
Chain maille
- creating jewelry by intricately linking small metal rings
- has become a popular & standard offering at jewelry workshops & shows. Yet while most books on the topic generally offer a variety of projects up to now none have focused specifically on teaching a solid overview of the basic weaves used to create such projects. Karen offers 24 weaves for chain maille jewelry in related groupings (Byzantine Spiral European 4-in-1 Persian & Dragonscale among others) that progressively increase in chain pattern complexity. A veteran teacher interested in problem solving Karen takes a thorough but flexible approach to technique demonstrating again & again that there is more than one way to accomplish a given weave. She also shows ways to speed-weave" efficiently when creating large projects. Karen offers specific design advice visual inspiration shortcuts tips & tricks throughout each chapter. & while this is not a project book per se Karen presents one project per section to demonstrate how to use each weave element in a finished design. She also
Includes:: advice on attaching clasps & findings finishing & caring for jewelry. The book ends with a list of sources & comprehensive aspect ratio charts that readers can use to determine proper wire gauge alternatives."