For the last bend, you want to bend it so that the wire is straight up and down vertical. Now, you just need to create a loop in order to finish it off. In this example, I created a wirewrap loop starting with a horizontal bend about 1 cm up. You need this extra space because of the wirewrapping.
You can use the technique described in the Wirewrap Drop Pendant article in order to make this loop. If you’d rather not wirewrap, you can also use the Simple Wire Loop Technique to make a loop at the end. If you do this, you don’t need to leave that extra room for the wraps to go around. Also, for simpe loops make sure again that you securely close the end of the loop so that it will not fall off.
Now, you’re pretty much done! You can just attach one dangle to an earring hook to make your earring, or you can have multiple dangles. Here’s a picture of the Zig Zag Earrings I did as a first test. I’ve used the same “silver ball - faceted crystal - silver ball” design for each one, but you can make them different. I didn’t use a jump ring here to attach them, but I’d probably recommend it if you have more than one dangle because I found that their degree of freedom is improved with a jump ring. Ok, have fun with you zigging and zagging!
