Author's Note
I wanted to contribute my tutorials to Chainmaillers.com to help ensure that the entire chainmaille community has access to them. The tutorials are presented here with the same images and text from my old site CGMaille. I hope they continue to help inspire you to learn and create many amazing pieces!
-Phong
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Half Persian 3-1 can make a great trim to finish off European 4-1. This tutorial covers a way to add Half Persian 3-1 to the side of European 4-1. By combining this tutorial and the tutorial for adding Half Persian 3-1 trim to the top of European 4-1, you can just about completely encircle an European 4-1 patch with Half Persian 3-1.
Aspect Ratio & Ring Sizes
In order to make sure everything fits, I recommend rings with an AR of at least 5 for the Half Persian 3-1 chain and the connecting European 4-1 rings. You can drop it down a bit for the rest of the European 4-1 rings.
Tutorial Color Scheme
For this tutorial, silver rings are European 4-1 rings. Gold rings are Half Persian 3-1 rings.
Step 1:Make a HP3-1 chain. Pretty simple so far, no?
Step 2: Connect a ring to the 3 left-most bottom-row rings. It should make the same style connection that's used in HP3-1 Sheet 6. That is, bring it up through the leftest-most ring, and then down through the eye formed from the 2nd and 3rd leftiest rings.
So much for simple.
Step 3: Repeat Step 2, this time with the 3rd, 4th and 5th rings. This is still a HP3-1S6 connection; you've just skipped the ring in between.
Step 4: Continue all the way to the end of the HP3-1 chain. If things don't completely line up at the end, improvise.
Step 5: Connect a row of rings E4-1-style to the 3 rings you added in the previous steps.
Step 6: Add the rest of the E4-1 rings.
I wanted to contribute my tutorials to Chainmaillers.com to help ensure that the entire chainmaille community has access to them. The tutorials are presented here with the same images and text from my old site CGMaille. I hope they continue to help inspire you to learn and create many amazing pieces!
-Phong
Weave Background
Half Persian 3-1 can make a great trim to finish off European 4-1. This tutorial covers a way to add Half Persian 3-1 to the side of European 4-1. By combining this tutorial and the tutorial for adding Half Persian 3-1 trim to the top of European 4-1, you can just about completely encircle an European 4-1 patch with Half Persian 3-1.
Aspect Ratio & Ring Sizes
In order to make sure everything fits, I recommend rings with an AR of at least 5 for the Half Persian 3-1 chain and the connecting European 4-1 rings. You can drop it down a bit for the rest of the European 4-1 rings.
Tutorial Color Scheme
For this tutorial, silver rings are European 4-1 rings. Gold rings are Half Persian 3-1 rings.
Step 1:Make a HP3-1 chain. Pretty simple so far, no?
Step 2: Connect a ring to the 3 left-most bottom-row rings. It should make the same style connection that's used in HP3-1 Sheet 6. That is, bring it up through the leftest-most ring, and then down through the eye formed from the 2nd and 3rd leftiest rings.
So much for simple.
Step 3: Repeat Step 2, this time with the 3rd, 4th and 5th rings. This is still a HP3-1S6 connection; you've just skipped the ring in between.
Step 4: Continue all the way to the end of the HP3-1 chain. If things don't completely line up at the end, improvise.
Step 5: Connect a row of rings E4-1-style to the 3 rings you added in the previous steps.
Step 6: Add the rest of the E4-1 rings.
