Crafts Using Wire

Tip: Wooden Bead and Wire Trivet

CDC
Bronze Tip Medal for All Time! 59 Tips

July 24, 2012

Approximate Time: 1 Hour

Supplies:

• 20 gauge wire
• 28 large wooden beads
• 21 medium wooden beads

Instructions:

My trivet measured 4 inches X 4-1/2 inches. You can buy the large assorted packs of beads for approximately $10, and there will be enough to make a trivet.

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1. Lay out the beads into a pattern that you like and then measure the wire accordingly. You will be going back through the rows, so you will need a lot of wire. (I used approximately 80 inches of wire.)
2. Find center, then thread the first and second rows of the trivet onto your wire, then you will go back through the second row and continue doing this with your rows until you have finished your trivet.
3. At the end you will need to go back through your previous row (or two) to hide the ends of your wire.

By CDC from FL

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