Step 1 : The frame


I had a piece of MDF board, so I started by scribing out a 21 inch diameter circle and then dividing it into 6 parts. The screws at the outer "horizontal" section are 2.5 inches and the next section is 3 inches apart. You can adjust the spacing and number of the wires to suit yourself.

Step 2 : Add the wire


I used 2mm diameter tie wire that I had sitting about, then starting in the centre wound the wire over the screws in the following order

Start at 1, over 2, around 3, back over the top of 2 then around 4.
From 4 back over 2 to 5, then to 6, over 5 to 7, back over 5 to 8 then all the way back down to 1 and continue to the next arm of the snowflake.

Step 3 : How it looks


This is how the wire should look at the end of putting it on the frame.

Step 4 : Twisting


Now is the fun bit. You will need a battery drill and some sort of hook placed in the chuck to twist the wire.

Carefully remove the wire from over the top of the screw (remove the screw if you have to), place the hook through the end of the wire and slowly twist the wire. keeping a bit of tension on it to avoid kinks on the wire.

Step 5 : End result


At the end of twisting all the sections, remove the wire from the frame (You will probably have to remove the centre screw). Tie the centre together with more wire or a small bolt.

If you use thin wire you can help with spacing by tying thin wire or string between the loops on the end of each section, but with 2mm wire it is self-supporting.

Oh and about now a beer is good too, but stick with low-alcohol ones until you finish ;)