How I made a Cocktail Ring with a Braided Band

I love the way the band on this ring turned out. I used a jump ring to start and folded the wires in half over it. I think I started with 3 groups of 3 wires (9 wires) of equal size in 26g silver. I put them through the jump ring and folded them in half. Then I braided them to the length I needed to make a size 7 ring. The braid came out really nice and neat.

Now, I have a beautiful ring band with lots of spiky ends sticking out and pearl in the center! I used 2-3mm gemstones and twisted them onto the wire ends - trying to make them into a flower. Once the stems all had gemstones, it was easy to move them around and make the ring more full or flat as I liked.
I will try this style of ring again, but will probably use a few less wires in the ring band, so it is not quite as fluffy - although if I want to make a cocktail ring again, I know how!!
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