What started it all???

I was searching the internet looking for instructions for making a pair of earrings for my father's "lady friend". I used to make bead jewelry (eons ago), but none of that was really catching my fancy. Then I saw a pair of beautiful earrings made of jump rings. I could do that! I had worked with jump rings many times before and already had lots of the tools needed. From there it exploded! By "it" I mean "everything". I researched designs, bought supplies, made a few pieces, got an Etsy account and opened a shop.
But how do I motivate myself to come up with new designs? I don't want to just make the same few pieces over and over again.
Answer: I have decided to take part in a "Pair-A-Day-For-A-Month" Earring challenge. I'll make a new pair every day for all of January. Follow along with me to see if I can really do it. If I can, maybe I'll start a "Bracelet-A-Week" project next!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Day 26

Full Persian Chain Earrings:
A nice weave that looks like rope. Once learned, it's fairly easy to construct.

 
Materials used:
2- silver earwires
4- 20 gauge, 4mm silver jump rings
48- 20 gauge, 6mm silver jump rings
2- silver head pins
2- 9mm glass beads

Instructions:
http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=168
Add a loped bead to the bottom and an earwire at the top.

Experience Level: Intermediate
Approximate Time: 1 hour

The hardest thing about this weave is getting it started. Trying to get all the rings facing the right way and keeping them that way while I wove on another ring took some time and patience. Once I got a few links done it got easier. I found with the second earring that if I stuck an opened up paper clip in the rings to help keep them separated while I wove on the first set of rings it really helped. 
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