Can't beat a bit of chain.
Most made a while ago, when I had time on my hands.
Can't beat a bit of chain.
Most made a while ago, when I had time on my hands.
lovely Bigwol keep rolling them out x
Very nice, BigWol. Love your composition there.
Linda
Nice chains I always like seeing lots of chains together for some reason
I like the endcaps on that Viking knit too - did you make those too?
And the box clasp?
In my textbook (Stark - Classical loop-in-loop chains) the Viking Knit is called Two-way double loop-in-loop, made by fusing loops, and dogbone shapes then passing one through the previous loop.
The Endcaps were fused from a fine silver coil (no solder) with a fine silver cap, finished with a sterling (for strength) jump ring soldered to the cap.
The box clasp was scratch built from 1mm sheet metal, the tongue was made from hard solder - hammered for springiness (is springiness a word??)
This is a variant on the end cap with a sisterhook hand made from sheet with a handmade tube rivet.
Chain pictures taken with my faithful Asahi Pentax Takumar 50mm F1.4 manual lens (from about 1965) on a Canon EOS 350D digital camera.
I am stunned, i am just getting into chains, and am going to be working my way thru my new books as fast as i can, yous are wonderful bigwol, loce the square one, very different
Su' xx
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Ooh, total coincidence but I just ordered that chain makng book today!
What pattern is the square one? I'd like to have a go at making one of those for my husband.
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