I have heard this weave called by several names; Japanese Serpent, Japanese Wave and Stepping Stones. I'll call it Japanese Serpent because that's the first name I heard. This is a very simple weave that takes no time at all to do.
Materials used:
2- silver ear wires
68- 20 gauge, 3.5mm silver jump rings
16- 18 gauge, 5.5mm silver jump rings
4- 18 gauge, 11mm silver jump rings
Instructions:
This would be easy enough to make just by looking at it, but after searching a few minutes I did find this tutorial: http://kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php/Stepping_Stone_Weave
Experience Level: Beginner
Approximate Time: 30 minutes
This is a very simple and versatile weave. If you look at the tutorial, you'll see that it is different than mine. First, they only used 2 ring sizes. Second, they doubled all the horizontal rings and the inner vertical rings, but only used single outer vertical rings. For earrings I chose not to do this because it would add to the weight. You will also notice that the large rings are slightly larger than mine. In fact, just about any ring size could be used for this; you would just need to increase the number of surrounding rings to reach halfway around the larger.) This is also a design that would adapt well to a variety of colors or metal combinations.
Today's Mental Note: Make sure you have enough rings for a project BEFORE you start. (Do you see where the missing ring is?)
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