Making a Memory Wire bracelet

Beautiful bracelet, Ali — love the colors & design! I’ve used memory wire before & you explained its use perfectly! Thanks!

Love this bracelet! The mixtures of colors,fibers,and charms are just awsome!!

I love your bracelet. Just one question… I noticed the size indicated large and most other don’t indicate anything. Should we assume that most are for the average wrist, which is usually around 7.5″?

Thanks, Granny

Memory wire is highly addictive and should be used with caution….just sayin.

Beautiful! I like the idea of having a loop on the end. That would be a good spot to add a charm or two.

Very inventive and look the unique feel to it

Love your design & I love making these bracelets. So easy and u can make so many different designs. Thanks for.sharing

Thanks, Ali!! It’s just beautiful!! I just made a memory wire bracelet for the first time and it came out great, except for the loops on the ends. I think they are too large. The wire is so hard to bend and I messed up the 2nd one I made cuz I bent the end up trying to make the loop! Is there an easier way to make the loop? I was using 24! Thanks for any input you can give me! You are really very innovative!!!!

Very beautiful bracelet.
I have a question….
If you make the loop on the end before you put on the beads, that means the beads can fit over the loop. So wouldn’t the beads be able to fall off?

I like the memory wire bracelet look. I’m supposing the loop on the end to start with keeps the beads on. Thanks for the motivating demo.

Great explanation! I usually use bead caps but I think I will experiment with this method. I especially love the design, and I may mimic it in my trademark blues. browns, and greens.

Hey Kate,

Thanks for the response. I forgot to come back to look for one. I just copied your answer to save so I can refer to it and study on it. At 73 and a long time of being sick and caring for a sick husband, my brain tends not to be all that cooperative. They say to keep using it so as not to lose it totally. What better way than making jewelry…eh!

Bracelet is so pretty. I keep looking at it every time I come on Lima Beads
So pretty!

Hi, I just this site the ideas are great,it lovely the way you share the ideas with us all. what I want to know is what differents it makes as to what menorie wire you use if you are going to cover it with beads. Hope this makes sence , I am a beginner. thank you again

i Really like bead work and all materials i want know more to learn how to make by wire and bead bracelet thank you

Hi Gwendoline,I can answer your question. Most of the time it makes no difference which color wire to use, since you are covering it. The exceptions are when you “loop” the ends; you will see the wire color and you would want to consider color of wire blending with your chosen beads or embellishments on the loop. Also, I sometimes leave space on purpose between my beads if I particularly like the color/shine on my wire. Hope that helps answer your question.

I’m new to jewelry making and have so much to learn. You mentioned using glue at the end of the bracelet as an alternative to loops. Could you please tell me what kind of glue is used to do this?

Thank you.

I am new to the jewelry making world & would love tips on selling my jewelry

Beautiful colors for fall. inspiring too! I have memory wire now and have been picking beads and such!always nice to have a boost.

I am new to using Menory Wire but is there adifferences. Been the size of wire u use i have some Large Chrystals and the white doesn’t. Seem heavy enough to hoid up got at Micheal’s craft store. See some in Pinterest they look so Great. Need help

Beautiful! I am wondering – why would I buy oval v.s. round memory wire for bracelets? Do you have a preference? Thanks!

Have been experimenting with memory wire off and on. Got frustrated becs. bracelets I made looked like my wrist was pinched when I wore them. Then…discovered memory wire comes in sizes!! Also, discovered diff. weights for the “wire”, which really changed how bracelets fit. Anyway, actually made one I wear, and like! Here’s pic. of it “under construction”.

I’m new to beading and had a disaster with looming my clasps came apart.
So I thought memory wire would be easier for my grandchildren! Silly question I know but do I have to stretch the wire at all for different size wrists ie: child to adult only have seen it for sale and it all seems same size.
Told you I was new to this

i LOVE THE MEMORY WIRE BRACELETS.

I just made my 1st Memory Wire bracelet! I love it, its super easy! Your right about the addicting part! I can’t stop thinking about how many coils to make the next one! Thank You!

I love making and selling memory wire bracelets. I advertise them as “One Size Fits Most.” I have a customer who loves to order them from me. I use “Large” memory wire coils. She recently showed me where a bracelet I made for her now had gaps of wire between a few of the beads. At first I thought maybe some beads had broken and come off, but now I think it’s just that she stretched the bracelet to fit her arm, stretching it out to the point that the beads no longer cover all of the wire. Does that make sense? I opened the bracelet up and added a couple of beads to it to fix the problem, but is there anything else I could do before I send a bracelet to a customer to prevent this (I can’t imagine what…)

Good morning all, hoping to learn from everyone here. I love beads, and am hoping to sell my jewelry one day. Question: what thickness of beading wire do you all recommend?