K's St. Patrick's Day Bracelet

 I love how this bracelet turned out, but it was challenging.  The pattern is called Swirls Chainmaille Bracelet by Tanya Hlabse, and it is available as a kit from Weave Got Maille.

The green four-ring mobius is made first, and then attached to the large wider ring with tiny silver rings.  It's difficult to hold the mobius since the rings want to flip around as you are trying to attach it.

So, I decided to join two green rings together, and then attach each of those to the larger ring.  Then add a 3rd ring to the first two and attach it to the larger ring.  And finally, weave a 4th green ring into the center of the 3 green rings and attach this ring to the outside ring.  This made it so much easier.  You have to make sure the rings lie in the correct direction, with each ring on top of the previous rings.  

It's difficult to weave the tiny silver rings between the green rings and the wide outer ring.  They have to be opened quite a bit to go over the wide ring, and there isn't a lot of room for the pliers. So, it takes some time to make this piece, and I used my thinnest pliers.

I made her bracelet adjustable by adding a few rings.  It was a fun and challenging piece.

My notes:  K's wrist about 6 1/4".  Bracelet almost 7" plus 3 or 4 rings to make it adjustable.  7 Swirls, then each side: 3 green, 3 silver small swirl, 3 greens.  Then one silver ring and clasp for one side; 4 silver rings for the other side.  I may take off a ring or two if she doesn't need the extra  length.
 

Christmas Bracelets

I made my granddaughters each a Christmas chain maille bracelet.  A's bracelet is a Byzantine Rose bracelet.  I made it Christmassy by making the "rose" segments red and green.  The rings are bright aluminum and colored aluminum. 

I made it adjustable since I wasn't sure exactly how long to make it.  I'm really happy with the finished bracelet.

I made Jingle Bell Bracelets for my other 2 granddaughters.  The pattern is available from Weave Got Maille.  The chain maille pattern is called sweet pea, and I like the tutorial by Aussie Maille on YouTube.  It's easier to make if you make the chain first, and then work on each segment.  The chain has 2 rings of a color for each sweet pea segment. Each segment has 6 rings of the same color.

 The Jingle Bell Bracelet turned out so cute!  

My notes:  K's, 6 3/4" + 4 rings, adjustable. A's 6 complete segments of Byzantine with 5 roses.  End with 4 rings = 7 1/2" finished to last ring.  Each Byzantine segment is about 3/4" and each rose is about 1/4" .  N's 6 1/4" (1st ring) to almost 7" last ring (4 rings to make it adjustable).  These bracelets are bulky, so you need a little more length. K's wrist is 6 1/4".  Byzantine almost 7" and added a ring or two.
Sweet Pea: 16 g. 4.75 mm ID rings.  Byzantine Rose: 16 g 4.5 mm ID and 16 g 7.0 mm ID for rose. Can use 18 g  3.5 mm ID and 18 g  6.0 mm ID for rose.  I used awg size rings.
I like to make the byzantine section, then add a ring for the rose through the 2 end rings.  Add a ring through the 2 end rings and through the first ring and repeat with a 3rd ring.  It seems easier than making the rose unit and attaching it to the end of the byzantine section.

Bead Weaving for Bracelets--Patriotic and Parakeets

Making bracelets on a bead loom is quick and easy.  My granddaughters love them!

I started this patriotic bracelet for my granddaughter on my Northwest beading loom.  I love the pattern, which I found on Pinterest.  I used size 8 seed beads by Toho and OneG thread. I have two more of these to make before the 4th of July.

I wove in the ends and added a lobster adjustable clasp.

My two granddaughters love their parakeets, so I made this parakeet bracelet, and I have one more to make.  Size 8 Toho beads and OneG thread.

I wove in the ends and added an adjustable lobster clasp.

Finally, I made a bracelet using my granddaughter's school colors and an easy macrame finish.

My notes: Patriotic, K, 6" wrist, so 6 1/2" finished. 5 1/4" beads, clasp 1 1/4". Beading 5 3/8". 9" across =3/4". 2 repeats 4 3/4". End 4 blue, 1 red, 4 blue, then add to each side.
N, school bracelet, 5 1/4" wrist. Hearts, 7 beads, 8 threads.  4 hearts =2 3/4". 24 rows, then decrease each side. 5, 3, 3, wrap around warp threads several times and take weft through several rows, knot, thru several rows, knot, thru several rows,cut. 
Parakeet, K 6" wrist, so 6 1/2".  41 rows = 4/3/4". taper both ends so approx 5 1/4". 11, 9, 7 each side = 5 1/4". 12 mm 15 mm lobster clasp.