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On this episode of Jewelry 101, Susan shows you how to form shapes out of wire when making jewelry at home.

Easy tutorial to make a wire pendant in the shape of a leaf. Materials: Copper wire 18G and 26G. Tools: Cutting pliers, round and flat. File for jewelry.

While this shows a specific pattern, it also shows the general technique. The most important tip here is that this uses "bullion wire" aka "French wire" which is a coiled extremely fine wire used in embroidery, which makes it very flexible and thus useful for this technique.

This isn't actually crochet, it is knitting (the "invisible spool knitting technique" by Yoola) -- she calls it crochet because it uses a crochet hook, but the stitches themselves are knitting stitches. Anyway, this is a tip for speeding things up using two colours (or two spools of one colour) by doing two stitches on top of each other, one with one wire, one with the other. One would have to time it to see if it actually was faster, but I think it probably is, because it reduces the number of movements one has to make.

http://www.firemountaingems.com/jewelry-making-instructions.asp

Wubbers creator Patti Bullard, PhD, shows you how to use the Wubbers looping pliers--specially engineered to create simple loops in a variety of wire gauges.

Learn how to make a fancy coiled wire bead cap, useful for ending your viking knit bracelets and necklaces.

This video shows how to use hole punch pliers to make wire wrapping on to faux leather easy and seamless. Designer: Kat Silvia

Viking Knit tutorial, long but very thorough. Making a "rope" out of wire. Unlike other Viking Knit methods, this technique does not done around a form (such as a dowel or allen wrench). Instead it is unsupported; this works because the wire supports itself. The only tool needed is an awl, which is used to form the stitches around (so that they are even) and to bend the stitch up so that is anchored. Definitely worth looking into. And remember, "The first seven rows are crap!"

A playlist of useful tips and tutorials about crocheting with wire.

Exploring the difference between wire knitting and wire (single) crochet. Good pictures, good explanations.

Photo-tutorial for wire wrapping cord ends and hook-and-eye closures.

Wire wrapping tutorial; the link points to the overall tutorials page; the free tutorials are at the bottom of the page.

Wire wrapping tutorial; the link points to the overall tutorials page; the free tutorials are at the bottom of the page.

Wire wrapping tutorial; the link points to the overall tutorials page; the free tutorials are at the bottom of the page.

Wire wrapping tutorial; the link points to the overall tutorials page; the free tutorials are at the bottom of the page.

Video tutorial demonstrating a number of different wire-wrap "weaves" (that is, thin wire wrapping around two or more thicker "base" wires). Being able to see someone do it shows one all these little bits of technique that nobody bothers to mention.

Good photo-tutorial for forming wire spirals

Clarifies the right way to twist wire together (e.g. for a wrapped loop) by showing an example of the _right_ way and the _wrong_ way of doing it.

Tutorial with good explanations as well as good pictures.

Tip for doing triple-stitch; simply tape three wires together and weave them as one wire.