Best Wire For Making Hoop Earrings

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Best wire for making hoop earrings.

Twenty gauge wire is ideal for these hoops. On this episode of jewelry 101 susan shows you how to make simple wire hoops when making earrings at home. If your wire is any thicker you will have difficulty finding beads with large enough holes to fit on the hoops. The size of the wire used for hoop earrings really depends on the style of hoop you desire to create.

For the hammered hoops we followed the same steps but with 16 gauge wire. This is a very tight fit with the pegs so we positioned one peg at a time and used pliers to help manipulate the wire around the pegs. If the wire is any thinner it can be hard to make it retain the hoop shape especially as the size of the hoop gets larger. You may want to tumble or work harden it a bit to keep it from being too flimsy.

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If you want to make plain hoops that go through the ear with nothing on them take the size of a piercing into consideration and use from an 18 gauge for larger holes down to a 21 gauge for smaller. 18 gauge at the larger end of the scale i ve seen some earring styles mainly hoops made with wire as thick as 18 gauge.