Chainmaille Jewelry Pattern e-Book Matthew Woodbury Online Publication - Downloadable as pdf files Published 2005 Get highly detailed instructions for how to make chain maille or jump ring jewelry. Patterns are included for the following chains: flower link, byzantine (bird cage), 2-in-1, rope, spiral, 4-in-1 flat, 4-in-1 round, 4-in-1 alternate, butterfly, and box chains. Animated video shows exactly how to make the chains. Instructions are also included for making your own chainmaille assembly jig.

This is an e-book, which means you visit the host site to get the book (http://www.culturejewelry.com/). You pay for the book and download it, and then can save it on your computer or print it out to read like a conventional book. In addition, this e-book comes with video features, or movies, that you can click on to see exactly how to make the jewelry.

There are multiple sections to this book, for ease of download. First, there is a book on how to make chainmaille jewelry. This includes the best discussion on choosing and caring for pliers that I have ever seen. You'll learn about pliers and wire cutters, jump ring metals and sizing, how to open and close jump rings, how to add clasps, how to clean your jewelry, and how to calculate the materials you will need to complete a project. The second book is a pattern book for the following chains: flower link, byzantine (bird cage), 2-in-1, rope, spiral, 4-in-1 flat, 4-in-1 round, 4-in-1 alternate, butterfly, and box chains. A step-by-step video is available for each of these chains. The videos are very clear and easy to understand. The third book tells you exactly how to make a chainmaille assembly jig. The jig is an easy-to-assemble tool that essentially gives you an extra set of hands to hold your chainmaille as you work on it. This allows you to complete designs much more quickly.

The instructions allow you to freely design your own chains, with out without beads. You won't find any projects per se, but you will get highly detailed step-by-step tutorials on how to make chain maille chains, from start to finish. The convenience of downloading the book is appealing, plus there are animations so that you can actually watch each chain being constructed.

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