Making Rosary Loops
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Needle-nose chain Round-nose pliers Wire cutters |
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2" head pin |
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2 1" eye pins |
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4mm spacer bead |
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4 8mm beads |
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| Helpful Hint: To make your loops consistent in size, continue to work on the same spot on your rosary plier tips. |
Step 1: Slide your beads onto a head or eye pin. |
Step 2: Manually bend the wire at a right angle on top of the bead. |
Step 3: Using a wire cutter or the cutter portion of rosary pliers, remove excess wire leaving about 3/8" of wire. |
Step 4: Find the place on your round-nose plier tips that is approximately 1/4" away from the end. |
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| Step 5: Using your round-nose pliers, approximately 1/4" from the tip, grab the very end of the wire. |
Step 6: Using your wrist, curl the wire towards yourself. Then, slide the pliers back into their original position. Curl the wire again. |
Step 7: Continue to curl until the wire forms a complete circle. |
Step 8: Double check to make sure the rosary loop is closed. |
Step 9: To open or close a rosary loop, lift the loop out of its plane. Do not pull the loop open sideways or you will distort its round shape. |
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| Step 10: Insert another rosary loop or ear wire. Close the loop using your needle-nose chain pliers. Make sure the tip of the wire fits snuggly against the bead to form a secure loop. |
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