beads 3mm - Pack of 10 - Pack of 10
L9-13
  • Lesson Quantity: 9.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $2.22
  • Gold Club Price: $1.67
Add to Bag
Sterling Silver Jump Ring Open (.030) 20ga. (OD) 6mm (ID) 4.27mm - Pack of 10
K11-29
  • Lesson Quantity: 2.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $3.08
  • Gold Club Price: $2.31
Add to Bag
Sterling Silver Earwires 21mm w/ 1.5mm Bead - Pack of 2
K19-50
  • Lesson Quantity: 2.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $2.40
  • Gold Club Price: $1.80
Add to Bag
Add All Items to Cart

Tools

Chain Nose Wire Pliers
G2-508
  • G2-508
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $32.95
  • Gold Club Price: $24.71
Add to Bag
Round Nose Wire Pliers
G2-507
  • G2-507
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $32.95
  • Gold Club Price: $24.71
Add to Bag
C.H.P Milano Italian Flush Cutter, 5 1/2 Inches
PLR-487.00
  • PLR-487.00
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $16.97
  • Gold Club Price: $12.73
Add to Bag
Flat Nose Nylon Flat Jaw With Spring
PLR-831.00
  • PLR-831.00
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $13.80
  • Gold Club Price: $10.35
Add to Bag
Add All Items to Cart
Instructions
Step 1
Cut 3 lengths of 0.8mm/ 20-gauge wire at 6 inches each.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 2
Start your weave one and a half inches in from the end of the 0.8mm/ 20-gauge base wire and wrap 0.3mm/ 28-gauge weaving wire around the base wire three times to secure.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 3
Attach the second 0.8mm/ 20-gauge base wire above the first, by wrapping the weaving wire three times over the second base wire only.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 4
Attach the third base wire above by wrapping the 0.3mm/ 28-gauge weaving wire three times around only the third base wire.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 5
Bring the weaving wire over all three base wires and wrap three times around them all.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 6
Bringing the weaving wire between the top and middle base wires and wrap the top base wire three times.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 7
Bring the weaving wire between the bottom and middle base wires and wrap the middle wire three times (push your weave together with pliers to neaten and keep your weave tight).
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 8
Wrap around the bottom base wire three times.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 9
Bring the weaving wire up over all three base wires and wrap three times.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 10
Repeat this weaving pattern 7 times.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 11
This weave repetition should create T like shaped weaves.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 12
Remember to keep gently pushing your wraps together to create a neat finish.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 13
Leave the end of the weaving wire attached.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 14
Cut off the starting tail of weaving wire at the beginning of the weave.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 15
Tuck in this end to the base wire with pliers to prevent any sharp edge of weaving wire sticking out.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 16
Bend up the top base wire to a 90 degree angle (if you would like to make a pair of earrings that are mirror image of each other, then bend the top base wire on the left at the start of the weave for right earring or on the right hand side after the weave for the left earring).
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 17
Add the 8mm round bead to the wire that is bent upwards.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 18
Bring the wire with the bead on towards the weaved wires and the remaining two wire ends without the weave upwards to curve around the bottom of the bead.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 19
Start to curve the weaved wires around the bead.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 20
Use your pliers to keep the weave flat while doing so to prevent it from turning inward.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 21
Continue to do this until the weaved base wires surround the circumference of the bead.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 22
Curve the remaining weaved wires in an upward direction.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 23
Curve the wire that the bead is thread onto around the bead itself, so that it is in line with the other base wires.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 24
Using bail step pliers or round nose pliers, shape the weaved wires you have placed upwards into a bail, by curving it back down in the direction of the back of the bead.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 25
Using the tail of weaving wire, still attached, wrap this three times around the base wire with the bead on.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 26
This weaving wire can now be cut off and tucked in to secure.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 27
Bend these three base wires around the wires that form the bail.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 28
Cut off these wires when they reach the opposite side of the bail, leaving enough to tuck them around the bail itself to secure.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 29
Using your pliers press these wires firmly around the bail so that they hold tightly in place.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 30
Spread out the base wires from the bail, middle going down towards the bottom, and the other two out to the sides.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 31
Turn the pendant (or earring) so that it is front facing.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 32
Curve the wire on the right of the pendant across the top of the bead towards the bail.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 33
Curve the bottom wire towards the right side, so that it is positioned underneath the wire you have just curved upwards.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 34
Curve the wire to the left, towards the bottom of the pendant, so that all of these wires create a curved triangle shape around the weave to frame the bead.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 35
You can add a 3mm bead onto each of these wires (optional).
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 36
When you are happy with the position of the wires (and where these 3mm beads sit), bend them around the back of the pendant/earring.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 37
Using wire cutters, cut off the wire that is positioned near the bail, leaving just enough length to tuck into the bail.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 38
Use your pliers to firmly tuck and tighten this wire into the bail to secure in place.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 39
Cut the base wire that is coming across from the side.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 40
Loop this around the base wire that runs down the middle of the back of the bead and tighten with pliers so that it is held in place.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 41
Cut the remaining wire and secure into the back of the pendant also, by anchoring it on to the central wire.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 42
Ensure the wires are taught around the pendant/earring and are firmly attached.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 43
Attach a jump ring to the bail of the earrings so that they are positioned forward when the earring hooks are added.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set
Step 44
This is now ready to be worn as a pendant by attaching a chain or attach ear wires and wear as earrings.
Natalie Patten's Woven Wire Pendant and Earrings Set - , Wire Weaving, Weaving, Wire Weaving, Weaving Wire, woven wire pendant and earring set