Lesson 1: Making your first beaded necklace
Step 4: Add a pendant or charms to your necklace.
You can make a charm or a simple pendant by stringing beads on a headpin or a eyepin and making a plain or wrapped loop that can be strung on the beading wire.
To make a pendant or charm with a plain loop:
CAUTION: Wear safety googles and work in an area away from others when trimming wire, as wire ends can fly unpredictably.
a. Place bead(s) on a headpin or eyepin.
b. Trim the wire 3/8" (1 cm) above the top bead. 
c. Bend the wire into a right angle close to the bead.
d. Grab the tip of the wire with roundnose pliers. 
e. Roll the wire to create a half circle. Release the wire.
f. Reposition the roundnose pliers in the half loop and continue rolling to
complete the loop.
The finished loop.
To make a pendant or charm with a wrapped loop:
CAUTION: Wear safety googles and work in an area away from others when trimming wire, as wire ends can fly unpredictably.
a. Place bead(s) on a headpin or eyepin. Leave at least 1 1/4" of wire above the top bead.
b. Grasp the wire directly above the top bead with the tip of your chainnose
pliers.
c. Bend the wire above the pliers to form a right angle above the pliers.
d. Position your roundnose pliers inside the bend.
e. Pull the wire over the top of the roundnose pliers.
f. Reposition the roundnose pliers so the lower jaw is fitted snugly into the
rounded wire.
g. Pull the wire down and around the bottom of the pliers jaw.
h. Hold the loop with chainnose pliers.
i. Wrap the tail of the wire around the stem, to cover the stem between the loop and the bead.
j. Trim the excess wire.
k. Press the end in using chainnose pliers.
The finished loop.
© 2007 Amy Rae Som