Starting and finishing inverted round and turkish round

[Ginger Garnitz]

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Starting and finishing inverted round and turkish round - How to start and finish inverted round and turkish round

This is Matthew Woodbury's method that works for starting and finishing inverted round and Turkish round for adding a clasp (as far as I can find, you can't buy his original tutorial, Queen Lucy's Lace, that includes this approach any more, so I am sharing the technique in my own words) start:

Close two rings 1 ID smaller than your weave rings, close a third ring about 1/2 the ID of the other 2 and put it between the two other rings OoO. ( ex: 2 4mm rings, and 1 2.5 mm rings for a weave that...

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[Mimi]

This is an intriguing way to start/finish. I learned by using The Bead Man's tutorial to start by putting the 3 starting rings on tape then wrapping that around a pencil or dowel. http://www.thebeadman.com/free-instructions/open-round-jump-ring-chain

 

[Stormy]

Very good info. I feel like I'm in kindergarten because I need pics to grasp most chainmaille stuff. :/

 

[jvbs]

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Stormy, I am a visual learner as well. Just reading the words is like trying to learn klingon to me. I can learn from pictures with no words, but not from words with no pictures