Chainmaille Mobiuses

This chainmaille design is called a Mobius, after the Mobius strip. The elegant twist is created from several jump rings, each carefully twisted inside of all the others.

Three Little Mobiuses, All In a Row

This necklace was made from three little mobiuses, all in a row.

The Elphaba Flower

I just saw Wicked at the Fabulous Fox (!). The green is so Elphaba, and the metal "flower" reminded me of the steampunk/industrial revolution aethetics of the Wicked set.

Watery Waves. This was actually my first Mobius; I made the large jumprings.

Antique Watch Jewelry

60 years old may be retro, not antique... but hey, it looks Victorian and it winds. I have never actually seen a little clock without a battery before. :) I love this little trinket, which I got from Grandma's basement. I made it work, so I got to keep it. I love how that works.

Here it is! At first I thought it was meant to be some kind of wonky pocketwatch, but Grandma said it was a clip to be worn on coat collars. (Interesting...) 

I wasn't fond of the clip part, so I removed it.

Here it is pictured ontop of Grandma's mantilla (head covering), back when Mass was said in Latin. She got it in Spain when she was a teen, and it is so beautiful!

I think it goes quite well with the pretty beads, don't you? You can see that I turned it into a necklace.

I had too much fun taking pictures, even though I'm using the old camera. Here the wtach is pictured on the skirt of a doll (one of American Girl's old "girls of different countries" collection).

Chainmaille Bracelet and Attempts

A few weeks ago I ran across two teens working a booth and creating jewelry at the Summerfest. Their family are the creators of Unkamen Gifts. They make their own quality jumprings and some amazing jewelry.

Yes, jewelry! Chainmail isn't all about armor.

I fell in love with their work, and intended to buy one of their necklaces, but we left early. I looked them up-- they have an Etsy shop (several, actually). And, being me, I decided that I did not want to buy the necklace. I wanted to MAKE it! (Look for it in an upcoming post).

But it was complicated, so I needed to start with something a little easier. I picked up some cheap jumprings at Hobby Lobby. They aren't the "right" sizes, but I just wanted to play around.

I found instructions for the Helm Weave at CGMaille.com and set to work:

The finished product:

EDIT: I made another one, HERE.

And here are a few other things I messed around with....

A flower that I saw on Unkamen Gifts... bit of a fail since I had no idea what to do and was just randomly inserting jump rings. I now know that it is a helm weave folded in on itself. *nods knowingly*

And my first attempt at the Byzantine Weave

Quite Random

I've gotten some new "toys" recently:

Broken jewelry from my grandma:

A set of beads from Hobby Lobby-- I got some jumprings and several other things of beads there, too!!!

AND, here are some things to look forward to seeing on my blog really soon!

Charm Bracelets

My friend Desi taught me how to make these charm bracelets. I apologize for the picture quality... I plan on taking another picture here soon. This is just my latest one... I need a picture of the one Desi helped me make when she was teaching me.

EDIT:

(I managed to loose this bracelet at Grandma's house and can't take a better picture until it is found).

Here is the very first charm bracelet that my friend taught me to make:

I wear it all the time!