Another easy weave. This is a weave of hooking a pair of rings through the previous 2 pairs of rings to form a chain.
Materials used:
2 silver ear wires
2- 18 gauge, 5/32 in. anodized aluminum jump rings
28- 18 gauge, 1/4 in. anodized aluminum jump rings (I used a combination of 8 pink, 12 magenta, and 8 purple rings)
Instructions:
Again, for this design I followed the instructions of someone else. http://www.beadingtimes.com/project0406.htm
Experience Level: Beginner
Approximate Time: 20 minutes
I was a little worried that this pair would turn out to be a little harder than it was. I change the material and the size of the rings. That is usually enough to mess things up for me. Changing the ring size or wire gauge throws off the balance of how the rings fit together. They can either have too small of an inside diameter and it's too tight to get all the rings in; or if the inside diameter is too big the rings look all loose and sloppy. Oh sure there's a formula (called Aspect Ratio) that helps you figure out if you can make a certain pattern with a certain gauge and ring size, but I hate math. So I just usually try a ring and hope it works. And if it doesn't, I go to a different size. Luckily the changes I made on this one worked out pretty well.
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