Herringbone Earrings - Herringbone Wire Technique - Wire Earrings - Jewellery Making Tutorial

Herringbone Earrings - Herringbone Wire Technique - Jewellery Making Tutorial
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create these elegant earrings. Creating a herringbone wrap around a bead and then going on to form the ear wire and add a charm too. This technique is great for making connectors too.

Techniques used;
Herringbone
Creating a simple loop
Forming an ear wire

Materials used;
0.8mm silver-plated copper wire approximately 20cm per earring
0.4 mm silver-plated copper wire approximately 30cm per earring
Rose Quartz beads in 8mm and 6 mm rounds

Wire Gauge???
Yes! I mostly use UK terms, as I’m from the U.K 🇬🇧. I do try to include US Terms but in case I miss them here they are 😊 Thank you 😊
0.25mm - 30 AWG
0.4mm - 26 AWG
0.6mm - 22 AWG
0.8mm - 20 AWG
0.9mm - 19 AWG
1mm - 18 AWG
1.25mm - 16 AWG
1.5mm - 14 AWG
2mm - 12 AWG

Tools required;
Flush cutters
6 step bailing pliers
Chain-nose pliers or narrow flat-nose
Round nose pliers
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