Woven Chain Bracelet Tutorial

Level  : Intermediate

Time Taken: 40 minutes (approximately )

Here’s a simple tutorial on how to make this chic woven link bracelet with charms.

I made this bracelet using readily available materials most of which can be upcycled from your old jewellery pieces. If you’re a craft junkie like me, you’ll have most of the tools and supplies in your toolbox but if you are not, don’t worry, you can improvise.

So, let’s get started!

 Materials

    -           Big Chain (the length of your wrist)

    -          Small Chains or jump rings

    -          Fabric (any material of your choice, I used a cotton Batik Fabric)

    -          Charms Detached from my old ponytail holder

    -          Necklace Clasp (I improvised with bent wire)

    -          Thread

    

T   Tools

    -          Scissors

    -          Measuring Tape

    -          Small jewellery pliers

    -          Needle (small size)

    -          Flat nose pliers

Procedure

    Making the fabric rope

1 .       Cut a piece of fabric {the length should be at least thrice the circumference of your wrist (my model’s wrist is 5inches so my fabric length is 15 inches), the width of the fabric should be 2 inches}

2 .       Fold each side of the fabric towards the middle and iron. After ironing, the fabric should be an inch wide

3 .       Fold the width into two and iron ( new width: 0.5 inches)

4 .       And fold again  and iron (now it should be a rope of 0.25” wide)

 

Weaving

1.       Insert the fabric into the first link of the chain such that the length of the fabric is folded into two

2.       Insert the fabric on the left side into the next chain (through the back)

 3.       Draw out the fabric (described in step 2) and tuck it under the other fabric (which is now on the left side)
 4.       Insert the overlapping fabric into the next chain (as in step 2)

5.       Draw out and tuck under the fabric on the left side

6.       Repeat steps 2 and 3 till you reach the last chain

Fastening

Fold in the rough edges at each end of the fabric rope and tack firmly with a needle and thread.

Attaching the Charm

1.       With your pliers, open and detach the rings from your small chain(if you are using individual jump rings, you only have to open with your pliers)

2.       Insert the ring into your charm

3.       Insert the ring (with the charm) into the other end of your chain (the unwoven part) and close the ring with your pliers

4.       Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for every charm you want to attach.

Finally, attach the clasp with a chain ring to one end of the bracelet.

And voila! You have your beautiful woven chain bracelet!

                                                                     

I hope you love this project enough to make your own. Please share your finished bracelet with me via craftsphereng@gmail.com. Also, don’t forget to leave a comment.

Cheers!