What is Rolo or Rollo Chain? Friday Jewelry Findings Tutorial

In all the years I’ve been making jewelry I’ve come across the term “rolo chain” many times, but have never bothered to look it up until now.

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What I found out was that, no, it does not refer to the Rollo Candy made with chocolate and caramel.

Mmmmm… caramel… chocolate…

Oops, sorry, got a bit distracted there!

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Also, the term rolo chain can be spelled  with a double “l” as in “rollo.”

Finally, and most importantly, although there is a basic understanding of what rolo chain is there are many, many variations. I will show you a few of these in the video.

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The common theme I see among all the variations is that the inner shape of each link of rolo chain consists of flattened, rather than round wire.

Here are links to the chains I showed in the video and a few of my favorite places to buy jewelry chain:

Enjoy the video and happy creating!

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