Japanese Ball Earrings:
Looks like a difficult weave, but it really isn't. It is just a unit of Japanese 5-1 that has been folded in on itself to form a ball.
I think I used 52 rings on just the one earring that I made
cute little gem bead on a looped head pin
Instructions:
http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=108607
Experience Level: Intermediate
Approximate Time: 20 minutes
I didn't use the right rings for this one, but it was the only size on hand that I had enough rings to make even one earring. It came out too loose and sloppy. The tutorial suggested using a bead as "stuffing" to help give it a rounder shape. I would have tried it but this was the second epic fail weave of the day and I was just really tired. I think I will try the bead stuffing idea as well as use some colored rings next time. I was afraid to try more than one color of ring initially because I wasn't sure I could keep the pattern straight. If I use one color for the double connections and another color for the single connections it wouldn't be too hard. I will play around with it and post follow up pictures of any of the designs that I rework (assuming I was able to make the rework work...)
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