Wire Bracelets

The other day, I was digging randomly through JoAnn's when I inadvertantly walked down the jewelry-making aisle. Rows and rows of huge colorful beads and pretty copper wire seemed to be calling out to me. I've done some jewelry making before, a few months ago after making a random investment in a kit that happened to be on clearance, and was itching to start again. So I picked up these:

Now, the original idea was to make little bracelets and whatnot, and present them to friends randomly when the mood struck (as so often happens with me), but I seem to have misplaced everything I had in terms of jewelry making. And then it dawned on me. Why not knit the wire?

I'd seen articles on knitting with wire before, this one being my favorite. I had not, however, ever actually thought to try it for myself. I wondered at the possibilities before me. I contemplated patterns of beads, and even, just for a second, wire lace. Finally, after confirming that a friend of mine did, in fact, like the color green, I decided to just go for it. With a lot of patience and my trusty #8 bamboo needles, I bound off my first wire project a few hours later.

Not quite finished yet. It was too wide. After a few moments of contemplation, angling, stretching, and stitching, I gave birth to this:
I heard reports that my friend loved it. I wasn't actually the one who ended up giving it to her, she's such a difficult person to find, and the one time I knew where she was going to be, I couldn't make it. So my roommate was giving the task of delivering it to her. I think I might make more. And more. And more.