Snowy Summer Anklet

Nothing says warm weather jewelry like anklets and toe rings. At this time of year it’s fun to play around with creative ideas just to see what you can come up with. I don’t make a lot of jewelry for myself, but I do enjoy anklets and I wanted to make one that would go with nearly everything. White and silver seemed perfect.

For this project you’ll need silver chain; headpins; jump rings; 6,8 and 10mm glass pearls; spiral wire wrapped bead pieces (like the ones we used in our Snowy Summer earring project), a lobster clasp, wire cutters and chain-nose pliers.

First determine how long your anklet will need to be.

Now cut two pieces of chain of equal length.

Bring a single jump ring through the last link on both lengths of chain and through the eye of your lobster clasp. Do the same on the other end, only you won’t need to attach a lobster clasp; you’ll only need the jump ring.

Disconnect your wire wrapped spiral pieces from one another so that they are singular pieces.

Use your fingers or your chain-nose pliers to gently open the spiral pieces and drop your 6mm bead inside. You’ll want about 4 or 5 of these bead-within-wire pieces.

Once those are done, you can begin preparing your 8 and 10mm beads by putting them on head pins and making a loop at the end. Great! Now comes the fun part of attaching the beads to your chain.

I didn’t measure a thing for this part, and you won’t need to either, if you can do fairly accurate placement visually. Even if it’s a little less than accurate, remember that it’s an anklet, and it will be moving around your ankle a lot as you walk, so don’t sweat the small stuff.

We’ll start close to the ends and work our way inward, alternating between plain beads and the spiral wire pieces. For both ends, bring a jump ring through a 6mm bead and then through two links of the chain (about an inch or so from the end), connecting both chain pieces as you do so. Good. Now, moving less than an inch inward, bring a jump ring through a spiral wire wrapped piece and attach it to two links of the chain, connecting both chain pieces as you do so. Repeat this process for the other end.

Continue this pattern, only next time, use 8mm beads. Move inward a bit on the chain and connect your spiral pieces. Moving inward again, attach your 10mm beads and then, finally, you’ll attach one spiral piece in the center.

The jump rings used throughout the chain have made the two pieces of chain one. The alternating glass pearls and the spiral wire pieces give this anklet visual balance. Morever, this beautiful anklet is adjustable; you can hook your lobster clasp on any of the jump rings throughout the anklet, and the rest will hang down decoratively. Enjoy!

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