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.
 

J's Sterling Silver Byzantine Rose Bracelet

 I love making chain maille bracelets, especially Byzantine bracelets and variations of Byzantine.  The design is so beautiful and fun to make.

This bracelet is called Byzantine Rose, and it is made out of sterling silver rings.  I used a sterling lobster clasp with an adjustable chain.

The sterling rings are 16 gauge, 4.5 mm and 7 mm.  I really love how it turned out.

My notes:  1 oz. 4.5 mm 16 g.  1/2 oz. 7 mm, 16 g rings.  One whole segment Byzantine separated by a rose.  6 roses, 7 byzantine segments. Oval Lobster SS 16.8.  5 rings, adjustable.  About 7 5/8" - 8 1/2" finished.  

Silver 4.5 mm 16 g. 22 per inch in Byzantine.  Byzantine rose:  14 rings byzantine per inch  Flower, 3 rings per flower.  Smaller byzantine 18 g. 3.5 mm= 28 rings per inch.   2, 2, 2 rings, then flip.  Flower, then 2,2,2, flip. 

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.