Hi Colin this is only the second video i have seen on this channel, i have to say you are very thorough in your explanation on how to get everything just so. You are an excellent teacher. This is a medieval artisan craft that stems from the Chain Maille woven by people, who sold the vests or tunics to soldiers before they went into battle. I like the way you do things slowly and i can say with your teaching this craft it is a great way to get started. I could see exactly where you were putting your jump rings right to the end and then adding the crystals i could see clearly where your wire was going so great camera work too. I know this is over 9 years ago and i hope you are still teaching this craft. There is not many people on here that make Chain maille. Thank you so much Colin for sharing your knowledge. it is total genius how it looks when it is done. God bless.

@beaducation

Жыл бұрын

What great feedback! Thanks Tracy. I will share this with Colin. It will make her day!😍

Great tutorial! And the video was spot on. No moving the project out of frame while working on it. I appreciate that video professionalism.

You made it look very easy

Such a cool design. Love the subtle sparkle of the little crystals.

This woman is AMAZING!!! I LOVE watching and listening to Colin. She explains things and makes them very easy to understand. I also enjoy the "playfulness" that she incorporates in her video. I highly recommend any of her videos.

One thing that amazes me, so many different styles of chains all start with simple jump rings. I'm intrigued 😉

Oh boy! I did this following your tutorial - too bad I didn't LISTEN to the whole thing before beginning. Didn't make it long enough, then when I added the 3mm bicones, I realized I had to make it longer. When I tried adding rings I didn't have enough room for them to go through - then an AHA moment. They don't lie 2 in 2 - they are offset because of the one starting ring. I am now making one with 18 gauge 4mm so I don't have to add the beads. I will eventually take the 18 ga. 4.5mm apart and start over. Ugh! Always watch and listen all the way through!! Right? Anyway, thanks so much for another great tutorial.

Omg love it but I’ll have to rewatch. I didn’t realize u put in crystal in both side. Love it

@beaducation

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the class :) Let us know if you have any questions

Top notch instructions!!! Do’s and dont’s very clearly explained. Love the bracelet but I’d have to keep it for myself. No one would want to pay me the million dollars I’d have to charge. 🤪.

Love the ring she's wearing on her left thumb ^.^

Really liked this video. Always wanted to try this. Thanks

Very well done tutorial. Thank you.

Gracias por enseñarnos, muy pronto lo pondré en practica.

23:28 gonna use that one later

@beaducation

Жыл бұрын

awesome!

Hermoso explicas muy bien gracias

!!!EXCELLENT THANKS!!!

The dark chain looks snake-y and kind of dangerous, in a good way. Thank you for excellent tutorial.

This is very nice. I wish I had thought of doing box chain this way before. Adding the beads is just icing on the cake.

Wow very nice. Excellent tutorial. Thanks ❤❤❤❤ for teaching ❤ Komal Bhardwaj

This is the best chain maille tutorial I’ve found! I made the bracelet in just sterling silver and a 4mm ID. I’m somewhat confused by the length of the starter chain. I also wear a 7” bracelet and made my starter chain 13” long. However I had to add several more rings as the length seemed to shrink as I made the bracelet. Am I doing something wrong? The weave looks just like yours when finished.

@beaducation

5 жыл бұрын

A note from the instructor (Colin) The length does shrink as you make it and it's totally probable that my measurements are off by how much it actually shrinks up. I also have a tendency to use big clasps that take up a lot of length, so that is a factor too. The bigger the clasp, the less chain you have to make.

hermosas thank

Such a nice tutorial. Very well done. Step by step guidance very much appreciated and at a pace that made it easy to learn from. Thank you so much for your instruction/s.

@beaducation

9 жыл бұрын

Verne Garlock THANKS!!!

@dshare100

7 жыл бұрын

I made two this past weekend. Both reversible by alternating crystals! Coworkers loved it and asked me to make one for them!

Oh.capito.molto Bene!+grazie.!!.... ,,,

do you have a tutorial for the Turkish round ?

@beaducation

9 жыл бұрын

Hi, all our tutorials are available on Beaducation, just search for the class or tutorial you're interested in. Thanks!

You said something about the kit to do the crystal elf weave. How do we purchase kits?

@beaducation

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, we no longer have these kits available. But we do sell jump rings on our site. Check out the link below. This is class details page on our site, that includes tools and materials list. www.beaducation.com/online_classes/37-crystal-elf-weave-bracelet

Super super super 💖💓💓

Nice video, thanks! I have a question . . . this project calls for 3mm ID rings and 3mm crystals, does it follow that 4mm crystals would work with 4mm ID rings? Only because I have both of those at hand . . . lol

@beaducation

8 жыл бұрын

+Luci Luciditee We are not sure. Did you try it yet?!

How does "twice the length of the finished bracelet plus an inch" for a seven-inch bracelet come out to thirteen inches? 7 * 2 = 14 + 1 = 15

@beaducation

10 ай бұрын

For a 7" bracelet, the links section of the chain is 6" + she is using a 1" long clasp in this demo = 7. The length of link chain that you need to create will be 6" x 2 = 12" + 1" = 13

Is there a kit for this bracelet? I haven’t been able to find one.

@beaducation

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry we don't have a kit, but we have links to all the tools and materials here beaducation.com/online_classes/37-crystal-elf-weave-bracelet

@andreasdesigns

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear, it’s still in the Coming Soon stage. 🥴😢

Bello ma mi piace di più il bracciale che indossi ci fai un tutorial grazie

I noticed the size of the little jump rings aren't mentioned. Does anyone know what size and gauge they are?

@beaducation

2 жыл бұрын

18 gauge 4.5mm (inner diameter)

@andreasdesigns

2 жыл бұрын

That is the jump ring size for the main bracelet. I was told, via email, the little jump rings to attach the clasp is 18 gauge 3mm (inner diameter).

I learned the box chain in a totally different way, which may not be correct. It is a shortened byzantine method, where you drop and pull the two rings through, after adding two pairs of rings, instead of 3. Does this make sense? If so, is this just another method, or incorrect? It looks pretty much the same, as far as I can tell.

@beaducation

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie W Yep, just sounds like another way to do it. If it turns out purty, then it's correct :)

@juliew1426

8 жыл бұрын

Kewl Thank you for responding. I enjoy your vids so much.

@beaducation

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie W You are welcome! Thanks for the compliments :)

@hazardhalo

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie W Sounds like you have box weave correct but this is elfweave which is a different pattern

@juliew1426

8 жыл бұрын

Oh, OK. TY. I'm obviously a newbie at this. It's truly addictive, though, once you finally start to flow. It's sometimes frustrating getting started. Jump rings were not my fave thing. You definitely need the right tools.

You lost me when you started the whole beading process.... just too hard to follow with the camera angles, etc... looks nice if you now how to do it though.

Why call them "jump rings" they are just ring rings.

@beaducation

7 жыл бұрын

I really have no idea how that term started but it's a very old traditional term for this kind of ring.

@dukeyin1111

Жыл бұрын

Because when you make these rings , you first coil a long wire into a tight spring shape and cut through all the loops of the spring. Then the resultant rings look like a ring with a discountinuity hence the "jump." One fun fact is that this terminology is also used in gradeschool mathematics when they are talking about graphs--Jump discontinuity, google this term and see image.