Double Wrap Bangle

Judy Larson

What can you do with all those beads left over

from your projects? With this simple bangle

featuring a wrapped closure, you do not need

to worry about size, shape or color. Just wrap

away! It is so easy and fun to make that you

will make a variety of them to have on hand to

use as gifts.

Materials:

58” of 20 gauge round wire An assortment of

beads-10mm are used here

Tools:

Round, flat and bent nose pliers

Flush cutter

3/8” and 5/16” mandrels

Optional: Wire twister

Directions:

Step 1: Straighten and cut one wire (Small-32”; Medium -34”; Large-36”) long and one wire (Small-26”;

Medium-27”; Large-28”) long.

Step 2: Measure in 11½”(12” for

Large) from the end of the longer

wire. Place the 3/8” mandrel on

the wire at that point and wrap

the wire around it as shown.

Using bent nose pliers, pinch the

wires together close to the

mandrel, creating an eye. Hint:

Check out the Braided Wire and

Bead Bangle tutorial for a smaller

eye.

Step 3: Open the eye up slightly. Leaving a 1” tail, wrap the eye with the

26” wire. Note: The first wrap or two will have to be pushed together and

back down to the bend in the eye.

Step 4: Reshape the eye around the 5/16”

mandrel, pushing the two ends of the eye

wire close together and making sure that the

long wrap wire is pulled to the outside. At

this point you may also need to wrap the

short wrap wire 1” tail around the eye a

time or two.

Step 5: Holding the two eye wires close together, use the wrapping wire

to create a “neck” below the eye, wrapping 4 to 5 times to show. Make

sure that the last wrap you make places the shortest wire between the

two longest wires, as shown below

Step 6: Trim the short eye wrap tail

so that there will be just enough wire

to tuck down between the two wires

at the base of the eye. Note: The back

side of the bangle is the side this wire is

bent towards. If your neck wrap wire

is on top and not on the bottom as

shown, do not worry. Just make sure

that from now on you work from the

outside or front of the bangle.

Step 7: Note: It is very important to work from the outside or right side of the

bangle from this point on. Bend the two longer outer wires out at a 90 degree

angle to the center shorter wire. Slide a bead onto the shorter wire.

Step 8: Holding the bead tightly against the base of the eye, bring the right outer

wire up around the bead, in front of the bead wire, and pull to the left of the bead.

Pull the wire to the back of the bead wire and then pull to the right, being careful

to not bend the bead wire.

Step 9: Still holding the bead

tightly against to base of the eye,

bring the left outer wire up

around the bead and over the

first bead wrap wire in back of

the bead and pull to the right of

the bead. Pull the wire to the

front of the bead wire and then

pull to the left, being careful to

not bend the bead wire.

Step 10: Slide another bead on the bead wire. Push the bead down as tightly as you can against the wrap

wires. Hold the bead in place and repeat Steps 8 and 9. Repeat this

process until the bead portion of the bangle is 6½” long using 10mm

beads, or 6¼” using 8mm beads.

Note: This tutorial shows fourteen 10mm beads for a small bangle. How

many beads you need depends upon how tightly you wrap your wire and how

close the beads are together. How long this portion needs to be is also

dictated by the size of the beads. The larger the bead, the more room it takes

up on the wrist, so the longer you need the bead section. For a medium

bangle, add ¼”-3/8” to the bead length and for a large bangle, add ½”-5/8”

to the wrapped bead length. After you have made a few of these bangles, you

will have a better handle on how many beads you need to use.

Step 11: Take a close look at the wires that are at the end of the bangle.

The wire on the right will be used to wrap the neck of the hook. The wire

to the left and the bead wire will be twisted together to form the hook.

Step 12: Make sure that the ends of the two wires to be twisted together are even. Holding the wires

wrapped around the bead in place, tightly twist the wires for the hook. Make sure the twist goes in the same

direction as the left wire is already going on the bead wire.

Step 13: 1¼” from the

bead, bend the hook wire

down to the left of the bead.

The hook wire will be

longer than you need. Trim

it off so that the cut end just

sweeps across the top of the

last bead. DO NOT CUT

THIS WIRE TOO SHORT!! It

is better to cut a bit long and

trim slightly to get it to fit

than to have it too short.

Position the cut wire in

front of the left bead wrap

wire.

Step 14: Pull the right wire up around the front and around to the back again as close to the bead as possible.

Continue to wrap until you have 4 to 5 wraps to show, ending on the back. Trim the wrap wire off on the back

of the bangle. Use flat nose pliers to flatten and secure the wraps.

Step 15: Using flat nose pliers, bend the hook wire 45 degrees up to the outside of the bangle. Using round

nose pliers, bend the hook shape as shown.

Step 16: You may need to push a few of

the wrap wires down so that the wraps all

match.

Step 17: Hook the bangle ends and shape

the bangle into a circle or an oval.

Hint: It may help to wrap the bangle around a large

cylindrical object like a pill bottle or soda bottle.