{"id":7918,"date":"2015-04-24T09:28:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=7918"},"modified":"2015-04-24T09:28:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:28:31","slug":"friday-findings-wire-wrapping-top-drilled-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/friday-findings-wire-wrapping-top-drilled-beads\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Findings-Wire Wrapping Top Drilled Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/friday-findings-wrapped-top-drilled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/friday-findings-wrapped-top-drilled.jpg\" alt=\"friday findings-wrapped top drilled.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top drilled beads add a lot of interest to a piece because they aren&#8217;t necessarily so perfectly symmetrical as center drilled beads. Also, all those wire wraps give great opportunity to make nice neat coils or add lots of fun messy wraps.<\/p>\n<p>I love the way the wire wraps above the purple pearl and the amber chips act as funky bead caps.<\/p>\n<p>If you are wrapping with a fine wire (24 gauge or smaller) I would suggest you leave the shorter wire long enough to make the loop as well (treating both wires as one.) Then you can do your wraps with both wires, tucking in the shorter one when it runs out. This will ensure that that short wire doesn&#8217;t pull out from under the wraps. 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