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On this episode of Jewelry 101, Susan shows you how to form shapes out of wire when making jewelry at home.

Easy tutorial to make a wire pendant in the shape of a leaf. Materials: Copper wire 18G and 26G. Tools: Cutting pliers, round and flat. File for jewelry.

Tutorial for vortex spiral earrings. These are really lovely and very customizable; add beads or spirals to make a whole range of spiral vortex earrings.

Simple and pretty wire wrap copper ring.

This tutorial shows you how to prong set a cabochon with wire. Long but detailed. It's a good design, holds the cabochon well, while the prongs are unobtrusive.

Tutorial Christmas tree earrings - wire wrap jewelry making. Clever and simple design, featuring (a) no need for a cone mandrel because one makes a flat coil and then stretches it out (b) can be work-hardened with a hammer (c) cleverly manages to put beads INSIDE the coil of the tree.

This isn't actually crochet, it is knitting (the "invisible spool knitting technique" by Yoola) -- she calls it crochet because it uses a crochet hook, but the stitches themselves are knitting stitches. Anyway, this is a tip for speeding things up using two colours (or two spools of one colour) by doing two stitches on top of each other, one with one wire, one with the other. One would have to time it to see if it actually was faster, but I think it probably is, because it reduces the number of movements one has to make.

This tutorial shows you how to make a pair of easy celtic knot wirework drop earrings.

Celtic knot pendant tutorial; fancy Triquetra pendant with crystal beads incorporated in it.

Learn how to make a wire wrapped Celtic Knot / Triquetra charm and earrings in this jewelry tutorial.

Supplies: 20 gauge dead soft round wire, 2 pieces of 4 inches each 24 gauge dead soft round wire, 2 pieces of 2 inches each 2 small jump rings French hooks or earwires of your choice 2 briolette beads

Easy to make, great to decorate with beads or charms, As it is adjustable, it sells really well - Make this one your own with your own flair and style you will not be disappointed.

Lantern pendant with large spherical stones without holes - jewelry making from copper wire. Really nifty way of ensuring that the petals are even. This pattern is suitable for stones with a diameter bigger than 1cm; the bigger the stone, the bigger the lantern. Without the Viking-knit bottom, this pattern can be used to make bead caps. Likewise, one could use a large bead cap for the first part of the pattern, and enclose with Viking knit.

Wire size to make pendant with diameter of stones 14 - 16mm 22 gauge ( wire diameter 0.6mm ) : 25cm( 10 inch) 28 gauge ( wire diameter 0.3mm ) : 50cm( 20 inch)

Wire copper unisex bracelet - interlocked knots wire-work

Wide bracelet made of wire; it resembles knitting, but rather than actual knitting, each row is one piece of wire bent into loops, and interlocked with the row before. One advantage of this method is that one can use thicker wire, and thus the bracelet is pretty sturdy, while looking very lacy. While the author of this did all the bending of the loops by hand, it might be easier to ensure their evenness by doing it on a jig. One makes all the row-wires first, and then links them together. Then the bracelet was tapered at each end, so that it could be fastened with one simple hook-clasp.

Long-ish tutorial for this intertwined wire-wrap bangle/bracelet, showing a few variations. A style with a lot of possibilities; wire-wrap, beads in the centre, beads on the outside, different thicknesses of wire. It may also be possible to use stiff cord (such as leather thonging) instead of wire for this.

Wire-work hoop earrings wrapped with climbing roses, with dangling drops. They look nice even without the drops.

Materials Needed: 2 gemstone drops 11x7mm 2 20g Jumprings 18g wire - for hoops (length depends on size) 22g wire - 24 inches, for big roses on bottom 24g wire - 40 inches, for 4 other roses 26g wire - 12 inches, for wrapping drops.

http://www.firemountaingems.com/jewelry-making-instructions.asp

Wubbers creator Patti Bullard, PhD, shows you how to use the Wubbers looping pliers--specially engineered to create simple loops in a variety of wire gauges.

Learn how to make a fancy coiled wire bead cap, useful for ending your viking knit bracelets and necklaces.

This video shows how to use hole punch pliers to make wire wrapping on to faux leather easy and seamless. Designer: Kat Silvia

Viking Knit tutorial, long but very thorough. Making a "rope" out of wire. Unlike other Viking Knit methods, this technique does not done around a form (such as a dowel or allen wrench). Instead it is unsupported; this works because the wire supports itself. The only tool needed is an awl, which is used to form the stitches around (so that they are even) and to bend the stitch up so that is anchored. Definitely worth looking into. And remember, "The first seven rows are crap!"