Dream Catcher Pendant

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  Step 1

  Gather supplies.

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  Step 2

  straighten out a length of 12 gauge wire.

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  Step 3

  using the needle-nose pliers, make a loop at the end of the wire.

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  Step 4

  wrap the 12-gauge wire around the cylindrical object of your choosing, making sure it overlaps a bit.

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  Step 5

  cut the wire so there is a little less than a quarter-of-an-inch overlap.

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  Step 6

  slide the end of your 26 or 28 gauge wire through the loop in the 12 gauge wire.

  bend the 26 or 28 gauge wire around the 12 gauge wire and twist it tight. continue to twist until the shorter end of the wire is used up.

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  Step 7

  wrap the twisted part of the wire around the base of the 12 gauge wire loop.

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  Step 8

  take your 26 or 28 gauge wire and begin to wrap it around the 12 gauge wire where it overlaps.

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  Step 9

  make sure the wire is tight around the overlap when you are finished with step 8.

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  Step 10

  bend the wire into a wide u-shape a little less than an inch wide.

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  Step 11

  bend the 26 or 28 gauge wire behind the 12 gauge wire.

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  Step 12

  now, pull the end of the wire back around the 12 gauge wire, making sure it slips through the gap between where the 12 and 26(28) gauge wire first meets.

  it should make a closed loop.

  this is the first 'link'

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  Step 13

  continue doing this the entire way around the 12-guage wire circle.

  here's the second 'link'.

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  Step 14

  when you're making your last link, make it as close to the first loop (near where the 12 gauge overlap was wrapped).

  i actually overlapped my last loop over my first one. whatever is easiest for you.

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  Step 15

  for your second row, make the first loop near the center dip of the first 'link'.

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  Step 16

  second link of second row.

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  Step 17

  to add a bead, just thread any kind of bead you want onto the wire before you close a link.

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  Step 18

  end of second row.

  continue with the loops and links and beads until it gets too small to work with any more.

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  Step 19

  to finish off, i just wove the end of the 26 (28) gauge wire back up through the loops, then wrapped it around the base of 12-gauge loop, then snipped it off.

  and you're done.

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Sarah T. · Hagerstown, Maryland, US · 12 projects 17th September 2011

Based on an original project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkUU-2AXAa4

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