chain link wire necklace

I found a bead store that was offering free classes for October. Since I've been borrowing books from the library for ideas, I knew most of the techniques offered already. This was the only one I didn't know. How to use a jig to make chain links with wire.

It was fun, but frustrating at the same time. It took3 hours to make this and a lot of "OMG"'s.

The jig is like a peg board. You space pegs on the board such that you can wrap wire around it to make patterns. All of them will turn out uniform and smooth as opposed to doing it freehand.

Then I had to make other links with pieces of wire and wrapping them to create the links. This was not uniform and the most frustrating part.

However, I can say that I am still happy with the end product. Another skill learned and another necklace and earrings to add to my growing collection.