Happy mid August from hot HOT (but dry) Las Vegas. Still plugging away at ye olde Peyote stitch. But I am looking around for other diversions. I'm now researching Chain Maille. For those that think it's sending out maille to ten friends and having them send it to ten friends...it's not. Basically you make chain by linking jump rings, small round rings, together. Let me tell you, I have seen some really beautiful work. I'm going to dabble in copper Chain Maille to start with and go from there. I do love the look of copper and I prefer the price over that of silver.
Here's an exceptional example from Esmarts own Joella at AlwaysWiredBeadLady.
Of course you'll find our current work in our Etsy shop, including the newest listing, the Red Windows Bracelet. Just for fun, we're trying a couple of items on Ecrater. Ecrater is another site where you can find some fun and fabulous creations. I learned of this from another Esmarty, Lois at A Beaded Affair. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I'd give credit and a link to that if I knew who to credit and if that person had a site or blog...but I'm guessing not.
Love that red windows bracelet..and always love the clean look of your designs. Ecrater..sounds familiar..but I looked and don't think I've seen that site before. Will check it out! (in all my spare time rofl!)
ReplyDeleteI also dabble in chain maille, and would love to learn more! I like it, and it looks great once you "get" it. Go for it, girl! Can't wait to see the copper creations you'll make!
ReplyDeleteWOW i LOVE YOUR WORK!!!!! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH CHAINMALLEEE
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE BLOG YOU HAVE GIVEN SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT I WANT TO CHECK ON.
WILMA
WILMAS WHIMSEYS
I love the look of chain maille but I seem to be all thumbs with jump rings. I even got a jump ring tool and still have trouble with them. Kudos to you for attempting it! And copper is my favorite color wire right now. Go girl! :-)
ReplyDeleteChain Maille is fun and beautiful and it won't take nearly as long as seed beading...but it does take a while if you use small rings. After seeds though, it will feel like a breeze. Your work is beautiful. Can't wait to see what you do with chain.
ReplyDeleteLois
http://www.abeadedaffair.com
Google says "nothing ventured, nothing gained" dates back to Chaucer (c. 1374) and possibly before that in French. Sounds like good old Ben Franklin to me and I don't think either of them have a web site. lol
ReplyDeleteLois
http://www.abeadedaffair.com
Hi there Chez,
ReplyDeleteYou know by now that I am quite partial to wire and a natural extension to that is chain maille. Good luck with it..have fun and I will send you that info early this week!
Best,
D
http://mygemstonebox.blogspot.com
Nice work. I'd like to try that some day!
ReplyDeleteKim
http://kimberlyries.blogspot.com
ROFL on the chain maille description! I like the little ring you have at the top - understated BLING!
ReplyDeleteRe: your rose bush- I do a hard prune in winter (winter prune: cut back all inward leaning branches, anything twiggy and cut down by about 1/3 height to an outward facing bud on a / ) a light prune in summer (dead head the flowers and cut back suckers and anything that is getting in the way). They say you can ignore rose bushes for a couple of years in the pruning department and some of my more 'delicate' looking ones only get a light prune in winter rather than a hard one. The pruning gives increased vigour to the plant so may be your problem. There are diseases that roses get (eg. black spot) and whilst fatal they don't look real pretty - leggy and the leaves go yellow/black before falling off. Other than that I will take a leaf from my friend's dialogue "When did you last feed it?" If you haven't done it (like me) in ages - give it some now!!
Hey Elayne :) Thanks for your comment :) The style of Swar it is is number: 6721 is that what you mean?
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