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
Weave Background
Half Persian 3-1 is a good weave for cabochon wraps, among other things. It's generally considered the 'easier younger sibling' to Half Persian 4-1. Half Persian 3-1 can be extended into Half Persian Sheet 5, Half Persian Sheet 6 and GSG.
Aspect Ratio & Ring Sizes
Half Persian 3-1 takes an AR of around 3.9. It can go a wee bit tighter, but it gets hard to work with. 24awg 5/64", 22awg 1/8", 20awg 5/32", 18swg 3/16", 16swg 1/4" work.
Metric sizes - approximately 0.5mm wire/2mm ID; 0.64mm wire/3.2mm ID; 0.8mm wire/4mm ID; 1.2mm wire/4.75mm ID; and 1.6mm wire/6.4mm ID.
Tutorial Color Scheme
New rings are gold and old rings are steel.
Step 1: Close 2 rings and put them on a third. Lay them out so the bottom rings point to the right.
Step 1a: Take the rightmost ring and carefully rotate it, as if you were unscrewing it.
Step 2: Close a ring and put it on an open ring. Pass the open ring up through the 2 bottom rings from the previous step. Make sure it doesn't go through the top ring from the previous step.
Step 3: Close another ring and put it on an open ring. Pass the open ring through the second and third bottom ring. Make sure it doesn't go through any of the top rings.
Step 4: Repeat Step 3 until the chain is the desired length.
Step 5: When you reach the end of the chain, add an open ring as usual. You don't need a closed ring for this last one.
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 is a good weave for cabochon wraps, among other things. It's generally considered the 'easier younger sibling' to Half Persian 4-1. Half Persian 3-1 can be extended into Half Persian Sheet 5, Half Persian Sheet 6 and GSG.
Aspect Ratio & Ring Sizes
Half Persian 3-1 takes an AR of around 3.9. It can go a wee bit tighter, but it gets hard to work with. 24awg 5/64", 22awg 1/8", 20awg 5/32", 18swg 3/16", 16swg 1/4" work.
Metric sizes - approximately 0.5mm wire/2mm ID; 0.64mm wire/3.2mm ID; 0.8mm wire/4mm ID; 1.2mm wire/4.75mm ID; and 1.6mm wire/6.4mm ID.
Tutorial Color Scheme
New rings are gold and old rings are steel.
Step 1: Close 2 rings and put them on a third. Lay them out so the bottom rings point to the right.
Step 1a: Take the rightmost ring and carefully rotate it, as if you were unscrewing it.
Step 2: Close a ring and put it on an open ring. Pass the open ring up through the 2 bottom rings from the previous step. Make sure it doesn't go through the top ring from the previous step.
Step 3: Close another ring and put it on an open ring. Pass the open ring through the second and third bottom ring. Make sure it doesn't go through any of the top rings.
Step 4: Repeat Step 3 until the chain is the desired length.
Step 5: When you reach the end of the chain, add an open ring as usual. You don't need a closed ring for this last one.
