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    WOW that is stunning - Whoever won it must've been so pleased!
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    Amazing Sheltie

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    Very nice work both Nic and Sheltie (love your name)

    Just last month or the month before either Lapidary Journal or Art Jewellery mag had an article on tapering viking knit. They use a hammer after using the draw plate. They tapped it at the ends until it was approximately the right thickness then rolled it with a piece of wood to smooth out the knit. I thought the idea was great!

    I have made a fair bit of viking knit out of brass, copper and fine silver (even sterling silver) I like the look, but hate the time it takes. I am a person of very short attention span and just cannot spend that amount of time again making it. (hahaha shameful I know) I make jewellery for sale and no one is going to pay me for the length of time it takes me to make this stuff.
    It sure is lovely though!

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    I picked up a viking weave kit while at Flame Off 2010 over the weekend - now to get round to trying it out.
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    Sheltie that tapered weave is fab!

    Cathy I don't remember seeing that article - will be off to look for it later!

    Finally took pics of my pieces;

    Necklace is 5 stitch single weave drawn to 3mm. Handmade end caps and clasp and spinner bead (2 plain 2mm wire rings - for my brother to give his girlfriend).
    Bracelet is 5 stitch double weave drawn to 4mm, handmade end caps and clasp. Pillow bead set with a sodalite cab that I cut and polished about 25 years ago (bracelet is for me).
    Last pic is to show the difference between single and double weave after it is drawn down, although not as clear as I thought it would be as the single weave is in copper
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    Nicci - those items are gorgeous (need to find more words for describing nice things).
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    Great pictures - love the visual of the double vs single and the pieces themselves are droolworthy!
    Beautiful pillow bead I'm making a box bead for the second set of experiments with viking...
    (The first experiment ~ involving kiln firing silver clay directly into the copper weave didn't work out to plan)
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    Looks great! I have never really worked with wire. Looks complicated too, off to check out the work in progress shots!

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    This looks amazing!! You should be really happy with the results....especially for your first time!! I´ve tried it once, but failed miserably...it was a huge disaster haha! You´ve inspired me to try again now though, it just looks so neat and beautiful! Congratulations!!

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    nicci!! those are wonderful. I love the bracelet with the square -- I may have to reconsider doing viking knit again!

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