How to Make Chain Maille Dangle Earrings with Jumprings and Hematite Beads

Summary: Do you know chain maille jewelry? They are a kind of jewelries which are mainly made with jumprings and their designs are usually very chic and unique.

How to Make Chain Maille Dangle Earrings with Jumprings and Hematite Beads

This tutorial is about how to make a pair of chain maille earring with silver jumprings and hematite beads, if you want to try some chain maille DIYs, never miss this one!

Tools and materials needed to make these chain maille dangle earrings:

10mm Silver Jumprings
3mm Silver Jumprings
10mm Hematite Beads
3.5mm Silver Headpins
Silver Earring Hooks
Round Nose Pliers
Long Nose Pliers

Tools and materials needed to make these chain maille dangle earrings:

Instructions on how to make the beaded dangle earrings:

Step 1: Make the basic chain maille pattern of the earrings

1st, place five 10mm jumprings like the following picture shows, two at each side and one clip in the middle;
2nd, connect the left and right four 10mm jumprings with two 3mm jumprings to finish the first chain maille pattern;
3rd, repeat previous step to make more chain maille patterns, here we made two chain maille dangles, one with three chain maille patterns, another with four patterns.

Make the basic chain maille pattern of the earrings

Step 2: Complete the beaded chain maille earrings

1st, connect previous two chain maille dangles together with 3mm jumprings like picture shows;
2nd, respectively add two 3mm jumprings to each top 10mm jumprings and link the 3mm jumprings together with another 10mm jumpring;
3rd, add an earring hook to the top 10mm jumpring;
4th, make two bead dangles with hematite beads and headpins, and then add the bead dangles to each of the chain maille dangles.

Complete the beaded chain maille earrings

And here are the finished chain maille dangle earrings:

finished chain maille dangle earrings:

Chain maille jewelry and accessories can be very unique because you can link the jumprings to any shape as you like. The more imaginative you are, the more creative your accessories can be. Just be patient with the jumprings and try to create your own chain maille jewelry!

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