Liz is a chainmailler who loves color! She’s been collecting colorful glass pendants to use in gifts for her family, and she wanted to make niobium necklaces to to compliment each pendant, all the same pattern of chainmail. Color? Check. Clever idea? Check. Variations on a theme? Check. This is my kind of project! Liz planned to use… [Read More]
Charming Teapots
Gaylene emailed me from New Zealand about making a bracelet for her mother’s 60th birthday. Gaylene said “She really likes decorative teapots, but alas, no more room to add to her collection. So I thought of a teapot charm bracelet.” What a sweet idea! The only problem was that Gaylene wasn’t sure what weave to use and… [Read More]
Cloud Cover and 4Winds
Celeste emailed me about size recommendations for Cloud Cover. It was a new weave to me (which is always exciting!) so I decided to play a little bit. If you don’t already know how to make Cloud Cover, take a look at the nice tutorial on M.A.I.L., which also teaches Cloud Cover’s sister weave, 4Winds. I… [Read More]
Reconstructing Vertebrae
When Mark crashed his bike (ow!) his bracelet got torn apart. He really wanted to repair the bracelet but couldn’t find all the pieces so he contacted me for help figuring out what sizes to use. In situations like this it’s much easier to have confidence in the size match if I can actually hold… [Read More]