Chain Maille Orbital Link Bracelet

by Kylie Jones

Category: Chain Maille
Technique(s): Chain Making
Skill Level: Beginner

This chain maille pattern uses orbital rings, so called because they go around other rings and are purely for decoration. They turn a plain link bracelet into something special.

Finished length 6.75" (17cm).

Materials

Silver Filled Jump Rings Open (.040) 18ga 5mm - Pack of 25

S11-15

Lesson Quantity: 80.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 4.00 each
Price: $3.00
Gold Club Price: $2.25

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18 gauge 3.2mm silver jump ring

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each

Silver Filled Oval Lobster Clasp 11mm - Pack of 1

S3-14

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $1.83
Gold Club Price: $1.37

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Tools

6.5 Inch Long Flat Nose Pliers - Pack of 1

G2-74

G2-74
Lesson Quantity: 2.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 2.00 each
Price: $9.87
Gold Club Price: $7.40

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Instructions

Step 1

Place 2 closed rings on an open ring and close the ring.

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Step 2

Arrange the 2 rings so the left one sits on top of the right one. Take an open ring and go down into the left ring and out through the right ring making sure that the ring is going around the area where the left and right rings cross and not through it. Close the ring. Add another ring in the same place. These 2 rings are called orbital rings, they don't form part of the structure of the bracelet they are there to create the pattern.

Step 3

Take an open ring and go through both of the original rings added in step 1, this time go through the space where they cross, just below the orbital rings. Add 2 closed rings and close the ring.

Step 4

Arrange the rings as before so the left ring is sitting on top of the right ring. As before add 2 orbital rings by going down into the left ring around the area where the 2 rings cross and up through the right ring.

Step 5

Continue to add links and orbital rings by repeating steps 3 and 4. This bracelet length has 16 pattern repeats. On the last pattern element after the orbital rings have been added take a small 1/8" ring and take it through the left and right rings where they cross, add the clasp and close the ring.

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Kylie Jones

I am a jewelry designer living on the Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia. I love the challenge of designing jewelry, the mix of creative energy and problem solving. I love chain maille because it is low tech, it makes gorgeous ornamental patterns and textures, and it has a strong link to the past. You can see more of my work at: www.ringsandstones.com.au