Chainmaille, bitches!

I have spent the last couple of weeks being entirely too excited about my new ability to make chainmaille. I'm learned to weaves: the European 4 in 1 and Dragonscale. As a girl who loves fantasy games, guess which one I'm the most thrilled about? I thought about posting a tutorial, but you really need it in video form to really understand (or, at least I did). So, I'm going to link the video tutorials I used. Here is the one for European 4 in 1 and here is the one for Dragonscale. Also, the website that makes these is amazing and sells every thing you need to try it out. I only bought their products for my first bracelet, after that I started making my own jump rings. But I still refer back to their videos from time to time.

If you'd like to take a look at what I've made so far, please check out my Etsy store.

My plan for this rainy Saturday is to put down the chainmaille for a day and to make some pairs of earrings. They were my best sellers last holiday season, and the peacocks have been kind enough to restock my feather supply.

the metalacalypse

I am not a fan of home depot. Mostly because I have never, not once, found what I was looking for in one of their stores. Often I leave with nothing, although sometimes I will get an item just for the sake of getting an item. However, while looking into wire wrapping and finding more materials to wrap with I read that many people purchase wire at home supply stores. I checked online and it turns out they stock copper and steel wire in the gauges I use. Boyfriend and I went to the store and... couldn't find it. Had to order my wire online. Pain in the ASS.

Anyway, I ended up with some affordable copper wire, which I have been playing with. I like the contrast it gives to my orthoceras fossils and it looks very pretty on rose quartz. I made a few pendants and am feeling very proud of myself. I find myself wishing I had also purchased a thinner wire, so I could try using it to wrap my feathers. I'm also thinking about trying out some of the steel wire next time around.

coming soon... how to make a peacock feather barrette!