How to Make a Multi Loop Bow With Pretzels

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Ginny with Simply Beautiful Crafts on behalf of Expert Village and today we are going to make a multi loop bow. We have already made a single loop bow. To make a multi loop bow we basically do the same thing. The first thing you want to do is make a loop the size you want and then squeeze your bow, your ribbon right where you have that loop. Pull this part of your bow down and twist it making sure that you twist it all the way. You are going to make a loop the same size that you made on this side, hold it in the same place, press it and twist it. You want to twist it in the same spot, hold it, and twist it. With a multi loop bow, you do not want all of your loops to be exactly the same size, but in about the same size range. This one is going to have six loops. Odd numbers tend to look best for some reason. Well, three on each side and your last twist after you have made the loop, make sure it stays twisted and then once again twist it so that when it hangs down in front, it will be the same. You can use another piece of ribbon to tie this, but because you have so much to hang on to, I prefer using wire. This is 28 gauge wire. Wrap it around, stick it under my thumb, pull it through on both sides till it is snug and then I bend this forward so that it is all in one place and twist as tightly as I can. When you have it twisted as tightly as you can fluff it out and make sure that your loop stay the way you want them and then you can cut off the wire and cut off your ribbon and see if it is looking the way you want it to look. You can always make your wire tighter and you can always redo your ribbon if you do not like it. Then you just kind of play with it, move it around and fluff it up. What I like to do before I put it on my final piece is to make a chevron out of the ribbon leaving some hanging and put it behind the bow and then I use something to embellish it to cover up that little bit of wire. That is how you make a multiple loop bow. Once you have done several of them, you will find that it is not as tricky as it looks."