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| Day 22: I made this gold and freshwater pearl wire-wrapped ring to match the necklace and earrings that I made the previous week. It's simple, but I rather like it. |
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| Day 23: Micromaille copper finger ring made from 24 gauge wire using a simple European 4 in 1 pattern. It's comfy to wear. |
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| Day 24: Micromaille copper earrings with green freshwater pearls and labradorite beads. I had a small bit of Byzantine weave done from a previous project out of the same rings I was using for the previous day's project, and someone jokingly held it up to his ear and said, "Oh look, this would make a lovely earring for me." So I made a pair of earrings using that pattern, but I didn't want them to be too plain, so I added the beads. |
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| Day 25: When I made this necklace, I was originally intending to make dangly earrings, and I was organizing little bits of leftover chain on a headpin to see if I could find any in comparable lengths that would be useful for earrings. This evolved into arranging them into descending order by length, and I liked how it looked, so I evened it out and turned it into the focal point for a necklace. I think this design could use some fine-tuning, but I like the concept, so there's a good chance that you'll see similar designs from me in the future. |
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| Day 26: I had wanted to make something like the ring I made the next day, but I didn't have the right gauge of wire with me (we were still in Cambria for Thanksgiving at this point). After several failed attempts to make wire-wrapped rings with the wrong gauge of wire I gave up in disgust and made this very simple silver chainmail bracelet instead. I feel like it's beneath my skill level as an artisan and it's not very interesting, but it's not really bad-looking either, so I guess it's ok. |
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| Day 27: This was the day that we got back home from Cambria, and I had the right wire to make the ring that I wanted to make, so I made it. It was kind of hard to make all 4 strands of the ring perfectly even, but eventually I got it. I like it, but I think I like the gold and pearl ring better. |
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| Day 28: Silver chainmail bracelet, Mystique weave. I knew I wouldn't have much time for involved chainmail projects in the future, because it was just a couple of days before I started my new job (which is why it took me so long to write this post: less free time), so I wanted to make something nice and somewhat intricate looking. I am pleased with it, and think it somewhat redeems me from my pathetic efforts of day 26. |
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| Day 29: Silver necklace with amethyst and moonstone beads. I think it came out okay but not great. |
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| Day 30: Dangly silver earrings with amethyst beads. I think they're okay but not the most interesting design I've made. |
