Playing with Wire Crochet

I was playing around with wire crochet today. My first attempts were just crocheted wire but I changed it up to crochet around a larger gauge wire form. I thin this is better because it helps the piece retain its shape.

I used 32 gauge cheapo wire from Michaels. I tried it single, doubled and tripled with a size “0″ crochet hook. I plan to make some samplers with different combinations of wire, hooks and stitches. I have some sterling silver 30 gauge wire that I’ll use once I get the technique down. I looked around online but I didn’t have much success finding 32 ga sterling or fine silver wire. Well I did find it on Fire Mountain Gems but it was $53 which is at least $20 more than it should be.

Anyway, I think it looks pretty – kind of lacy but organic. What do you think?