Jumpring or Chain Maille Bracelet – A Skip, A Hop, and A Jump Bracelet

This fun chain maille / jump ring bracelet has quite a bit of play in it – hence the name. If you’re making all of your own jump rings, it takes some time to complete, but it is so worth it. This is a simple Japanese technique chain maille. This type of chain maille makes nice angles.
You’ll need these supplies:

  • 22 and 18 gauge gold tone wire
  • size 8 seed beads or E beads

You’ll need these tools:

  • Bent nose or chain nose pliers
  • Flat nose pliers
  • round nose pliers
  • file
  • size 7 and 13 knitting needles





Directions:

1.) Using the size 7 and size 13 knitting needles, make jump rings. The size 13 makes about a 10mm jump ring, the size 7 makes about a 6mm jump ring. You will need 31 – 10mm and 104 6mm jump rings to make a 7.25″ bracelet. When work hardening the 10mm jump rings, put on a bead. Connect the rows as shown in the pictures below. Make nine rows of three and two rows of two.

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2.) Connect the rows to each other using one jump ring. Then go back and add another jump ring to each link. I found this to be the easier way. Add one of the two-jump ring rows to each end. Using the outside rings on the last three-jump ring row, connect with two jump rings to each ring in the two-jump ring row. The middle jump ring of the three-jump ring row puts one jump ring in each link.(see pic)

3.) Make a two-strand coil clasp. Connect with jump rings.

4.) To make this bracelet larger or smaller add or subtract a row of jump rings. Enjoy!

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