
This is the hardware version of a more traditional wire star I blogged about on Craftydaisies.com last year. If you missed that tutorial, here it is again:
Materials

- 20 gauge or slightly thicker wire. I used copper wire from the hardware store
- wire cutter, pliers
- decorations
Step 1
For a six point star cut three 12 inch lengths of wire and one 6 inch length to tie the wire together.
Step 2

Step 3
Further secure the wires by using the 6 inch length of wire and basket weaving around the center of the star. Go over one wire and under the next, and so forth. Once you get to the beginning, you have to wrap the wire under the first "ray" so the securing wire can go the opposite way on the second round. In other words, if the wire went over the first "ray" the first time, it should go under the first "ray" the second time. Do this until you feel that the ends of the wire are fairly secure and the whole contraption looks like a star.
Step 4


If you want to you can stop here, or you can make a second six point star and overlay the two and wire them together. For this star I added a second star and instead of decorating it, I just bent the wires into shape.

Step 5

Tie a ribbon, string, or wire off one point to hang up your star and you're done.
2 comments:
so cool!
cool snowflake. I also like the idea of using natural stones or pieces of sea glass
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