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Wire Expressions Chain Mail
stepbystep
Jump ring base
[1] Open 14 5 mm jump
rings (Basics, p. 102), and
close 24 3 mm jump rings.
Attach 12 closed 3 mm jump
rings to one of the 5 mm
jump rings. Close the jump
ring (figure 1). Slide a second
5 mm jump ring through the
3 mm jump rings, so that it
sits on top of the first. The
second 5 mm jump rings
added in each step are not
shown in the illustrations.
[2] Slide a 5 mm jump ring
through two adjacent 3 mm
jump rings. Attach four
3 mm jump rings to the
5 mm. Close the jump ring
(figure 2). Slide a second
5 mm jump ring through the
six 3 mm jump rings joined
in this step.
[3] Continuing around the
center jump ring, slide a
5 mm jump ring through two
of the 3 mm jump rings added
in the previous step and the
next two 3 mm jump rings
attached to the center 5 mm
jump ring. Attach two 3 mm
Jump ring
flowers
Take a multipetal
flower base and
give it some glitz
with your choice
of crystal, pearl, or
glass-bead dangles.
Vary the dangle
length or leave the
chain mail center
unembellished.
designed by Deanna Kittrell
MATERIALS
earrings
bicone crystals
14 6 mm
18 4 mm
24 in. (61 cm) 22-gauge
sterling silver wire,
half-hard
6 22-gauge head pins
sterling silver jump rings
28 5 mm inside diameter
(ID), 16-gauge
68 4 mm ID, 18-gauge
48 3 mm ID, 20-gauge
pair of earring findings
bentnose pliers
chainnose pliers
roundnose pliers
wire cutters
FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3 FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5
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FIGURE 6 FIGURE 7
Deanna Kittrell lives in Citrus
Heights, Calif., in the U.S. She will
be teaching at the 2008
Bead&Button Show. Contact her at
dsdesigns@surewest.net. Or visit
her Web site, dsdesignsjewelry.com.
DESIGNERS NOTES:
The second-layer jump rings fit very snugly. To
make inserting them easier, only open the jump
ring about
1
16 in. (2 mm).
Feed the end that is flush with your work sur-
face through the opening.
Grasp the jump ring from the back, opposite
the end you are feeding through the opening.
jump rings (figure 3). Slide
a second 5 mm jump ring
through the 3 mm jump rings
joined in this step. Repeat
three times (figures 46).
[4] To complete the flower,
slide a 5 mm jump ring
through the six remaining
3 mm jump rings (figure 7).
Slide a second 5 mm jump
ring through the 3 mm jump
rings joined in this step.
[5] Make a second flower.
Embellishment
[1] On a head pin, string
a 6 mm bicone crystal and
a 4 mm bicone crystal, and
make a wrapped loop (Basics).
[2] Cut a 3-in. (7.6 cm) piece
of wire. At one end, make the
first half of a wrapped loop.
Slide the head pin dangle into
the unfinished loop.
Complete the wraps, and
trim the wire. String a 4 mm,
a 6 mm, and a 4 mm onto
the wire, and make a
wrapped loop.
[3] Open a 4 mm jump ring,
attach the dangle, and slide
the 4 mm jump ring through
a pair of 5 mm jump rings at
the base of the earring. Close
the jump ring.
[4] Repeat steps 13 to make
two more dangles, attaching
the dangles to the 5 mms
adjacent to the ones to which
you attached the first dangle.
[5] Attach an earring finding
with a 4 mm jump ring or a
bead-embellished dangle with
wrapped loops on each end.
[6] Repeat steps 15 to
embellish the other earring. w
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