All posts tagged "chain maille"

  • pattern_101_copper-braided-chain-maille-bracelet
    Free Pattern: Copper Braided Chain Maille Bracelet

    by Judy Ellis, Wirejewelry.com Wire Jewelry Pattern for May 15th, 2017 Copper Braided Chain Maille Bracelet by Kylie Jones This bracelet uses the 4 in 1 chain maille weave in a thin band with a decorative plaited...

    • Posted May 15, 2017
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  • About Jewelry Chain: Curb Chain and Gourmette Chain

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Wire Jewelry Idea for September 26, 2012 Shop for Jewelry Chains This week in our series on chain, we’re discussing gourmette and curb chain. My trick for remembering what curb chain looks like,...

    • Posted September 26, 2012
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  • Daily Wire Tip June 15: Tumbling Chain Maille Jewelry

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for June 15, 2011 Question: Should chain maille jewelry be tumbled? Is that to harden it so that the links don’t open? -Sue in Easton, Pennsylvania Answer: Hi Sue, many folks tumble...

    • Posted June 14, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Apr. 10: Pricing Chain Maille Jewelry

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for April 10, 2011 Question: How would I price chain maille jewelry? -Donna in Springfield, Missouri Answer: Donna, chain maille is jewelry, and should be priced using the same methods and formulas...

    • Posted April 9, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Mar. 18: Premade or Handmade Jump Rings?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 18, 2011 Question: I am interested in making chain maille jewellery, and I see there are chain maille jump rings for sale. I can make my own jump rings out...

    • Posted March 17, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Mar. 13: One Jump Ring Gauge to Rule Them All?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 13, 2011 Question: What gauge wire is best for jump rings for chain maille designs? -Linda in Alum Creek, West Virginia Answer: I am sorry to tell you, Linda, that...

    • Posted March 12, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 13: Tumbling Chain Maille Jump Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 13, 2011 Question: I have started making chain maille jewelry. But I find that most rings are too soft for my liking. I hear that tumbling the rings will temper...

    • Posted February 12, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 3: Cutting Hundreds of Jump Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 3, 2011 Question: I plan to make a Byzantine chain maille necklace for my adult son. Does the Pepe jump ring maker make flush-cut jump rings to enable me to...

    • Posted February 2, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Oct. 10: Cutting Jump Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 10, 2010 Question: When cutting jump rings, how do you have a flat surface on both edges? Am I using the wrong type of cutter if one side is always...

    • Posted October 9, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Sept. 20: Colored Wire and Draw Plates

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for September 20, 2010 Question: What is the best way to maintain the color of permanently colored copper wire when it is pulled through a draw plate for Viking weave or knit?...

    • Posted September 19, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 14: Removing Burrs

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip January 14, 2010 Question: I do a lot of chain maille projects. I make my own rings with a pro ring maker out of gold filled and sterling with a copper core. What...

    • Posted January 14, 2010
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