So grateful for this. I wasted wire yesterday trying to do without instruction. I guessed wrong. I like that this is beautiful, simple, and easy on the fingers to make.
Awesome idea using twisted wire for the second coil! It adds just the right texture to make this easy bracelet a standout! I will share on my blog in due course!
Thank you! Yes, I love the texture this piece has, although it also looks great in mixed metals or coloured wire! I hope you're audience loves it too! 🙂
Funilly enough, I have a gizmo and the doorknob daisy wheel twisty thing...I could make this noiselessly too!....you're coming up with the goods tonight young lady! The last three videos will keep my hands busy for a while and my neighbours too. ..maybe if I gave them something I made they might not mind the intermittent noise lol!
I've started watching quite a few of your videos over the past few days , and I must say enjoying each and everyone of them .. This one is one of my favorites so far . Also checked out your website where there is lots of information's tips and good advice . Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all .. looking forward to your next post ..
Hi Lily! Cool bracelet,and really diggin' the funky tune!! ( reminds me of Funkytown,,a big fave tune!) Like the gadgetry,,simple enough to make. Love youe tutorials! I follow often! Cheers!! and Thanks!!😘😸-Mindi
Thank yo so much for showing how to apply the liver of sulphur and bicarbonate of soda treatment. But please tell me, how do your fingertips cope with handling the wire? I could not use my fingers for two days after trying to work with wire.
Cool bracelet. Would be fun to stack these in different metal colors. Could add a charm before the end bead to make more fem or masc. Gotta try this for sure!
Thank you! Brilliant ideas! Using different metals for the twisted wire and the plain is also fabulous. I might just need to put a charm on the next one now!
Thanks. Hope to see other versions if you make some. Last question for now. What is the finished length of this bracelet? I think I have all the same tools you used for twisting and coiling, but my wrist may be bigger than yours (big arthritic joints). I guess I could always add a bit of chain if it's too short. TFS!
I never thought to measure it! The total length is 8 1/2", with the coil itself 7" long (the length of the mandrel). You could increase the length in a few ways: add on larger (or more) beads; make the hook and loop a little larger, or make a longer coil. To make a longer coil, start with longer lengths of wire, and you can use the same mandrel by taking the coil off, then putting it half way back on the mandrel the opposite way (spare wire end first). You might have to finish the coil manually, though, as the coil will probably just slip around when using the crank. I hope that helps!
I have a question about the patina on copper wire. After you finish the patina and buff it, will the black still come off on the skin and will the copper still turn skin green?
I love it! I'm want to make one but I'm a little confused about what you did with the twisted 26 ga wire. I watched that part 3 times. I'm sure I'm having brain freeze or something. LOL! Did you use twisted 26 ga. as a filler inside the coil? Or did it have another purpose? Then you twisted the 18 ga to go through the coil and connect beads on each end? If that's what you did why not use only 18 ga.? I anxious to make this so thanks in advance for the clarification. Yours looks great!! ❤ Happy Holidays! 🎅🎄🎁
Hi! I loved this video and all the others as well. The problem I've got is that I'm from Argentina and couldn`t figure out what liver of sulphur is. Do you happen to know the chemical formula? I tried in many dictionaries, translators but nothing. Can you help me? Thanks for sharing your videos!
Hi!i am Rebecca de Vera from Spain,i send you this message bcause i watching your video and so nice especially how to use copper wire making bracelet so amazing you know i love it and you give me another idea and i want to know if you can sale on line about your materials like copper wires and other some things you have...
Nice, it's hard to find a good unisex jewelry idea. What are you using for copper? I bought some smaller spools at the hardware store. I doubt that they are coated but I didn't have liver of sulfur so I tried a boiled egg and no matter how long I left it there was no change so I wasn't sure if it's my copper or if it was the egg. Any advise?
Thank you Sherry, I'm glad you like it! I tend to buy my copper at either jewellery suppliers or wire suppliers, both of which helpfully state that it is 'bare' or 'pure'. I haven't tried the egg method (I'm gonna put that on the list to try) but copper does love to oxidise, so I would expect to have had some effect. When I'm not sure if an offcut is coated, I usually use my torch - you can see (and smell) the coating burn off (note: work in a ventilated space!). You could try filing at the side of the copper - I don't know how easy it is to see if you're scraping coating though. The other option is the patience method. Depending on the atmosphere, I would expect that you would see a change in bare copper in 2 weeks to a month (as I said it loves to oxidise! Given that it has done nothing yet, I'm suspecting that it might be coated.
If the egg did nothing on the wire that means probably it's varnish coated wire for electric motors. Often these wires are more "red" than bare or jewelry coated wire, and always are annealed (very soft). The test described by Lily-Tree can be done with a good lighter; if coated you'll have the characteristic smell of burnt electric varnish.
Thank you! I believe the mandrel is 3.4mm. It's the larger of the two that come in the Beadalon standard (econo?) coiling gizmo set. But you could use larger or smaller, depending on the look you want. I wanted to measure it properly with my digital callipers, but they've gone nuts and are now just showing random numbers! Note to self: don't buy cheap digital callipers!
Couldn't you have put the wire in the centre of the coil BEFORE wrapping?? That's what I do anyway. I secure it to the cylinder with scotch tape, then start to wrap the coil, undo to tape when finished and the wire is already in the centre so no feeding it carefully needed? Works for me anyhoo lol
You made 2 colors with copper and oxidised copper. The non oxidised copper will oxiside and you cannot reasonably polish only one of them. I would suggest rather using copper and brass.
Thank you! Sorry the music is a bit fast. You wouldn't believe the difficulty I have in finding just the right copyright free music that doesn't get annoying after a couple of minutes! The search continues! 😄
WOW! That looked so hard when I looked at thumbnail. I have a coiling gizmo. I can make this. Genius. Thank you for sharing.
So grateful for this. I wasted wire yesterday trying to do without instruction. I guessed wrong. I like that this is beautiful, simple, and easy on the fingers to make.
Oh yeah! Extremely cool! I loved how you rolled that hook right out there, baby! And it looks magnificent! I'm making one if I get the wire!!! 💋💋💋💋👍👍👍
I love it!!. What a wonderful gift this bracelet will make!!!. 🙏🏼❤️
Best,simplest and most interesting so far.Well done!!
Awesome idea using twisted wire for the second coil! It adds just the right texture to make this easy bracelet a standout! I will share on my blog in due course!
Thank you! Yes, I love the texture this piece has, although it also looks great in mixed metals or coloured wire! I hope you're audience loves it too! 🙂
Wow that is cute. Im watching in the middle of the night but going to make on in the morning..Thank you .
STUNNING! I love this design....so simple, so perfect. TFS xxx
Thank you!
That's a great bracelet. Thanks for posting your videos!
Thank you, and you're welcome!
Thank you so much for sharing. You are a true craftsman; you make it look so easy.
I really Love making bangles from the start this is a perfect one to try..........thank you........hugsssssssss
Thank you Kim!
Love this bracelet tutorial... thanks for sharing with us..
Thank you, and you're welcome!
Love it! Never thought I'd use my largest rod on my gizmo so I'm glad you showed me a reason to ❤️
Absolutely brilliant tutorial thank you.
It's so precious! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the tutorial, clear and precise. The model is beautiful and can be done with a lot of variations. So I have subscribed.
Thank you, and welcome to my channel!
Best video ever I like at the begging when you turn the wires with the music rythm hahaha.
BELLISSIMO, questo bracciale e' proprio bello!!!! Grazie per condividere i tuoi lavori!
Grazie, e sei benvenuto!
AMAZING; great tutorial, thank you so much!!
Thank you, and you're welcome!
Funilly enough, I have a gizmo and the doorknob daisy wheel twisty thing...I could make this noiselessly too!....you're coming up with the goods tonight young lady! The last three videos will keep my hands busy for a while and my neighbours too. ..maybe if I gave them something I made they might not mind the intermittent noise lol!
Beautiful design and great tutorial.
Thank you!
I've started watching quite a few of your videos over the past few days , and I must say enjoying each and everyone of them .. This one is one of my favorites so far . Also checked out your website where there is lots of information's tips and good advice .
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all ..
looking forward to your next post ..
Thank you! I'm glad you like them!
Julesfelting morgan so do I
Hi Lily! Cool bracelet,and really diggin' the funky tune!! ( reminds me of Funkytown,,a big fave tune!) Like the gadgetry,,simple enough to make. Love youe tutorials! I follow often! Cheers!! and Thanks!!😘😸-Mindi
Lily Your videos are beautiful and your job is beautiful why? The answer may be simple because you are so beautiful
Beautiful!! I definitely going to make it. Thank you for your great tutorials👌👍.
If you don't have the first wire twisting tool can you not use the wire twisting gizmo to twist the 0.4 wires together
Thank you 😊 🤟🏻❤️🥰💋🌹
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Thank yo so much for showing how to apply the liver of sulphur and bicarbonate of soda treatment. But please tell me, how do your fingertips cope with handling the wire? I could not use my fingers for two days after trying to work with wire.
Cool bracelet. Would be fun to stack these in different metal colors. Could add a charm before the end bead to make more fem or masc. Gotta try this for sure!
Thank you! Brilliant ideas! Using different metals for the twisted wire and the plain is also fabulous. I might just need to put a charm on the next one now!
Thanks. Hope to see other versions if you make some. Last question for now. What is the finished length of this bracelet? I think I have all the same tools you used for twisting and coiling, but my wrist may be bigger than yours (big arthritic joints). I guess I could always add a bit of chain if it's too short. TFS!
I never thought to measure it! The total length is 8 1/2", with the coil itself 7" long (the length of the mandrel). You could increase the length in a few ways: add on larger (or more) beads; make the hook and loop a little larger, or make a longer coil. To make a longer coil, start with longer lengths of wire, and you can use the same mandrel by taking the coil off, then putting it half way back on the mandrel the opposite way (spare wire end first). You might have to finish the coil manually, though, as the coil will probably just slip around when using the crank. I hope that helps!
Yes, that helps! Thanks again for such a quick reply.
Yes, that helps! Thanks again for such a quick reply.
I have a question about the patina on copper wire. After you finish the patina and buff it, will the black still come off on the skin and will the copper still turn skin green?
Where do you get that wire twisting tool and Gizmo, I looked in the description and I couldn't find it.
How many inches long is the twisted wire?.. very nice
Love your work Lily 💓
Pretty! Thanks!❤😊
You're welcome!
I love it! I'm want to make one but I'm a little confused about what you did with the twisted 26 ga wire. I watched that part 3 times. I'm sure I'm having brain freeze or something. LOL! Did you use twisted 26 ga. as a filler inside the coil? Or did it have another purpose? Then you twisted the 18 ga to go through the coil and connect beads on each end? If that's what you did why not use only 18 ga.? I anxious to make this so thanks in advance for the clarification. Yours looks great!! ❤ Happy Holidays! 🎅🎄🎁
Love and love your videos 🌙🙋🌙
Thank you!
Brilliant
Love this must get out my gizmo 💕
Is this round wire used? Thanks 😊
Muuyyy buena, me encantó 👌👍👏👏👏
Gracias!
Very cool Ty
Beautiful❣️. I love it.
Please, what size is the mandrel
Hi! I loved this video and all the others as well. The problem I've got is that I'm from Argentina and couldn`t figure out what liver of sulphur is. Do you happen to know the chemical formula? I tried in many dictionaries, translators but nothing. Can you help me? Thanks for sharing your videos!
Liver of sulfur is a poorly defined mixture of potassium sulfide, potassium polysulfide, potassium thiosulfate, and likely potassium bisulfide.
Hi!i am Rebecca de Vera from Spain,i send you this message bcause i watching your video and so nice especially how to use copper wire making bracelet so amazing you know i love it and you give me another idea and i want to know if you can sale on line about your materials like copper wires and other some things you have...
Love it
Nice, it's hard to find a good unisex jewelry idea. What are you using for copper? I bought some smaller spools at the hardware store. I doubt that they are coated but I didn't have liver of sulfur so I tried a boiled egg and no matter how long I left it there was no change so I wasn't sure if it's my copper or if it was the egg. Any advise?
Thank you Sherry, I'm glad you like it! I tend to buy my copper at either jewellery suppliers or wire suppliers, both of which helpfully state that it is 'bare' or 'pure'. I haven't tried the egg method (I'm gonna put that on the list to try) but copper does love to oxidise, so I would expect to have had some effect. When I'm not sure if an offcut is coated, I usually use my torch - you can see (and smell) the coating burn off (note: work in a ventilated space!). You could try filing at the side of the copper - I don't know how easy it is to see if you're scraping coating though. The other option is the patience method. Depending on the atmosphere, I would expect that you would see a change in bare copper in 2 weeks to a month (as I said it loves to oxidise! Given that it has done nothing yet, I'm suspecting that it might be coated.
If the egg did nothing on the wire that means probably it's varnish coated wire for electric motors. Often these wires are more "red" than bare or jewelry coated wire, and always are annealed (very soft). The test described by Lily-Tree can be done with a good lighter; if coated you'll have the characteristic smell of burnt electric varnish.
Thank you. I'll definitely try it.
Love, love, love this bracelet! Where did you get the wire twister? I have a coiling gizmo but want to get the twister?
Thank you! I got the twister ages ago, but I think it's a beadalon tool. I will do some digging and see where I can find it now.
Lily-Tree ...I found it at hobby lobby! Thank you for responding
Excellent! Happy twisting!
Lindo amei.
Well if I had a prize for best thing ever you will get it. Wow
What diameter mandrel did you coil the wires around? I love your vids.
Thank you! I believe the mandrel is 3.4mm. It's the larger of the two that come in the Beadalon standard (econo?) coiling gizmo set. But you could use larger or smaller, depending on the look you want. I wanted to measure it properly with my digital callipers, but they've gone nuts and are now just showing random numbers! Note to self: don't buy cheap digital callipers!
WOW!!!!
great great tutorial!!! :o)
Awwwww, thank you! 😊
Grazie meraviglioso 😘
Prego!
Couldn't you have put the wire in the centre of the coil BEFORE wrapping?? That's what I do anyway. I secure it to the cylinder with scotch tape, then start to wrap the coil, undo to tape when finished and the wire is already in the centre so no feeding it carefully needed? Works for me anyhoo lol
Parabéns 💜
اعجبني
You made 2 colors with copper and oxidised copper. The non oxidised copper will oxiside and you cannot reasonably polish only one of them.
I would suggest rather using copper and brass.
Where, oh where, you have found the bead caps???? Please help
I made them! 🙂 And I made a video showing how at ua-cam.com/video/71dp-rd3xVM/v-deo.html
Lily-Tree you are awesome 😎
Thank you! 😊
Why dose the finished product not match the tutorial?
I don’t № what you watching or what you on but it’s exactly as tutorial
Why twist the wire inside the tubing‽
I see I asked 3 years ago ᵃⁿᵈ no answer l̤̮㋡l̤̮
So sorry. Twisting the wire adds strength and keeps the wires together. But feel free to try it without.
No inglés .hermoso
Dang, more gadgets to add to the purchase list.
Sorry! 😆
Not for beginners!
please talk during your video
Music is too fast paced for the vid. Great content, technique and artistry spot on.
Thank you! Sorry the music is a bit fast. You wouldn't believe the difficulty I have in finding just the right copyright free music that doesn't get annoying after a couple of minutes! The search continues! 😄