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Take the three beads you have and thread them onto the wire. Fold the wire until the beads make a triangle. Take the loose end of the wire (the end not attached to the spool) and wrap it over the beads then tuck it into the center of the beads so there are no sharp ends are poking out. Holding the beginning of the nest in your fingers, unroll the wire from the spool out to your elbow. Do this twice more, until you have 3 arm-lengths of wire. If you want a bigger nest (or you’re using larger/smaller beads) you may want to make the wire longer or shorter. Continue wrapping the wire around the beads. Make sure to give the nest a bottom. Weave the wire in between the other wire until the nest is sturdy (you can’t easily pull it apart.) If you only wanted to make a nest, you’d end here by tucking the wire in like you did before. If you’re making earrings: don’t tuck the wire in yet. Take one earring post and thread the loose wire end through the little hole. Secure the loose end by wrapping it tightly around another wire and tying it off. Then tuck the pokey end in. Aaand...done! Now make another.
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