1. Spooky Spider Pin
A by
Make a
Tarantula
sized spider.
Judy Markwell
Materials:
3/4” (2 cm) Black Bead
3/8” (1 cm) Black Bead Black wire will
Pin finding (as shown here) look best, but I’ve
20 Gauge Wire (Black would be Best) used silver color to
24 or 26 Gauge Wire (same color as above) make it easier for
About 150 Size 6 Black Seed Beads you to see the
24 Size 6 Brown Seed Beads wire work.
1 5 Bend the wires up
Cut a piece of 20 gauge wire about 6” long and so that you have a
make a tiny loop at the end as shown here . flat underside for the
spider, as shown by
2 the green line here. This
makes it look more
Cut 8 pieces of realistic, and makes it MUCH
20 gauge wire and make a very tiny loop in easier to wire the pin onto him
the center using needle nose pliers.
Using the small wire, smoothly
Thread in this order onto 6 wire the pin finding onto
3 the wire made in step 1:
the spider body as shown
1. The large black bead here. I went around
2. The 4 wires made in a couple of times to
step 2 insure a nice smooth
3. The small black bead body for him. Again,
Black wire will hide
a myriad of flaws.
Also, you might want
to tape the stick part of the
pin out of your way and open, so you won’t
wire it shut. (And yes, it happened my first time)
Hold everything onto the wire by making another
small loop at the top of the spider - try to tuck it Thread seed beads on leg in this order (Total 19 beads)
in and make it as unobtrusive as possible (this 5 Black 1 Brown and repeat 2 more times
is another reason for using then put one last Black Bead.
4 the black wire). I marked 7 End the wire with a tiny
my loop with the green Repeat for the loop.
arrow. And the legs other 7 legs. Shape
aren’t finished here, I them like spider legs.
just forgot the picture
.
earlier. Oops. That’s IT!
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