Braided Flower Ring

Designer Jamie Hogsett
Skill Level Beginner

Materials
Multi-Color Trios Beading Wire Pack (3 colors of .019/Medium) - 7" of each color
3x3mm Sterling Silver Crimp Tubes - 1 pc
5mm Silver-Plated Pewter Flower Bead - 1 pc

Tools
Cutters
Mighty Crimpers
Bead Stoppers

Instructions

Step 1: Use all three wires to string the flower bead to the center of the wires. Attach one Bead Stopper to the wires on one side of the flower bead. Hold the wires on the other side of the flower bead and braid them together. Use all three wires to string the crimp tube. Place a Bead Stopper on the ends of the wires.

Step 2: Remove the first Bead Stopper. Braid the three wires together. Use all three wires to pass through the crimp tube in the opposite direction as the other wire ends. Place the Bead Stopper back on the wire ends.

Step 3: Place the ring on the desired finger and adjust both ends of the wires to size. Make the ring slightly larger than the desired finished size as it will shrink slightly when crimped. Remove the ring from the finger and crimp. Click here for crimping instructions. Remove Bead Stoppers. Trim wire ends.

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Jamie Hogsett is a bead lover, jewelry designer, beading instructor, freelance editor, and the co-author of Show Your Colors. She is the author of Stringing Style and co-author of the Create Jewelry series: Pearls, Crystals, Stones, and Glass. Jamie's work has been published numerous times in Stringing and Beadwork magazines as well as in Beadwork Creates Beaded Rings, Beadwork Creates Beaded Bags, Beadwork Creates Beaded Earrings and other books and magazines from Interweave Press.