More Chainmaille!

[kerravonsen]

I had these intentions to read books over my mini-break, but I did not read a single one.
Instead I started watching "Person of Interest", I made some chainmaille, and I fixed up the old server so I could scan in said chainmaille. The old server is now only used for one thing: the scanner, which is attached to it. Though I may also use it for text-to-speech conversion because of problems with Festival on Sabayon Linux (the old server is running Ubuntu Server 12.04 now).

But here's what you're waiting for: the pretties!

Red and gold necklace set:


(next item is not being shown because it's a present for someone on my flist!)

Pendant:

I actually made this before the break, but I hadn't been able to scan it in before now. My first attempt at maille wrapping! Though I tried multiple things before I got something that was stable. It's a rather heavy pendant. It will need a suitably heavy chain to go with it, I think.

Hair chain for MEEEEEE!


Though I think this hair chain is going to be too heavy to wear. It's made mostly of enamelled copper and anodized niobium, which means it isn't light like aluminium.

Edited to point to new offsite album

Comments

[vilakins]

The hair chain is so pretty, the way it gradually changes colour. How do you wear a hair chain?

[kerravonsen]

There's more than one way to do it, but the basic idea is to clip the alligator clip to one's hair and let the chain hang. Because this chain was so heavy (next time definitely using anodized aluminium) I didn't want to feel as if my hair was being yanked out, so I put my hair in a ponytail and attached the chain to the hair elastic; that meant that the load was spread a bit more and it didn't hurt. Then I split the ponytail into two and used the chain as the third strand in a braid. That worked nicely. Though it turned out that the chain was a little too short for that, I was left with about six inches at the end when I ran out of chain. I made that mistake because I'd been comparing the length of the chain with the length of my hair when it was in plaits, not when my hair was loose. I'll know better for the next one.

[vilakins]

Both of those sound lovely! I bet it looked stunning. My hair is even shorter now (urchin cut, similar to the icon) so there's not much I can do with mine, sadly. But at least it's no longer whipping into my eyes in the wind.

Elegant icon!

[kerravonsen]

My hair is even shorter now (urchin cut, similar to the icon) so there's not much I can do with mine, sadly.

Beaded hair clips? I'm intending to make a few for me (or for Middle Niece). The way it works, you get some hair clips which have a hole in the end so you can attach things to them (or maybe a bobby-pin would work too). Then you make some beaded dangles and attach them to the hair clip, and slip the clip into your hair. That kind of decoration works for any length of hair. With the nice beads you can get at your local craft shop, you could make something tres elegant, I think.

[vilakins]

Nice idea! My hair all comes forward at the moment, but I could change that if I wore a short length of beads.

[dozmuffinxc.livejournal.com]

So shiny!! The red and gold necklace reminds me of Melisandre from "Game of Thrones" :D

[kerravonsen]

8-)

I still want to do a Melisandre necklace some time, considering the amount of brain-space I used when we were discussing your costume.

[dozmuffinxc.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes! Yes! And once again, YES! :D

[kerravonsen]

Really? You'd still be interested in seeing such a thing, even though you already made your own?

I've now tracked down our original discussion here: http://dozmuffinxc.livejournal.com/343507.html

I'd be tempted to use the pendant above for the "red stone" part of the necklace, but it's very heavy, too heavy for a choker-style necklace, I think. That kind of bead on its own might work, though; I still have a few of those beads left.

It's interesting the things that have changed between then and now - now I'm in a position to make a fancy chain rather than buying one. Though I'm still enamoured of the plaited leather thonging idea too.

[dozmuffinxc.livejournal.com]

Of course I would! You make gorgeous jewelry, and I know that your design would be much better than mine. I also love the idea of fandom-based jewelry, and I'm sure it would be totally squee-worthy :D

[kerravonsen]

\o/

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Aw, these are beautiful and masterly made jewells!!!
Especially I love the pendant and your hair chain is fantastic!!!!

[kerravonsen]

8-) Thank you!

I plan on wearing the hair chain today, so we shall see if it is too heavy.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Can we hope for a picture?:-)

[kerravonsen]

No. It's rather difficult to take a photo of the back of one's head.