Bracelet

This time I managed to make a bracelet. I'm actually quite suprised how nice it looks. And it's still unpolished. This time I had a more or less clear goal, so this didn't take that long to make. I also had some rings left from my necklace.

The bracelet is 16 cm long and 2,1 cm wide. I used 1 mm thick silver wire to make the rings which have inner diameter of 5mm. The weave is standard European 4-1. I found it a bit difficult to start, but after few rows it became just plain boring to make. I find the rings make quite pleasing pattern. The second image shows a closer view from the side.

The weave itself has been historically used in medieval chainmail. The bracelet I made is quite small. It only has 112 rings. Now, imagine a hauberk or a knee lenght chain mail. One of those have somewhere between 15 000 to 45 000 rings. My bracelet is made of silver, which is quite soft as far as metals go. Medieval chainmail was usually made on wrought iron, which is "somewhat" harder to work with. Although armourers could work with waterwheels etc, making those chainmails without modern powertools must have been really hard work. So, I'll take my hat of to those ancient armourers :-)

First time ...

... I blog anything anywhere. So lets see how this turns out. Hopefully better than my first silver necklace, which didn't turn out so bad. At least I like it, but some people might think otherwise. Of course with more experience and practice I am able to make better job, but anyway, so far so good.

But lets go down to business. This is quite simple 2-in-2 chain. Rings are 1mm thick silver wire, inner diamater is 5mm. Chain is about 45 cm long. I wasn't looking how long it took me to make, but with more experience and a clear goal, it probably doesn't take that long. The first image shows how the chain is hanging while wearing.

The second image shows the pattern hanging under the main chain. Perhaps the whole necklace is a bit on the masculine side, but it doesn't bother me.