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A Beginner's Guide To Different Types of Chain

If you're planning on including a chain in your jewellery designs, you may want to understand the different types of chain and the style options that you can use. There are many different types of necklaces - naturally, it can be difficult to know which one will best work with your design.

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What are loose chains?

Loose chains are unassembled jewellery chains sold by length rather than as finished pieces, meaning you can order the exact amount of product you need to create your chain jewellery. They allow jewellers to customise designs by selecting their preferred clasps, pendants, or findings. Loose chains are available in various metals, styles, and thicknesses, making them perfect for creating necklaces, bracelets, anklets, or even earrings.

With our cut-to-order service, you can buy bulk necklace chains by the metre for larger projects, or if you're a beginner at making chain jewellery, the ability to order something shorter may come in handy. Loose chains offer flexibility and creative freedom to craft unique, personalised jewellery.

Looking to speed up your manufacturing process? Discover our finished chain collection. Each style comes complete with findings and clasps so that you can easily add charms and pendants as soon as you receive them.

What are the different types of loose chains?

We offer loose chains in a variety of styles, including curb, trace, snake, rope, and belcher chains, each with distinct characteristics. Curb chains are flat and interlocking, trace chains are delicate and lightweight, and rope chains have a twisted appearance for added texture. Box chains offer durability, and snake chains provide a sleek, flexible look. Our increasingly popular selection of loose chains has something for every jewellery maker.

Each style of jewellery-making chain is made to enhance your designs or work as standalone pieces. So, whether you're after a statement solid silver chain to wear alone, or a delicate jewellery chain to pair with a pendant, you can buy a gold or pure silver chain by the inch for your next project.

Wholesale gold and solid silver loose chains

As a leading jewellery chain supplier, our growing wholesale gold and solid silver loose chain collection offers contemporary styles – from Figaro chains to rope chains, Spiga chains, and more. Our simple ordering system enables you to select the exact amount of chain you require (whether that's in IN, CM, MT, MM, or FT), so you can order in bulk ahead of your future projects and minimise waste – a must for any jewellery maker.

Choose from our range of loose chains for jewellery-making

Our wholesale solid silver and gold loose chain collection is sturdy and easy to work with. Perfect for creating chain necklaces, bracelets and more, our gold and silver loose chain options work well with a range of findings, bespoke pendants and settings.

To finish off your loose chain, you’ll also need findings – we stock a great selection of bolt rings and clasps to help you create a completely finished jewellery chain. Check out our range to create your own loose chain jewellery, or speak to one of our expert team members to discuss your exact requirements.

 
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