Why not customize your jewelry with your own unique handmade clasp? We featured how to make this toggle and bar clasp in our monthly newsletter and thought we'd share it with you. The variations are as endless as your imagination.
Straighten and cut 4 1/2" inches of 20 gauge hard round wire. File ends to smoothen.
Measure 1/8" from the tip of your round nose plier and chain nose plier and make a mark, use this mark when grasping the wire.
Grasp the end of the wire, aligning it with the mark on your round nose pliers and make a double loop.
With your chain nose pliers grasp the inside of the double loop, next to the cut end, and bend the straight wire back 90 degrees.
Grasp the wire right below the double loop with your chain nose pliers (align the wire with the mark on the pliers), bend the straight section 45 degrees facing in the same direction as the hole in the loop.
String on the beads, A, B, A. The beads should measure just a touch over a 1/2 inch.
Holding the beads firmly back, bend the straight section 90 degrees in the opposite direction from the first bend (towards the right), to form a half square.
Continue adding beads and bending the wire on the second and third section.
Add beads to the fourth section, then bend the straight wire 45 degrees towards the left (opposite direction).
To join, wrap the wire around the straight section below the loop, Trim any access, and gently push in the cut end with your chain nose pliers.
Make the Bar:
Straighten and cut 3" inches of 20 gauge hard round wire. File ends to smoothen.
Measure 1 1/4 inches on the wire and make a mark.
Grasp the wire with your round nose pliers (aligning the mark on the wire with the mark on your round nose plier), wrap the shortest wire section around the pliers and make a 270 degree loop.
Grasp the loop with your flat nose pliers, and wrap the longer wire around the shorter wire 3 times.
Bend wires so they lay horizontal, opposite one another. Use your chain nose pliers to center the loop over your bar if needed.
Measure each straight section, you should have 13/16" inch (just a touch over 3/4") on each side.
Add 3 A's, grasp the top of the wire with the tip of your round nose pliers and make a loop. Grasp the bottom of the loop with your chain nose pliers and center the loop over the bar, then gently squeeze the eye loop closed. Finish the other side the same way.
Your finished! Experiment, change beads, sizes, and the shape of your toggle and bar, try wrapping wire. Have fun and enjoy.
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Your finished! Experiment, change beads, sizes, and the shape of your toggle and bar, try wrapping wire. Have fun and enjoy. 
