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The goldfill kits on this page are all for projects in Chained by Rebeca Mojica. You can get sterling silver and base metal kits on
her site.
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P A G E 4 8
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This pendant makes me happy. Japanese weave is just so good for texture and chainmail that looks like lace.
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P A G E 6 2
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I made the sample with purple and blue (color #70 and color #25) but you can choose any two colors you want. Browse through my
niobium colors
to find your favorite two, and include a note with your order letting me know which ones you want.
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P A G E 7 0
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Just for fun, I tried this two-tone bracelet with yellow goldfill and white goldfill. When I hold a pile of rings in my hand it's easy to see the color difference, but
when they're woven together like this the difference is really subtle. Depending on how you think about it, the difference is either too
subtle to be worth the bother, or just subtle enough to be fabulous. I look forward to trying a white/rose goldfill combo! *grin*
I made a change in the clasp for this project - instead of a toggle as shown in Rebeca's book, I used a
trigger clasp.
On the subject of two-tone box chains, you should take a look at my
silver/niobium color-fade box chain bracelet
kit. It's a 16ga kit (larger than this one) but if you want to do the same thing in this
size get one of my niobium mixes in size 12:18nb.
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P A G E 7 5
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Size-graduated chainmail... yum!
The ring counts in this kit work out best if you put your clasp in the
same place that I did.
I sell a similar kit for the
Full Persian weave. I call it "Serpentine" instead of "Ripple."
Different name, same technique. One of my very favorites!
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P A G E 8 0
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The version I made is a two-tone in sterling silver and yellow goldfill, but it does
not do the flip-over color change that Rebeca's
version in the book does.
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P A G E 8 6
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Another sterling silver with yellow goldfill two-tone yummy bracelet.
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P A G E 9 6
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Rebeca uses Helm Chain as a the basis for some very fun, dense weaves. (And yes, "Helm Chain" is the same weave as my "Parallel Chain.")
In this two-tone version, there are only four sterling "medium" rings in the whole project. Use them
at the ends of your chain.
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P A G E 1 0 0
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Rebeca cautions you to set aside the Wave rings while you're doing steps 1-3 so that you don't get confused. Wise words!
Keeping track of these sizes can be a bit tricky, but it's well worth the effort!
I encourage you to use doubled rings for extra stength at
your clasp connection.
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P A G E 1 0 4
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One of my students saw my sample of this project and exclaimed that it looks like "dense crocheted lace." That's
a great description - so much detail and so much texture! The chainmail geek in me also appreciates how the weave
"wants" to be a gentle curve - perfect for a necklace.
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P A G E 1 1 0
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Important safety tip! You'll need to
modify Rebeca's design
to make this piece in goldfill. Three connectors (as shown in her book) yielded a weave that was too stiff to wrap around my wrist.
Switching to two connectors added just enough ease that the piece came out wonderfully supple and wearable.
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P A G E 1 1 6
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Now Rebeca flips things around and combines Helm Chain with Japanese instead of Byzantine. She has an
especially fun chainmail brain!
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P A G E 1 2 8
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This is the project from page 86, snazzed up with a few coiled rings - a little extra texture, a little extra weight.
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The following three project kits include
anodized niobium for the colorful rings. My niobium rings are available either in
single color batches or in
color mixes. The color mix kits come with extra niobium rings
so that you'll have "wiggle room" for selecting hues.
When you order one of these kits, please browse the available color options and include a note with your order letting me know
which color/mix you'd like to use.
And... if you want to try your hand at color fades, I'd recommend getting a copy of
my instructions for color fades. While it's possible to figure it out without any instructions, there
are some good tips in my instructions for working with color and not losing your place.
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P A G E 1 2 2
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I went a little crazy on this piece and decided that it needed a really vivid color fade. I expect that most of you will want to use just one color,
but I'm a bit of a color-fade lunatic.
Please include a note with your order letting me know which
color or mix you'd like!
If you want to make exactly the piece shown, I used the Firewater mix with a 25-ring repeating fade.
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P A G E 1 3 4
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This is my single favorite piece from the entire book. On the page it looks pretty simple - just a strip of Japanese 12-in-2 with some
extra edge rings. But when you actually hold the finished piece? Yum! One of my favorite things about chainmail is how it feels - dense
and flexible, hard metal that feels soft. This piece is like chainmail, except more so! Completely delicious.
Rebeca's instructions show smaller rings to taper the ends, but her precious metal sizes don't include that smaller size. You'll
find size 9:17gf in your kit - use that size to
taper the ends and to connect the toggle.
Once again, I decided to add a bit of crazy color. You can decide whether you want to keep it simple or go a little crazy too.
Please include a note with your order letting me know which
color or mix you'd like!
If you want to make exactly the piece shown, I used the Firewater mix and separated 8-ring groups of "fire" and "water"
for the alternating coiled ring bunches.
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P A G E 1 3 7
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A lovely little pendant to go with the bracelet from page 134.
Please include a note with your order letting me know which
color or mix you'd like!
If you want to make exactly the piece shown, I used color #20.
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