Crafts Unleashed

Coiled & Caged Choker

As a follow up to last months Coiling Gizmo product review, here is a quick and easy jewelry project that incorporates the coiling gizmo, some wire and a few pretty beads!

Materials Needed:
• coiling gizmo
• clamp (available at a hardware store)
• tape measure
• wire cutters
• round nose pliers
• 20 gauge wire
• 18 gauge wire
• 6 mm beads
• 10 mm focal bead
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• Using the coiling gizmo, coil the 20 ga wire into (3) 6” coils. Cut coils into 1” segments. Trim ends.
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• Cut approx. 22” length of 18 ga. wire and using your round nose pliers make a wire wrapped loop at one end. Diameter of the loop should be approx ¼”.
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• String a 6 mm bead followed by a 1” segment of coil. Repeat this pattern 6 times to create a 16” choker. More segments may be added to make a larger choker.
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• Cut a 16” piece of 20 ga wire and make a small wire wrapped loop in the center. Pull the 10 mm focal bead on one of the strands of wire and make a small wire wrapped loop at the other end.
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• Create a bead cage by wrapping wire around the top of the bead a few times to get a bead cap effect, then swirl the wire around the bead and anchor it to the bottom loop. . Repeat this step going from the bottom up to the top.

• String your focal and add the same number of segments to the other side.

• To make the catch; make a large wire wrapped loop (approx ½” dia) after the last bead has been added. Using your round nose pliers, elongate the loop as show. Then bend it in half to create the cat
• Add a 6 mm caged dangle bead to your focal and voila, you have created your very own Coiled and Caged Choker!!!