Flattened crimp

1. Hold the crimp bead with the tip of your chain nose pliers. Squeeze the pliers firmly to flatten the crimp. Tug the clasp to make sure the crimp has a solid grip on the wire. If the wire slides. Remove the crimp bead and repeat the steps with a new crimp bead.

2. The flattened crimp .

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Folded crimp

3. Position the crimp bead in the notch closest to the crimping pliers handle.

4. Separate the wires and firmly squeeze the crimp.

5. Move the crimp into the notch at the pliers tip and hold the crimp as shown. Squeeze the pliers, folding the bead in half at the indentation.

6. The folded crimp.

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Folded crimp end

7. Glue one end of the cord and place it in a crimp end. Use chain nose pliers to add one side of the crimp end over the cord.

8. Repeat on the second side and squeeze gently.

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Split rings

9 Proper position of split-ring pliers .

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Jump rings

10. Hold the jump ring with two pliers of chain nose pliers. Or with chain nose and round nose pliers.

11. To open the jump ring. bring one pair of pliers toward you and push the other pair away.

12. The open jump ring. Reverse the steps to close.

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Surgeons knot

13. Cross the right end over the left and go through the loop. Go through again. Pull the ends to tighten. Cross the left end over the right and go through. Tighten the knot.

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Overhand knot

14. Make a loop and pass the working end through it. Pull the ends to tighten the knot.

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Plain loop

15. Trim the wire 3/8 in. (lcm) above the top bead. Make a right-angle bend close to the bead.

16. Grab the wires tip with your round nose pliers. Roll the wire to form a half circle. Release the wire.

17. Reposition the pliers in the loop and continue rolling, forming a centered circle above the bead.

18. The finished loop.

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Wrapped loop

19. Make sure you have at least 1 1/4in. (3.2cm) of wire above the bead. With the tip of your chain nose pliers, grasp the wire directly above the bead. Rend the wire (above the pliers) into a right angle.

20. Using round nose pliers, position the jaws vertically in the bend.

21. Bring the wire over the top jaw of the pliers.

22. Keep the jaws vertical and reposition the pliers lower jaw snugly in the loop. Wrap the wire down and around the bottom of the pliers. This is the first half of a wrapped loop.

23. Position the chain nose pliers jaws across the loop.

24. Wrap the wire tail around the wire stem, covering the stem between the loop and the top bead. Trim the excess wrapping wire and press the end close to the wraps with chain nose or crimping pliers .

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Wrapping above a top-drilled bead

25. Center a top-drilled bead on a 3-in. (7.6cm) piece of wire. Bend each wire upward to form a squared-off "U" shape.

26. Cross the wires into an "X" above the bead.

27. Using chain nose pliers, make a small bend in each wire so the ends form a right angle.

28. Wrap the horizontal wire around the vertical wire as in a wrapped loop. Trim the excess wrapping wire.