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Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet

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How To Make A Beaded Chain Bracelet

 Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet

This bracelet is made up of loops of wire, threaded with beads. It can be fairly time consuming to make (though no more so than if you were making a normal handmade chain) but produces a unique, eye catching bracelet.

Steps

  1.  Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet Select your jump rings. You can either make these yourself or buy them. Make sure that they are big enough to thread the beads on to and that you have enough.
  2.  Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet Open the jump ring by twisting the two sides away from each other with pliers. Do not pull the ends jump ring apart outwards as this will change the shape of the ring.
  3.  Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet Thread beads onto the jump ring. Use odd numbers of beads in coordinating colours for the most aesthetically pleasing design.
  4.  Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet Close the jump ring ensuring that the ends are pressed tightly together to ensure that the chain doesn’t fall apart.
  5.  Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet Create as many of these as you need to make your bracelet, linking them together to make a chain.
  6.  Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet magnify clip Making A Beaded Chain Bracelet Attach a clasp to your bracelet. There are many clasps available, so choose whichever you prefer.

Warnings

  • Exercise appropriate caution when working with wire and tools.

Things You’ll Need

  • Jump rings
  • Seed beads
  • Straight nosed pliers

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