I'm planing on making a full set of welded maille armour out of titanium with this patten. Thank you for this tutorial, it was really helpful. I'm going to regret this.

I recently got into chainmail and scale mail and i love the look of this weave. Great tutorial, thanks for posting!

I just want to thank you for this video tutorial. I've seen several written tutorials and they aren't as clear as this tutorial is. Thank you.

@beadaholique

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad we could help!

@magdalozano7522

4 жыл бұрын

@@beadaholique the video is extremely difficult to see. Camera position was awkward and lighting was horrible.

Thank you for the tutorial. This is only my second day at this hobby and yesterday I succeeded in making a box weave necklace. I decided to try something harder and although I was very frustrated at the start I've gotten the pattern down. I really appreciate the way you would lay the piece down regularly so I could look at how it was supposed to go together.

+Kari Crouse - The only way to determine the gauge and inner diameter if they don't list it would be to measure the rings. I am not a big expert on all of the math involved in ring sizing for chain maille, in fact, I just chose the sizes according to what was recommended on the back of the Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings. An internet search should yield a lot of information on determining the correct size and ratios. I can't speak to the specific rings that you're trying because I've never used that particular brand and I don't know how accurate their sizing is. A very small difference can make a big difference in this kind of technique. I recommend the Artistic Wire rings. They work great and the sizes are spot on.

@zoebrattle8972

8 жыл бұрын

At first it looks like braces

I tried this the other day and found a kinda easier way to do it, connect the second row of three before attaching it, that way you do not have to do the donting task of going inside the other rings and I skipped every other third row with the connectors so make it more flexible. Your tutorial is great though, just shared something that helped me

IMO, coolest looking chain maille weave ever

Thanks! I don't remember exactly how long it took, as it's been a few months since I completed this bracelet. I do know that I worked on it for several days off and on, though.

Thank you! My wedding set is from Ben Bridge Jewelers (and I love it too!).

That looks amazing! You have admirable patience.

Yes, those black chain maille rings can be tricky! I tried using them when I was learning, and scratched them all up. My only advice is to practice and make sure that you have the technique down before you try the black ones. When I went back to them after I'd gotten the hang of it, I was able to be much more careful.

Yes you can absolutely use this video in your class. We absolutely do encourage you to use techniques that you have learned from us to create original designs for fun and profit.

very nice tutorial of joining big and small rings into a shape of weaving looking good

Thank you for this tutorial...it is very clear and easy to follow. I can't wait to give it a try! :)

The rings are 5.95mm and 3.57mm. You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.

It took me about 12 hours of work once I made all the jump rings and cut them/ prepared them all. Once you have the pattern down it goes pretty easily. Making the rings by hand takes some extra time but it is pretty cool :)

Excellent video! Thank you so much! I do not understand those critical comments - do you, people realize that this tutorial is to show how and it IS free? Some of us just do not know how to be grateful - so sad. It's nearly impossible to find any info how to make this chain maille weave, especially so clear and detailed. Thank you so much again for the wonderful tutorial and for being so patient and kind. I love your videos.

This is the only tutorial I could find that made dragonscale weave make sense. Thanks

@beadaholique

Жыл бұрын

I am glad that it was easy to follow!

Thank you so much for looking into that for me! I think I'll play it safe and go for the recommended rings.

I think that this video is wonderful! I am so happy I subscribed to your uploads. I have been trying to teach my 17 year old son how to do this and your voice is soothing. You are clear and easily understood. I will be using this video when helping my son. Extra patients and this video is going to make teaching him this technique so much nicer. Thank you.

Yes, you can definitely use all one color of ring. You do need the two different sizes though.

@HARSHIT POOJARI - I don't remember exactly how long it took me. I do remember that I worked on it off and on for several days. It's also going to vary A LOT from person to person depending on how fast you work. I think it probably takes me about an hour per inch, but I've spoken to other people who say that it takes them up to three or four hours per inch.

How Amazing! I am impressed how beautiful your technique was shared!! Thank you so much, you was so clear and exact on the placement of each ring and made it look so easy, not the next part is mine, making the scale. LOL Thank you very much for your time and kindness helping someone like myself that is just starting!

oh this is so cool! I'm a novice and haven't tried chain mail yet but definitely getting rings tomorrow and giving this a go. It looks complicated, it'll take a lot of focus (at least for me lol) probably be a 14 hour project but it is worth it. Thank you for doing several rows step by step, I'll be watching this video over and over while I do it!

@barbar2316

5 жыл бұрын

more then 14h :)

Terrific tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. Great work!

Wow I really like that. I'm really glad I watched your video

Absolutely amazing thanks❤

You are creative and very bright. Thank you for this informative video.

That is the number of packages that I used for my 6.5" bracelet. I made the weaving 6" long and then the clasp adds about half an inch. You will want to get some more rings if you're going to make your bracelet the same width and you need it to be longer.

Beautiful work! thanks for the video and your clear communication. Kudos!

Thank you for the video!! I now have a dragonscale bracelet that looks great and everyone wants :)

The clasps are from Beadaholique. You can search for SKU FCL-6808. As far as how long this takes, as I've said before, I don't remember exactly how long it took me because it was last year that I made it. I do remember that I worked on it off and on for several days. It's also going to vary A LOT from person to person depending on how fast you work. I think it probably takes me about an hour per inch, but I've spoken to other people who say that it takes them up to three or four hours per inch.

Those are the quantities that come in a package of those jump rings. This video is only intended to demonstrate the dragonscale weave, but the bracelet shown in the beginning of the video will be up on our projects page soon, and will have a detailed materials list and specific instructions. You can check our free beading projects section. That bracelet used 7 packages of the 18 gauge rings and 3 packages of the 20 gauge rings.

thank you so much for having CC on your video, I have bad hearing problems and sometimes I can't understand what the person is saying, especially if they have a heavy accent

I'm not an expert on aspect ratio, and I honestly tend to use the sizes listed on the back of the ring package, so I can't give you a lot of advice, but I can tell you that yes, the smaller rings do have 4 of the larger rings going through them.

Since the angle of the rings matches up, I suppose that would technically be possible, yes. You'd probably want to make it flat and then find a way to join the ends. It would take some experimentation to figure out how this would work, but I can add it to our video request list.

I'm a jewelry designer, so that's my expertise. Dragonscale bends quite well along the grain (in this case, the way it bends around the wrist) and not as much the other way. Good luck in your quest for information.

Finally, a dragonscale tutorial I can really see. Bless you for making such a clear and concise tutorial. I can't wait to get started.

If you are willing to experiment, you might try that size, the sku is FJR-6012. Otherwise, I can tell you that the colorful aluminum rings are not cut as precisely or neatly. The sizes may work, but they may not look as nice as the rings that are made for chain maille. Again, that is something you might determine is okay with you in order to get that pop of color, so experimenting with it would tell you whether or not you liked it.

Im attempting a large scale suit of chain mail using this pattern thank you very much for this video its very helpful

It would depend on exactly what materials you use and how wide you make it. You could do a one inch swatch, count the rings, and then calculate how many would be in your finished piece, but I don't have a way of figuring that out without making a swatch.

I used a magnetic clasp to close my dragonscale bracelet. It's small and discreet, but the magnets are quite strong and hold it closed no problem. You can find step by step instructions and the materials used for the bracelet on Beadaholique's Free Project page under Bracelet Projects. There's a link for it in the video description underneath this video.

Great tutorial well put instructions all I know is u had to have been using a thin material I was trying to follow with 14g steel with a. 3/8 and 1/2 inch ring and struggled a bit had to go thru video twice but got it down thanks for posting the video !!!!

awesome tutorial excellent camera work & detail

Your work is very nice, and the tutorial is well made. On the other hand, this is the hard and slow way to make dragonscale. Dragonscale has a speedweaving technique in which all the small rings are pre-closed. When I switched from the non-speed technique to the speedweaving technique, my total weaving time dropped by about 1/3, which is important considering how long it takes to do dragonscale. I just added some advice on this weave-see the link to my blog on my profile.

I am glad to confirm we ship to Brazil.

A necklace usually needs to curve sideways much more than a bracelet does. The dragonscale will bend sideways a certain amount, but does get a different sort of gathered appearance. It may help to make the strip narrower. It might just take a bit of experimentation.

I have not seen a cabochon added to chain maille and I am not sure how you would do that or what weave would work best.

Aspect ratio!, yea I have been reading up that, they all say 3 times the thickness for this weave. Thanks for the tutorial!

This bracelet has a substantial feel, and it a bit on the heavy side as far as bracelets go, but I don't imagine it would be so heavy as to be uncomfortable to wear.

There were 7 packages (1 package = 45 Pieces) of the silver rings and 3 packages (1 package = 140 Pieces) of the gold rings. You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the the Dragonscale Chain Maille Bracelet and supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.

I wanted to have more color choices than the 4 colors Artistic Wire offers (brass, copper, silver, black). The key it seems is to know the Aspect Ratio (AR) of the rings that work. This is figured by ID (inner diameter)/WD (wire diameter). I convert both to milimeters to find mine. Most sources say to try to stay within +/-.5 of the AR when choosing rings. Some extra play works for some patterns while others need to be pretty precise. If you know the AR, you can size up and down pretty easily. When ordering rings, you also have to pay attention to what guage standard was used to form them. A 9/64" (3.57mm) ID ring using AWG (american standard) 18ga wire is 1.02mm thick (3.5 AR), while a SWG (imperial standard) 18ga wire is 1.22mm thick (2.9 AR) so you would be better off to choose 19ga SWG wire which is 1.16mm thick (3.2 AR) to keep the AR within the accepted range.

I'm sure you could find a design for using this weave to create earrings, yes. Experiment and be creative! You might try making a diamond shape of the chain maille and hanging it by one of the points, but feel free to play around and see what you like.

You reach down through the top silver ring and put the black ring through the sides of the two silver rings in the layer below.

I have no idea about the varying durability of different chain maille types. I can tell you that this is plenty durable for use in jewelry making. It uses quite a few rings per inch, so it's probably a bit heavier, but since they're aluminum the amount used in the bracelet do not make it overly heavy. I could not tell you whether knights wore chain maille of this type. You might try doing an internet search for chain maille groups and asking someone who's more of an expert on chain maille.

The ones listed in the video description are made specifically for chain maille.

If I'm ever dying I'm going to do this as a project....it will seem to take FOREVER!!! Seriously, great video!! Thanks!! I imagine with all this work, you sell them for HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS...

Thank tou wery much fo upploading this, that tekniqe was kinda new to me, at my oppinion, this looks much better and more dense and smooth compared to many other similar tecniqes. Must try this for parts of a full suit of armour some time. (Sorry for my English...)

The problem with making this into armor is that you'd have to tac-weld the rings closed, or you may find the weight pulling rings apart. Which would be very, very difficult and time consuming due to the proximity of the rings.

I don't remember exactly how long it took, as it's been months since I completed this bracelet. I do know that I worked on it for several days off and on, though.

All right, I guess I'll keep looking then. Thank you.

I would like to do something of a more armor type of chainmail using this patter. It will be God awful and time consuming, but something to do. The only problem is that I am having a very difficult time following the pattern you are laying out after the second row is put on due to the fact that your perspective changes and I just have a hard time following the changing with hands in the way. Is there any illustration that I could follow to show me a little easier?

awesome ness ,i am going to give this a go

It's not just the outer diameter of the jump ring that is important for chain maille. It has also to do with the gauge (thickness) and the inner diameter. These measurements all have to do with the aspect ratio of the rings, and this is what tells you if your rings will fit for this weave. It's all very confusing, and when you are just learning, I found it much easier to just stick to the ring sizes that you know will work.

Awesome!

You can get the supplies featured in our videos on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.

This bracelet has a substantial feel, and it is a bit on the heavy side as far as bracelets go, but I made one for my husband and he doesn't find it uncomfortable to wear.

You have a really good teaching technique. I teach how to make large chain armor. I don't speak as clean and clear as you:( But I have noticed when I teach them on a piece of foam using needles to pin the chain links down it's easier for them to see what I'm doing, even though some of the rings I use are 1". Thanks for the tutorial, would you mind if I showed this video to them?

Great video and very nice voice, too.

Yup I sure did. But I understand her process for the weave ^^. I've already made this item by listening to her tutorial but I made my own rings and I made them (at first) by the 3 times the thickness rule and found the 4th ring wouldn't allow me to get the ring completely closed, so I asked a question...

Thanks! I was also wondering if it would be okay if I were to use the "Capri Blue Color Aluminum Open Jump Rings 4mm 20 Gauge" instead of the small black 20 gauge 3.57mm chain maille rings. I was hoping to make it a little more colourful but I'm not sure if the 20 gauge 4mm jump rings will work with the 18 gauge 5.95mm silver plated rings. would you be able to give me any advice on that? how do the 20g 4mm aluminum jump rings compare to the 20g 3.57mm artistic wire chain maille jump rings?

My expertise is in jewelry making, not in armor, so unfortunately, I can't advise you on whether or not you could make a suit of armor out of this weave. The rings I used in this project are sold in quantities consistent with making jewelry projects, which is what they are manufactured for.

These jump rings aren't all that soft. It takes pliers to open and close them. One alone might not stand up to a good solid tug, but with the stress distributed amongst so many, it's pretty durable. My suggestion, if you're concerned about it, would be to experiment with some swatches and see how well you feel they hold up.

how many hours did it took you make the first dragon scaled chain you showed us

This is my first chain maille project so I know very little about the process, etc. I've read a few things so decided to give it a try. I am finding other brands of chain maille jump rings (mostly Darice @ the craft stores around here) and they only give an outer diameter (no ID, no GA, no AR, etc.)....how do I determine the gauge and inner diameter and number I need without that info? I tried to make this bracelet with silver 10mm (OD) rings that looked about 18GA and turquoise 7mm (OD) that looked about 20GA. I had to measure them in the packages @ the store. The 7mm (ID of about 5mm) ones fit inside the 10mm ones (ID of about 7.5mm) and the 7mm would hold 3 of the 10mm (about 1.5mm thick for each for total of about 4.5mm) as per your instructions on "choosing other rings". I started the weave but my additional rows would not lay flat. I'm at a loss on where to go from here...

Wow! Good job....what type of clasp would be heavy duty enough to stay closed on this piece?

Gona make a riveted mail shirt, as such I need to know how flexible its this weave compared to 4 in 1? Any idea which is stronger?

Please bear in mind that if your planning on actually wearing this that this type of maille is known as "butted maille" and as such. Has absolutly no protective qualitys what so ever. Just thought id say this here because my friend wanted to get into HEMA and very nearly brought a butted maille tunic for practice. For the same price as a real one too. On a much lighter note. Fantastic tutorial! Keep up the good work!

@Gavin-N

4 жыл бұрын

butted mail can help but it's just not as good as real mail.

@kethtemplar8989

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gavin-N that. And the duribility is non existant.

The rings are Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings Non Tarnish Silver Plated - 18 Ga/ID and Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings Black Color - 20 Ga/ID 3.57mm/180pc. You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath the video.

Honestly, you creative types are a different species. How amazing to have come up with this, it looks fantastic. If I ever get the hang of normal mail making I will give it a go. Probably will anyway just for masochistic fun - my hands aren't nearly so dainty & dexterous as yours! Just to clarify the technique, you're essentially weaving together 2 sets of rows aren't you - the even set & the uneven. In the video, it was 4-3 till the tapering. So the 4 row's don't connect to the 3 rings, just each other, & the 3 rings likewise. Is that correct? I did try to follow & if you don't have time to answer I will work it out, just thought I'd ask. Thanks very much. If you completed this chain I'd love to see what a longer &/or fatter length with those colours would look like. The bronze/gold one was great. Creative people!

The start of my bracelet looks right but seems really tight. I went to michaels and got 4mm and 6mm jump rings. Should I go up to maybe 7mm and see how that works?

Our videos are made to teach you techniques and inspire you to create :) All of the supplies for you to make your own dragonscale chain maille bracelet can be found in the video description.

I make all my own jump rings I buy the coils of metal in various gauges and spin it on different size dowels depending on size of ring I want granted colors don't vary too much and are basic but if your working in silver and black it's very cost effective and get sooooo much more for your buck it is a lot more time consuming but worth it in the long run when your spinning up half mile of Wire into tens of thousands of rings for 30 dollars or less

Yes very informative. Thank you

Thanks a ton for all your videos, they have greatly helped me turn form novice to expert in no time! In your videos I notice that you use the Xuron flat nose pliers, which I am thinking of purchasing, but getting the bent nose instead. Have you used yours with stainless steel yet? If so, how did they hold up? Thanks for the reply!

@beadaholique

8 жыл бұрын

+digitaljedi420 If you are doing a lot of chain maille, I recommend using the Wubbers brand. I prefer to use the bent nose pliers. They sit better in my hand. It's all about preference. www.beadaholique.com/t-hb-wubbers.aspx

That was so helpful. Thankyou! It's very tedious, how long did it take to make the bracelet?

@dutchsnakegaming the better you close the ring, the more pressure it can withstand. Of course don't try to pull on it. I find that if I close the rings to where I can hear them click, the less likely it will break.

You can get them on Beadaholique . com's website. The links for the supplies in this video are located in the video description underneath this video.

Unfortunately, my expertise is in jewelry making, not specifically in chain maille. I haven't tried mixing different chain maille weaves together, so you may just want to try experimenting to see how it works. I imagine you'd want your dragonscale to be at least three rings wide, but again, I haven't made any that narrow, so you'd need to try it out and see.

I appreciate how thorough you are with telling us how exactly to do this type of Chainmail. My only issue is how you keep picking it up to put in the loops. It makes it hard to see how you are doing it. Not trying to be rude or anything, it is just the angle on the camera was a bit off. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

can i use one of those u make with i got only silver , dont have the black one ? it would word ? , Ty :)

Super excellent

I get frustrated because I am handicapped. Your instructions are great.

Just made a byzantine bracelet out of copper for my wife. I'm going to try this as well

Would this be good for making armour as well? Not for protection of course, but for movement.

The math involved in figuring out the aspect ratios and what other size rings would work is very complicated. I can tell you that the mm measurement for the chain maille rings is the inner diameter, not the outer diameter. So the 4mm rings would not be a similar size. I went ahead and pulled a 5mm 19 gauge capri blue aluminum ring and tried a few rows with the silver rings that I used in the original project. They do seem to fit, but it is a limited sample.

Bad camera position...

@Hugh_Mungis

8 жыл бұрын

+Nick Lucky i know right.lol.see alotta hand

It took 7 packs of silver rings to make the Dragonscale Chain Maille Bracelet - Project B1025. The link for the project in this video is located in the video description underneath this video.

Peggy A Turpin Hi, I am sorry but we do not have any diagrams for this weave. It is a challenging weave.

I'm working on a piece using Artistic Wire Black jump rings. I don't like how easily the black comes off. I've tried taping my pliers, but then closing the rings or even putting one ring through another is difficult. Any suggestions? Is there another colored wire that might hold its color coating better?