January 10, 2012

• Registration for Bead&Button has opened. I'll be keeping (rough) track of how my classes are filling and I'll update my class page as things change.
• And... those of you who want to take a class but won't be going to Bead&Button? Check my announcements page for information about a weekend intensive (Revere Academy in San Francisco) at the beginning of March.

January 3, 2012

• Posted an aspect ratio chart on the FAQ page. This was definitely a frequently asked question - I hope you like the answer!

December 6, 2011

• Posted a new sample picture for Half Persian 4-in-1. And while I was at it, I gave that weave its own row on the inch sizes chart. There were too many size exceptions to leave it grouped with Box and Euro 6-in-1.
• Ooh! Exciting! The millimeter sample page actually has content now! Not very much content, but it's still better than zero. *grin*
• Last, but not least, the niobium sample page got six new pictures.

November 23, 2011

• Updated the Magazine Projects page with Lauren's "Captive Pearls" project. (Dec-Jan issue of Step by Step Wire Jewelry.)

November 17, 2011

• The project maps page is now officially published! This poor page has been a messy construction zone for years. I'm delighted to be able to properly share it at last.

November 15, 2011

• Copper student kits for DVD 1 and DVD 2 are posted again.
• I added skeleton kits for the Scalloped Japanese necklace.
• I've finally (finally!) gotten Baby Wubbers added to the tools page. And while I was there I did a bit of miscellaneous cleanup and updating.

November 10, 2011

• This isn't a change to my site, but it is an interview of me. That counts as an update, right? *grin*

October 22, 2011

• I dropped the sterling and goldfill prices back down again. Cross your fingers that the market remains (relatively) reasonable!

August 23, 2011

• All the sterling and goldfill rings-by-the-ounce prices have increased. I didn't quite get around to raising the kit prices today - that's tomorrow's task.

June 16, 2011

• I filled in a few calculated values on the inch-size sample page.

May 31, 2011

• Lauren Andersen's Lace Skirts earrings added to the Magazine Projects page (from the Jun-Jul 2011 issue of Step by Step Wire Jewelry).

April 25, 2011

• John Fetvedt's Double-Barrel Bracelet added to the Magazine Projects page (from the May 2011 issue of Art Jewelry Magazine).

March 26, 2011

• My niobium issues are fixed and everything is back in stock. Hurray!

February 15, 2011

• There are some (temporarily!) unavailable flavors of niobium rings. I'm marking them on the mixes page and the solid colors page with red "buy" buttons. You can still purchase them, but you'll wait at least a month for them to arrive...

February 9, 2011

• The Spring 2011 issue of Wirework is out, and my Crystal Seafoam necklace is on page 38.

January 23, 2011

• I raised prices for sterling silver, goldfill, and niobium rings (plus any kits containing them).

January 17, 2011

• All the styles of slide beads are now back in stock.

January 11, 2011

• Registration for Bead&Button has opened. I'll be keeping (rough) track of how my classes are filling and I'll update my class page as things change.

January 5, 2011

• Happy New Year! I celebrated by adding Double Spiral to the inch sizes sample page.

December 15, 2010

• Scott Plumlee's third book is now available, and when I went to add it to my books page I saw that I never quite got around to posting his second book(!) So yea... two more books from Scott.

December 14, 2010

• I updated the magazine projects page with three projects from the Dec-Jan 2011 issue of Step by Step Wire Jewelry and one project (mine!) from the January 2011 issue of Art Jewelry Magazine.

November 24, 2010

• Rebeca's book is out! I got a sneak preview (thank you Rebeca!) so I had time to work up some goldfill kits to go with the book.

November 23, 2010

• I'm on the cover of Art Jewelry Magazine! (OK, I'm barely in the upper right corner, but that counts - right?) The January 2011 issue (being delivered even as I type) features my Japanese Flower Bracelet.

November 16, 2010

• I finally have pictures posted for my Bead&Button 2011 classes. Thank you to everyone who was so patient while I found the time/brain to post those.
• There's a new niobium mix! Firewater - for those who want to use all the bright colors.

November 3, 2010

• New kits for the Japanese Diamond Earring project. You can now get all-sterling or all-goldfill. Plus, I've added a temporary option for color #75 kits - we'll see if they sell out before I goof up another anodizer batch! *grin*
• One more project on the Magazine Projects page (Jamie's ring from the November AJM), plus a bit of organizing to make it easier to find the project that you're looking for.

October 13, 2010

• I've added a bunch of content to the magazine projects page. It's still not complete, but by definition it never will be... *wry smile*

September 28, 2010

• Lark Books fixed their typo in the Chain Mail Jewelry book (page 36). Yay! It's nice to see that they're paying attention and cleaning up loose ends. Thanks guys! I've updated my supply page for that book to reflect the change.

September 20, 2010

• The Scalloped Japanese necklace kit is now posted. I'll come back to add the skeleton kit options once I've finished this demo necklace.

September 15, 2010

• A new page that lists ring sizes for specific projects in magazines. It's still very bare-bones, but I hope to fill it out a bit in the next little while.

September 4, 2010

• I raised prices for sterling silver and goldfill rings (plus any kits containing them). I hope the precious metals market calms down soon!

September 1, 2010

• The Stairstep Japanese kit is now posted - two sizes, lots of colors, sparkly!

August 20, 2010

• And another kit! (I'm on a roll...) This time it's the Segmented Dragonscale kit, and I did get the skeleton kits sorted out.

August 19, 2010

• The Full Color Chainmail kits are now available. There are still a couple of missing sample pictures, but I can not seem to find those last two bracelets...

August 16, 2010

• I have (finally!) gotten the first of my Bead&Button classes posted as a kit. The Serpentine Persian necklace leads the way - other classes will follow soon!

February 23, 2010

• One of my Bead&Button classes (Full-Color Chainmail) sold out within hours. We've found a time slot for a second session (12 more spaces) of the same class on Friday evening. Grab it while you can!

February 5, 2010:

• The price for Chains by Becky has gone back down to $29.95 - hurray!

February 4, 2010:

• Added a new kit for my Chain Mail Cluster necklace design that appears in the 2010 Wirework magazine.

February 3, 2010:

• I've changed my ring size recommendation for 15ga parallel from 13:15 & 20:15 to 13:15 & 21:15. This is a pretty obscure size/weave, so I doubt the change affects very many of you, but it is a change, so it belongs on this page!

January 8, 2010:

• More pictures for my Bead&Button classes. Now you can see reference shots that show the overall size and design of the piece instead of just one tiny yummy detail.

October 21, 2009:

• A new color mix for niobium: Pastel! Also, some new (much improved) sample pictures for the rest of the niobium mixes.

July 23, 2009:

• I'm pre-releasing the first instructions from my book - Japanese Diamond Earrings. With kits. In lots of colors! No, the book is nowhere near done, but at least you can see what instruction style I'm aiming for.

May 21, 2009:

• Some additions to the fancy silver clasps.

April 20, 2009:

• Slide beads are here! I also added a few sample pictures to the main findings page to give you ideas for using these fabulous beads.

April 17, 2009:

• White and rose gold fill rings are added! I don't have all the wire sizes yet, but I'll fill them in eventually. Vote for your favorite needs-to-be-added gauge.

April 16, 2009:

• A new DVD from Loren Damewood. He teaches knotted wire techniques. It's not exactly chainmail, but it is very cool stuff!
• 22ga copper sizes are now posted. I'll be posting the 22ga rose gold fill and the 22, 20, 18, 16ga white gold fill tomorrow.

April 9, 2009:

• I'm now offering brass sampler packs in inch and millimeter sizes. Half an ounce of each "useful" size for that gauge. Great for testing new designs or doing size graduations. Currently available only in brass. I'll add copper next, but it'll take a few months.

February 11, 2009:

• Two new types of tins. A really big one and a really small one.

January 23, 2009:

• Lower prices for gold fill too. Not quite as dramatic a drop as the silver prices, but every bit helps!

January 22, 2009:

• Lower prices for silver rings! Gold fill prices are next in line to drop - hopefully by the end of today, so don't place that gold fill order just yet.

January 14, 2009:

• Dylon Whyte's latest book, Beaded Chain Mail Jewelry is now available. It's exactly what the title implies - chainmail jewelry with beads all over the place. Ooh! Shiny!!

November 20, 2008:

• I posted another sample on the supplies page for the Lark book. Anne Kelly's Japanese Lace Collar, page 94. Hurray for curved Japanese weave!

November 17, 2008:

• All of the niobium sizes are now back in stock.
• As of tonight's database update I'll be raising the prices on my Lindstrom pliers for the first time. I still won't be charging full retail, but my prices will no longer be years out of date. Last day to get them super-cheap!

November 11, 2008:

• Size 9:18nb is now back in stock! Watch this space for the rest of the niobium sizes to be re-stocked soon. Meanwhile I'll be anodizing like a madwoman...

October 19, 2008:

• I reduced prices for silver rings and silver kits. With luck, the lower silver market will hold for a while and I'll be able to drop prices again in a month or two. Keep your fingers crossed!

October 17, 2008:

• This isn't a change yet, because I don't have time to do it this instant, but hooray for the lower silver market! I'll be dropping prices for my silver rings this weekend, so save up your silver orders until Monday.
  Happy chainmailling!

October 15, 2008:

• A bit of re-organization... I split apart the sterling silver, gold fill, jewelry brass, and copper ring pages into inch sizes and millimeter sizes. I also added a bit of information for each material.

September 23, 2008:

• New book. Check out Chain Making Link by Link. More than just chainmail, and a must-have for any serious chain maker.

September 22, 2008:

• Attention Aussies!! A special announcement for all you Australian chainmaillers - and wow are there are a lot of you... Spiderchain now has an Australian distributor. Please visit AussieMaille.Com for DVDs, student kits, and a selection of niobium rings. If you'd like them to carry other Spiderchain goodies, let them know the specific items that you want. They're keeping a list and they'll add stuff that enough people request.

September 10, 2008:

• I found them! I finally found solid copper lobster claw clasps! Another addition to the findings page.

September 9, 2008:

• Anodized clasps! I added some titanium lobster claws to my selection of findings. The colors are still limited, but I'll add more as I convince the anodizer to cooperate with this new metal.

September 3, 2008:

• I added size 11:16nb to the niobium offerings.

July 28, 2008:

• A couple more suppliers added to my links page. Blue Buddha Boutique and The Jump Ring Lady.

July 22, 2008:

• I'm now out of unanodized 15:18nb, and have updated the single color page and mix page to show what's anodized and available now. Feel free to order the other colors/mixes, but remember that they'll be delayed. I will get these back in stock. I'm crossing my fingers for a mid-August date.

June 27, 2008:

• Good news - I lowered my prices a bit for silver rings and kits.
• Bad news - Demand for the new niobium sizes has been huge (which is good news, in a way) and I'm already running dangerously low on stock. Sizes 9:18nb and 12:18nb have been hardest hit - I've marked the single color page and mix page with red order buttons for those colors/mixes that aren't currently available. The 15:18nb rings are getting fairly low, but 16:16nb still looks good. I'll update those pages as more colors go out of stock. I will be getting more! You can still order them! I expect everything to be back to normal in a couple months.

June 4, 2008:

• Two more customers added to the customer gallery, plus a few new pictures of that ship.

June 3, 2008:

• Eight new customers added to the customer gallery, including a model ship!

May 21, 2008:

• Six new varieties of pliers. Flat and bent nose options for both flavors of Lindstroms, plus specialty micromail and macromail pliers for those of you working at the ends of the size spectrum.

May 7, 2008:

• The new niobium sizes are ready! Orders for the new sizes will take a couple days extra until I get the colors and mixes filled up, but all colors are available!

April 28, 2008:

• Some lamp pulls with gorgeous lampwork beads. I met several fantastic glass artists at the Tucson Gem Show and asked for some very specific beads for these lamp/fan pulls. I got them for myself, but let me know if you'd like some too!

April 18, 2008:

• In preparation for the upcoming niobium ring expansion, I walked through the site and cleaned up as many niobium references as I could find. I also found some other dusty corners that needed sweeping out. Nothing major, just a couple tweaks here and there.

March 20, 2008:

• The database has been updated with new prices, and it will refresh the website at midnight. Prices for silver and gold fill are going up, with the most dramatic increases in the heavier gauge rings. Place your order before midnight to take advantage of the current prices!

March 7, 2008:

• Added a ton of new clasps to the site. The most exciting (to me) are the bronze clasps. All you people working in brass and copper - there's finally a solution for nice clasps! The silver and two-tone clasps are also lovely, but not so impossible to find.

November 30, 2007:

• Updated the About Spiderchain page to include mention of my fantastic helpers.

November 26, 2007:

• Student kits for DVD #1 and DVD #2. These kits are an inexpensive way to practice all the weaves on a given DVD.

November 15, 2007:

• Price for Chains by Becky is going up. The book is printed in Canada and the falling $US means that I have to start charging $34.95 instead of $29.95. The new price will go into effect with tonight's database refresh. Last chance! :)

November 14, 2007:

• Updates to the inch rings sample page. Complete set of 21-14ga sample pictures and also inches/ozt calculations for european 4-in-1, european 6-in-1, and box chain. I plan to eventually post that level of detail for all the weaves. Let me know if you have a vote for which one should be next!

September 7, 2007:

• I have some (but not all) of the millimeter rings/ounce numbers posted for sterling silver rings. The remaining question marks are for sizes that no one has ordered (yet). I'll fill them in eventually.
• I updated the non-silver ring pages to no longer have a column to list rings/ounce counts. Since silver is the heaviest metal that I sell, you can use the silver counts for other metals and be assured of getting at least that many rings in an ounce.

September 4, 2007:

• Color #95 has been temporarily removed from the niobium color offerings. I don't know what's going on with my anodizer, but it refuses to keep a consistent color in that range. I'll troubleshoot as I have the time and return color #95 once it's working well again.

August 2, 2007:

• Dylon Whyte's Art of Chainmail is available again. New edition, very pretty.

February 18, 2007:

• The rest of the copper rings are now available. The remaining copper wire sizes are finally here!

January 22, 2007:

• A new type of (mostly impractical) teeny tiny pliers. Too fun!

January 17, 2007:

• Added ring counts for my three-ring-sizes version of the tryzantine weave.

December 29, 2006:

• Switched over to selling only by the ounce.
• Updated the FAQ entry for the pricing structure.
• Added copper rings.
• Fleshed out the specialty rings page.
• Raised silver prices.
• Added a privacy policy.

November 16, 2006:

• Added a description for Scott Plumlee's new book.
• Added a supply page for Scott's book.

November 15, 2006:

• Pulled a broken link from the links page. If Miron's Mail Manufactory ever gets another website, maybe they'll let me know.

November 14, 2006:

• I'm teaching a 3-day class at the Mendocino Art Center in March. There wasn't enough room in the course description to say everything that I wanted to say, so I wrote up a page with more information. I hope to see you there!

November 10, 2006:

• New book! Scott David Plumlee just published a book all about birdcage. (He calls it byzantine, as does most of the rest of the world. I'm the odd one out on this weave.) There are some really lovely designs in this book, I'll get a review posted soon(ish).

November 9, 2006:

• Updated one of my recommended sizes. I had size 3.25M18 listed as the recommended millimeter rings size for birdcage weave in 18ga. Now that I've actually made the weave, I'm changing that recommendation to 3.5M18 - the other was much too tight.

October 13, 2006:

• Three more pictures from Jennifer in the customer gallery.

September 6, 2006:

• Added Jennifer to the customer gallery.

August 16, 2006:

• Update to the niobium samples page. Added picture and size info for european 6-in-1, added a new picture for japanese, and alphabetized the page.

August 15, 2006:

• Added four new books. I've had some of these titles sitting on my shelf, ready to sell for far longer than I care to admit. But this means that I'm busy, and busy is a good thing!

August 14, 2006:

• Added Miachelle to the customer gallery.

June 30, 2006:

• The jewelry brass rings are now completely ready! Of course I'm going on vacation next week (what timing!) but I'll return home ready to warm up the saw and cut lots and lots of brass.

June 20, 2006:

• I just pulled one of the samples off the supplies page for the new Lark book. I goofed on the sizes for John Fetvedt's japanese 4-in-1 bracelet on page 80. I was reading too fast and assumed two sizes of rings for that project because I always use two sizes. (Oops!) I'll get the right size worked out and re-post sometime soon. In the meantime, if you've ordered rings for that project from me, please send me email.

June 16, 2006:

• And another sample on the Lark book supplies page: the japanese 6-1 bracelet from page 92. I actually had this one photographed and ready to go yesterday, but I had to get the 10M14 size into the pricing database before I could post it, otherwise the little ordering button wouldn't have worked. And this is why I have so many sizes - there's always a reason to add one more! (Or twelve... or two hundred... or...)
• I wrote up an explanation of some recent problems I've been having with forged spam claiming to come from my domain.

June 15, 2006:

• Two more samples on the Lark book supplies page: the gold parure from page 36 and the diamond earrings on page 111.

June 6, 2006:

• I added another explanation about aspect ratios, this one courtesy of Christine at www.WrappedRocks.com.

June 1, 2006:

• The instructions for my Natasha necklace in the new Lark book were a little confusing on one step, so I posted some clarifications.

May 25, 2006:

• I've had a chance to work through a few projects from the Lark book and I've posted something much more useful than my original "Ooh! Pretty!" review.
• Started on a supply page for projects in the Lark book.

May 18, 2006:

• At long last! The Lark chainmail book has arrived!!

May 4, 2006:

• Added Chains by Becky to my books page.
• The beginnings of a sample page for the chains in Becky's book, including convenient "buy" buttons for the rings that I've tested so far.

April 30, 2006:

• Content added for the About Spiderchain page.

April 23, 2006:

• I've gotten a start on millimeter sizes for the chart of recommended ring sizes. I'm going to do a bit of testing before I post recommendations for the multi-size weaves.

April 14, 2006:

• Parallel added to the inch sizes sample page. No ring counts yet.

April 11, 2006:

• Completed the dragonscale sample pictures and rings per inch for each gauge.

April 5, 2006:

• A wooden block to store and organize your pliers.
• Leather belt ends for adding a buckle to your chainmail belt.
• Added celtic visions to the samples page.

April 4, 2006:

• Added millimeter sizes to all of my current rings-by-the-ounce pages: sterling silver, gold fill, and solder core sterling. It'll be a while before all the millimeter sizes are added to the wholesale section of my site, but they're absolutely available by request.
• Added a bit more to the FAQ page to explain my naming system for rings made with different flavors of wire.
• Three different people have asked me about tryzantine in the past week, so I figured it was time to post pictures of the one Spider Tested combination.

April 2, 2006:

• Added Debra to my customer gallery.

March 30, 2006:

• I've given up on getting a good photo of niobium color #75. Instead, I sliced up a fuzzy awful picture that actually showed the true color and I've added it as a footnote to the clear-but-not-purple-enough picture.

March 25, 2006:

• Ring counts for birdcage.

March 24, 2006:

• Sample pictures and ring counts for japanese 12-in-2.
• Updated sample photo for the snake weave.

March 21, 2006:

• More sample pictures for recommended niobium weaves.

March 18, 2006:

• Rings per inch counts for the full persian sizes.

March 17, 2006:

• A graduated full persian chain on the samples page to let you see what all the sizes look like working together.
• Cleaned up a few more broken links.

March 16, 2006:

• More recommended sizes for jens pind.

March 14, 2006:

• A bit of cleaning up - broken links, cleaner images, that sort of thing. No new content though.
• And some new content too - added size 12:16 to all the rings pages.

March 13, 2006:

• Filled in the count/ounce numbers on the sterling page. The other pages will come soon(ish).

March 4, 2006:

• It's finally ready! New site layout, this time with an entirely new underlying structure. Most of your bookmarks will be broken, and for this I apologise. There were just too many old cobwebs left from previous site layouts - I had to make a clean sweep to preserve my sanity! If you notice anything else not working properly, or if you have suggestions, please let me know! And now, a few highlights of the new site...
• Rings by the ounce. You asked for it, and here it is! The ounce pricing is the same as kit pricing - 10% more than my base bulk ring pricing. So if you find that you're ordering many ounces of the same size, move over to the wholesale area.
• Millimeter sizes and copper/bronze rings are both in the works. I had hoped to have them all the way ready for this site update, but decided that getting the rest of this stuff posted was more important than having my whole list finished off.
• Books about chainmail and other chain techniques. I'm still doing research to decide which titles I want to carry. If you have suggestions I'll happily look into them.
• My gold fill prices are no longer tied to my sterling prices. That was working well enough until the precious metals market started going nuts. For now, this means a slight drop in my gold fill prices. Hold onto your hats though, because the market keeps going up...
• An expanded and improved Frequently Asked Questions page. I'm trying to capture everything that you need to know to get started making chainmail jewelry, so if you don't see your question answered there, please ask me.

February 6, 2006:

• I'm hard at work on a huge site overhaul, but in the meantime I updated the full persian sample picture on my recommended sizes page.

December 6, 2005:

• Ready Now!! Bracelets Vol. 2 is ready to be ordered. Thank you again to everyone for your extraordinary patience and support!

December 1, 2005:

• Bad news: the price of silver is going insane, so I'm edging my prices up a bit. Hopefully it'll come back down before I have to buy too much more wire.
• Good news: the second DVD is nearly ready. There's one more (tiny) tweak to the menu system and it'll be ready for Prime Time. Expect to see a "Ready Now" update sometime in the next week.

August 1, 2005:

• Update to the second DVD. The update is that there's no change - we're still waiting.
• Added a link to the DVD on the front page of the site.

July 23, 2005:

• I tweaked the niobium color table a bit. I'm using a new anodizing technique that improves color repeatability (yay!) but yields slightly "higher" colors for a given voltage.

April 25, 2005:

• Many, many changes. OK, maybe not that many, but they're big changes.
  First, the good news:
  • I finally have a shopping cart! It's not quite a full shopping cart, since there's currently no way to pay for your order through the cart, but it will calculate all the prices for you. This cart is still in beta, so please tell me about any problems or suggestions for improvement.
  • New niobium colors. Lots and lots of new niobium colors. I've been going crazy with the anodizer and now you get to benefit from my insanity! And in case the new color choices are overwhelming, I made up a few mixes as well (very fun for color-fade pieces).
  • Sneak peek at the new instructional DVD. All I have posted so far is a sample picture of all the weaves I'll be teaching, but we're filming next weekend. Hurray!
• Now, the bad news:
  • I raised my prices. I've been using ancient prices that reflected a much lower silver market. I really should have raised my prices about, oh, two years ago - but luckily for you that was right about when I got pregnant and was suddenly very distracted! I'm increasing in two smaller steps, one now and one in a few months, to save you the pain of one big step.
  • I lowered my discounts. This is either bad news or good news, depending on how you look at it. I wanted to keep the base price as low as I could, and that meant flattening my prices out a bit. There's still a discount, but it's 10/20% rather than 20/40%. But at least I kept the base price down a bit!
  • With the expanded color choices, I've increased the volumes for the niobium break points to match the other metals.

April 12, 2005:

• I'm now offering swank little chainmail kit boxes with the Spiderchain logo on the lid. I added them to the findings page - not quite sure where else to put them.

March 30, 2005:

• Added jens pind to my favorite ring size page. Also tightened up the layout a little and alphabetized the weaves.

March 17, 2005:

• A couple picture updates on the >favorite ring size page.

December 16, 2004:

• Made a bit of progress on the kits and tutorials section. A whole bunch of sample pictures (almost all of them) so I'm now only missing the ever-important prices. Next to spend some quality time with the calculator...

November 21, 2004:

• My first DVD is done (yay!) and I posted a picture of the cover. I'm hoping to add a few screen shots soon.

October 9, 2004:

• The 10 gauge rings that I sell are really tough to work with. They're super-strong, and they also dent easily. I've been using some very padded pliers, and posted a picture of them for the benefit of my 10 gauge customers.

May 28, 2004:

• I'm making slow but steady progress on the kits section. More updates soon(ish).
• Rebeca, one of my ring customers has a web site now. Welcome to cyberspace Blue Buddha!

April 28, 2004:

• Finally got some sample pictures posted for niobium rings.
• Also tweaked the discounts for niobium rings - they're a consistent 10% now, and the break points are higher.
• Some cleanup in the rings mini-site - trying to change ring size references to the new naming system.
• A few more sample pictures of my favorite ring sizes.

April 25, 2004:

• More rings changes. A birdcage sample picture for the 7:20 size and a huge new size - 10ga wire on a 5/8" mandrel. (Size 40:10)

April 19, 2004:

• Major overhaul for the rings section of the site. New content, new look, new ring names, and new shipping rates: $5 for domestic and $7 for international.

March 20, 2004:

• New pictures in the customer gallery. LisaKay with some nice japanese pieces, and more.

February 8, 2004:

• Added a link to Loren's Turk's Head Jewelry site. Really lovely jewelry on the site, and do take his class if you ever get the chance.

January 15, 2004:

• New pictures in the customer gallery. John, Tybert, and a couple more pictures from Rebeca.

January 14, 2004:

• Filled in a few more blanks on the ring pictures page. (11 new pictures)

January 9, 2004:

• Added dragonscale to the weaves page.

January 7, 2004:

• Just a small update to the loose rings page - couple weave samples for F18.

December 4, 2003:

• I needed a break from the madness of holiday orders, so I posted the start to my weaves page. Only the birdcage there at the moment, but there will be more coming.

October 1, 2003:

• Posted a few closeup pictures of some historical chainmail. I may eventually put more info there, but for now I just wanted to get the pictures up.

September 15, 2003:

• New ring size: I14. Good for 4-in-1 and birdcage. Too tight for anything else.
• I've retired the K13 ring size until I work out the problems I've been having with cutting large gauge rings.

August 18, 2003:

• Finally got the pricing samples back up for the loose rings. I've only needed to do that for six months.... (URL yanked on 5/2/05)

August 15, 2003:

• More Silverweaver fun. The Gold Bead necklace.

July 27, 2003:

• Another new necklace on Silverweaver: The Vamp. My thanks to Julie for showing that the Scalloped Japanese necklace would work with an even tighter curve.

April 25, 2003:

• My youngest customer ever. I just completed a chewtoy for an eleven month old friend.
• Added a shot to the jacket page of the beadchain skirt that I was wearing in the jacket pictures. Seems that a whole lot of people wanted to see just the skirt.
• Added Rebeca to the ring customers page.

April 24, 2003:

• Finally - the promised pictures of my jacket. Work in progress - new pics as I fix the problems.

March 19, 2003:

• Added some ear wires and posts to the small assortment of jewelry findings that I sell.

February 27, 2003:

• Three more bracelets on Silverweaver: Oval, Millipede, and Dichroic.
• The 19ga solder filled wire arrived today, and I priced out the D19sf rings. I'll gradually post more prices as I get rings made and weighed.

February 25, 2003:

• I've been meaning to do this for a while. The materials page is finally getting an update. It will be a while before everything is on there, but at least I've made a start.

February 24, 2003:

• Two new bracelets on Silverweaver: half persian 4-in-1 and spiral japanese.

February 23, 2003:

• Several people have asked for half-persian 4-in-1 sample pictures. And with my roomy new rings pictures page layout I've got the space to add them! As always - if there are sample pics that you want to see, just send me email.

February 21, 2003:

• Another new ring size: F17. Great for 4-in-1 and birdcage. Too tight for anything else.

February 18, 2003:

• New loose rings - big ones! K13 and K14. No prices yet, but I do have a few sample weaves up, plus a couple weave pictures for the other K sizes.
• A bit of early spring cleaning - I'm fixing outdated info and generally sprucing up the dusty corners.
• Enough people have asked me for them that I'm finally offering clasps. You can get them from Rio instead, but if you only want one or two for a project, just order them along with your rings.

February 12, 2003:

• Changes to the layout of the loose rings page. It's now split into a page of pictures, and a page of prices. I also reworked the pricing structure. Overall, prices are up a bit - the cost of silver has been creeping up since I started selling the loose rings. Small rings cost a bit more now, big rings cost a bit less, and the bulk discounts aren't quite as large.

February 11, 2003:

• Solder filled rings! I just placed my first order for solder filled sterling silver wire. I'll soon be offering "self soldering" rings. You just have to paint on flux and hit them with a torch - the solder is already inside.

February 10, 2003:

• New earrings on Silverweaver: a whole family of long dangly thread earrings.

February 9, 2003:

• I've added a list of people willing to make the stainless steel designs that I'm no longer making. You can find the list on the archive page where my old designs reside.

February 6, 2003:

• New necklaces on Silverweaver:
  the Ladder Necklace, made to match the Ladder Bracelet
  the Double Scallop, an old favorite remade in silver
  and a Plain Choker for that simple and elegant little black dress.

January 31, 2003:

• The Spiderchain Forum is live!

January 29, 2003:

• New loose ring size, the 16:16 (1/4" with 16ga wire). Makes a nice 6-in-1!

January 27, 2003:

• Half a million rings served! No new content, just wanted to call your attention to the exciting number rollover at the bottom of the loose rings page.
• Got the new header up and (mostly) functional. It'll be a little while before the forum is ready for prime time.

January 12, 2003:

• Huge site overhaul. I'm phasing out almost all of my stainless steel items because I'm having far more fun working with precious metals. No doubt there will be broken things here and there. Let me know if you find anything out of place, or that doesn't work right.

January 11, 2003:

• Added Shaun to the ring customers
  

  October 21, 2002:

  • I've started adding the inch rings to the loose rings page. Only four sizes so far, but I'll be adding steadily to that. Be sure to send me email if there are specific sizes you'd like to see.
  
  

  October 20, 2002:

  • Added Stephen to the ring customers page.
  
  

  October 16, 2002:

  • Added Robyn to the ring customers page.
  
  

  October 7, 2002:

  • Corrected the inch equivalents for my metric loose ring mandrels. Thank you ED for pointing it out!!
  
  

  September 19, 2002:

  • More sample pictures of what customers have made with the loose rings that I sell. (Scott from Douglas, GA)
  
  

  September 13, 2002:

  • A pricing page with some sample orders for those who are confused by my loose ring pricing system. (Makes perfect sense to me, but that's not surprising.) (URLs yanked on 5/2/05)
  
  

  September 10, 2002:

  • Another new japanese necklace. (Can you tell I've been having fun with this weave?)
  
  

  August 3, 2002:

  • New Silverweaver design: japanese wave bracelet (to go with the recent curved japanese design).
  • And another new bracelet: birdcage ladder bracelet. (My thanks to Emerald Dragon for letting me use his design!)
  
  

  July 22, 2002:

  • Spiderchain has entered the 21st century! I have a business cell phone now: (510)368-0646 (I only welcome calls from 10am to 11pm. And please remember that I'm on Pacific time.)
  
  

  July 9, 2002:

  • More loose ring sample pics and a new size: E18
  • Updated the Frequently Asked Questions page to display info for my private classes.
  • Shipping rates have gone up, and my shipping fee is now $3.95 (Priority Mail).
  
  

  July 6, 2002:

  • Added D19 rings to the loose rings page. I have a whole pile of other sizes to add, but have been too distracted to work on the site recently. Hopefully soon!
  
  

  June 8, 2002:

  • Added a curved japanese necklace to the Silverweaver site. And now that my digital camera can talk to my computer again I hope to have more new pictures up soon.
  
  

  April 8, 2002:

  • A new addition to the custom projects page: a wide bracelet with a 6-in-1 edging.
  
  

  April 6, 2002:

  • You can now get a sample sheet of all the sterling silver rings that I sell. Five dollars for the sample sheet and you get that back with your first order.
  
  

  March 12, 2002:

  • Christine, another one of my students, with a picture on the ring customers page.
  
  

  March 8, 2002:

  • Two more folks on the >ring customers page. Anthony and Amy, both Spiderchain students. *proud smile*
  
  

  March 7, 2002:

  • I've added a new page! Pictures of pieces that other people have made using my loose rings.
  • A couple of new custom projects. A two color niobium japanese necklace, and a bracelet with small stainless steel plates.
  
  

  March 4, 2002:

  • Added a turkish round bracelet to the Silverweaver site.
  • Added a glossary to the bottom of the FAQ page. Useful info on properties of metals.
  • Another pic of the wedding choker. This one from the day of the wedding.
  
  

  February 20, 2002:

  • A couple additions to the links page. First, I added my rings page to the list of ring suppliers. Seems pretty obvious, but it took me this long to think of it. I also added a link to Brothersmith-Swords.com.
  
  

  February 16, 2002:

  • I'm retiring the silver section of this site in favor of the new Silverweaver site. So I sifted through this changes page and updated all the references to the old pages. (I know this isn't an exciting change... I promise I'll put more pictures up soon. *grin*)
  
  

  February 14, 2002:

  • I've added a couple bracelets (heavy versions of dragonscale and birdcage) to the Silverweaver site. And since I don't yet have a changes page over there I'll record it here.
    Too ... many ... web ... pages!
  
  

  February 6, 2002:

  • Playing with the home page. I think I like it better now. Opinions?
  
  

  December 8, 2001:

  • New loose ring size: J18. And I just got a shipment of 14 gauge wire, so expect to see some truly huge rings soon.
  
  

  November 6, 2001:

  • Drumroll please! Silverweaver is live. There is still some work to be done (namely a lot of text) but take a look and enjoy the pretty pictures! *grin*
  
  

  November 1, 2001:

  • The naming contest is over. Thank you for all the great names and encouraging emails! Silverweaver.com is the new site - come visit in a few days when it's up and running.
  
  

  October 22, 2001:

  • New style for a favorite design! I got pictures of one of my buckled belts with a friend's utilikilt. Great combo!
  • Deliciously slinky wide bracelet. Picture on the custom projects page.
  
  

  October 7, 2001:

  • I got the rest of my current batch of silver pictures posted. A couple earring designs and more pictures of the niobium necklace.    Feb 16, 2002: Links updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  September 24, 2001:

  • Lisa asked me to make a new choker design. I like what we came up with!
  
  

  September 21, 2001:

  • A new custom piece: the choker I made for a friend's wedding.
  • Are you good with words? Join the name contest and win Spiderchain stuff!
  • New silver necklaces. I have more pictures to post, but I'm heading off to dinner, so the rest of the pictures will have to wait until later.    Feb 16, 2002: Link updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  September 4, 2001:

  • My gloves are in an art show! Read about the show on the San Francisco Art Magazine web site.
  
  

  August 15, 2001:

  • New, smaller niobium loose ring size.
  
  

  August 13, 2001:

  • In celebration of passing the 100K mark, I added a ring counter at the very bottom of the rings page.
  
  

  August 10, 2001:

  • Added a picture of a sterling silver devia to the custom work page.
  • While I was in the neighborhood, I replaced the old GIF images on the custom page with JPGs. Now it'll load a bit faster. (The image cleanup campaign goes slowly, but it does move forward.)
  
  

  August 6, 2001:

  • Another new loose ring size: J15.
  
  

  July 27, 2001:

  • Updated the mandrel & wire size charts for the loose rings.
  
  

  July 26, 2001:

  • A whole pile of new loose ring sizes. Also, I will soon be offering gold fill loose rings as well and another (even smaller) size of niobium rings. (For those who want to know, the new sterling ring sizes are F16, G16, G18. G20, H17, H18, H19, I16, I17, J16, K16, K15.)
  
  

  June 29, 2001:

  • New about the artist page in the loop-in-loop section.    Feb 16, 2002: Link updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  June 13, 2001:

  • Added descriptions to the loop-in-loop technique pictures.    Feb 16, 2002: Link updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  June 12, 2001:

  • I have begun the slow and torturous task of cleaning up the site and its images. You probably won't notice much change though the site should (hopefully) start responding faster. I'll post another notice when the construction's all finished. (I'm hoping no more than a couple of weeks.)
  
  

  June 11, 2001:

  • Some new links:
    • Darknight Creations - faire and LARP armor & costume.
    • TherionArms - arms and armor from all over the world.
    • M.A.I.L. - the one stop shop for all your chainmail questions.
  
  

  June 10, 2001:

  • New pages in the loop-in-loop section. I've added a page about the history of loop-in-loop jewelry and another page with some pictures of how I make it.    Feb 16, 2002: Links updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  • A new look for the front page.
  
  

  May 2, 2001:

  • I added a necklace and a couple of bracelets to the sterling silver page.    Feb 16, 2002: Links updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  April 27, 2001:

  • Updates to the loose rings page. I cleaned up the page a little and added anodized niobium rings.
  
  

  April 24, 2001:

  • New section. I've been making tons of sterling silver jewelry lately. I've finally put together Spiderchain Silver, a sort of mini-site within the main site. I'm still working on it, so expect updates and tweaks during the next few weeks.    Feb 16, 2002: Link updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  April 12, 2001:

  • The gloves are finished! Long live the gloves!
  
  

  April 11, 2001:

  • I added a couple weave samples to the loose rings page: dragonscale and japanese 6-in-1.
  
  

  March 27, 2001:

  • Updated sample pictures on the loose rings page. You can now see what weaves are possible with which rings.
  
  

  March 18, 2001:

  • New section to the site. I've put up some pictures of the loop-in-loop jewelry that I've been making.    Feb 16, 2002: Link updated to point to the Silverweaver site.
  
  

  March 14, 2001:

  • Here's a new belt for all your 501 needs.
  • There's a new, smaller size of persian rope available. This one is great for bracelets.
  • Speaking of which, I just added it to the bracelets page too. I really should merge those two pages one of these days...
  
  

  February 23, 2001:

  • New section! I'm starting to work with sterling silver and am offering the loose rings to all you chainmailists out there. Coming soon: pictures of finished items in sterling.
  
  

  February 20, 2001:

  • Well... I got my first bounced check today. As of right now there is an official Spiderchain policy that any bounced check incurs a $20 fee (plus lots of grumpiness - and you don't want to make me grumpy).
  
  

  February 16, 2001:

  • New necklace. I saw those beads and had to make something with them!
  
  

  February 14, 2001:

  • Yet another new color for the trio necklace. Cobalt blue this time, with a slightly different pattern.
  • More options for the simple chokers.
  
  

  February 9, 2001:

  • Another new link. Dave's Chainmail Construction Webpage has a good reference list of various weaves.
  • Added some pretty pictures to my links page. Link to spiderchain.com in style! *grin*
  • New color option for the trio necklace. Mmmm... Hematite...
  
  

  February 8, 2001:

  • It looks like my classes will be an ongoing thing. Think there's a need for a chainmail academy? *grin*
  • New rope pattern. Steve wanted something dense like the box chain, but knotted like the birdcage.
  
  

  February 7, 2001:

  • I finally scanned and posted my pictures of Rebecca's firedancing top. Maybe she'll have pictures of her performing in it?
  • Suzi's handflower pic is up. I plan to add a line of handflower designs. One of these days...
  
  

  February 6, 2001:

  • New link in the tutorials section. Kusari is doing the 3D pattern/tutorial library that I've been dreaming of for years. Thank you!
  
  

  January 24, 2001:

  • I'm teaching an all-day class on February 3rd. Send me email if you want more info.
  
  

  January 22, 2001:

  • New necklace! Japanese Points.
  
  

  January 18, 2001:

  • Improved picture and updated info for the Romani dance troupe.
  
  

  January 7, 2001:

  • I've been making progress on the gloves. Almost done!
  
  

  January 2, 2001:

  • New addition to the custom work gallery. A skull charm bracelet for Brad's sweetheart.
  
  

  December 16, 2000:

  • Better pictures for the simple chokers. Now you can actually see the designs. (What a concept!)
  • Posted the pictures for Belled Anklet #2 and Belled Bracelet on the bracelets page.
  • A new necklace! Check out the Devia choker.
  
  

  December 14, 2000:

  • New bead pictures on the materials page.
  
  

  December 13, 2000:

  • Belled anklets and bracelets added to the bracelets page.
  • Added a picture of a custom wedding gift (matched dice bags) to the custom page.
  
  

  December 1, 2000:

  • Link exchange with SteelGirl.com.
  
  

  November 15, 2000:

  • Added a link to Eyescream Jewelry.
  
  

  November 13, 2000:

  • Added a link to eDiamondBrokers.com on my links page. They wanted to do a link exchange. Fine by me!
  
  

  October 17, 2000:

  • Added Miron's Mail Manufactory to my links page. He sells saw cut rings for chainmail that is super-smooth.
  • There is now limited online ordering for my jewelry. I joined an online gallery with a shopping cart system - most of my best selling items are on there. Go to Tam's Place and check it out!
  
  

  September 26, 2000:

  • One of my experimental necklaces came out well enough to deserve a spot in the custom area.
  
  

  September 18, 2000:

  • There's a picture of my new chainmail & velvet dress up in the custom area.
  
  

  September 13, 2000:

  • Added the ID Purse to the pouches page.
  • Three new necklaces: the Trio necklace, the Lace Choker, and a new size of the Points necklace.
  
  

  September 7, 2000:

  • New images on the cluster earring pattern page.
  
  

  August 16, 2000:

  • Major text overhaul. Kathleen did a great job fixing up my none-too-polished prose. Thank you and I hope you enjoy your belts!
  • New FAQ addition. Yes, I do sell gift certificates.
  
  

  August 9, 2000:

  • Added the footer to the main page. Oops! (This site isn't all that useful without the pictures, but images shouldn't be required for navigation.)
  
  

  July 17, 2000:

  • Added some simple necklaces to the chokers page.
  
  

  July 12, 2000:

  • New look for the site. Better navigation and a new home page.
  • Bags and pouches now have their own page.
  • A page for Frequently Asked Questions now exists.
  
  

  June 13, 2000:

  • More miscellaneous new stuff. A headdress (more coming soon) and a couple of dice bags for all you gamers out there.
    Note from July 12: dice bags are now on the bags and pouches page.
  • A couple new items on the custom page. A pair of fishnet stockings and trio of coin headdresses for a bellydance troupe.
  
  

  June 8, 2000:

  • The new belts section is here. I've been busy making belts for a while (clearly too busy to post pictures of them).
  • Added pictures of the natasha headpiece that I made for Rain.
  • There aren't any pictures yet, but I do want everyone to know that my first batch of jewelry is being gold plated even as I type. I'll report back once I have pictures.
  
  

  May 25, 2000:

  • I'm making progress on my gloves! The proof is on the Miscellaneous page.
  • Added a picture of Jenny's choker.
  
  

  March 8, 2000:

  • Added some more pictures to the loop earring page. More? Already? I'm on a roll!
  
  

  February 23, 2000:

  • Started on the grand plan to update the images on the loop earring page. This is going to be a long, slow process. Check back from time to time.
  • Added this latest changes page. (No, I'm not going to hotlink that. I refuse to be THAT self referential.)