Tonight I was playing with a piece of 30 ga silver wire, just twisting it through my fingers and for some reason I decided I was going to do some wire crochet. I've never done it, but I figured what the heck - may as well try. I gave it a go with some brass wire first, and while not difficult to do, it's not as easy as you'd think. I found I do it best with the 30 ga dead soft, and this is what I made. It's not finished yet - I will be adding more beads and the ends have to be finished. I'm going to fashion a loop and crystal clasp for it, I think.
I'm wire-wrapping the ends, creating a scalloped edge:
You have to use a gentle hand when doing wire crochet, otherwise your stitches will be too tight and you have to be very careful to make them uniform.
The bottom row is teardrop freshwater pearls spaced with pink Swarovski bicone crystals. I scattered crystals throughout the bracelet and the last row is all clear Swarovski bicones.
I have a large round faceted AB crystal I'm going to use as a "button" and create a loop closure of 2mm swarovski clear round crystals.
