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 Sheet 6 can be made with reversed orientations, but how do you join them into one piece? There are several ways to do so; this tutorial shows how to join it using a strip of Interwoven 4-1. You can also use 3/4 Persian, Elfweave, and Double Gridlock.
Aspect Ratio & Ring Sizes
Half Persian 3-1 sheet 6 needs AR's of 5.0 and up, such as 20awg 3/16", 18swg 1/4" and 16swg 5/16". Interwoven 4-1 also works with these sizes.
Metric sizes - approximately 0.8mm wire/4.8mm ID; 1.2mm wire/6.4mm ID; and 1.6mm wire/8mm ID.
Tutorial Color Scheme
New rings are gold and old rings are steel.
Step 1: Make two patches of HP3-1 Sheet 6 with opposite orientations and lay them out as shown.
Step 2: Pass an open ring through the top two edge rings that are coming 'up' out of the weave, for both patches.
Step 3: Pass another open ring through the next 4 rings that are coming 'up' out of the weave. The upper two of these rings were used in the previous step; the lower two are from a new row.
Step 4: Repeat all the way down the side. The last ring you add should only go through 2 rings.
Step 5: Turn the whole thing over, and add a ring to the 2 edge rings that are pointing 'up' at you. It should blend in with the very top row of rings.
Step 6: Connect a ring through the two rings from the last step, and the next two rings.
Step 7: Repeat all the way down the side.
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 Sheet 6 can be made with reversed orientations, but how do you join them into one piece? There are several ways to do so; this tutorial shows how to join it using a strip of Interwoven 4-1. You can also use 3/4 Persian, Elfweave, and Double Gridlock.
Aspect Ratio & Ring Sizes
Half Persian 3-1 sheet 6 needs AR's of 5.0 and up, such as 20awg 3/16", 18swg 1/4" and 16swg 5/16". Interwoven 4-1 also works with these sizes.
Metric sizes - approximately 0.8mm wire/4.8mm ID; 1.2mm wire/6.4mm ID; and 1.6mm wire/8mm ID.
Tutorial Color Scheme
New rings are gold and old rings are steel.
Step 1: Make two patches of HP3-1 Sheet 6 with opposite orientations and lay them out as shown.
Step 2: Pass an open ring through the top two edge rings that are coming 'up' out of the weave, for both patches.
Step 3: Pass another open ring through the next 4 rings that are coming 'up' out of the weave. The upper two of these rings were used in the previous step; the lower two are from a new row.
Step 4: Repeat all the way down the side. The last ring you add should only go through 2 rings.
Step 5: Turn the whole thing over, and add a ring to the 2 edge rings that are pointing 'up' at you. It should blend in with the very top row of rings.
Step 6: Connect a ring through the two rings from the last step, and the next two rings.
Step 7: Repeat all the way down the side.
