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Join us for our next Chain Maille Project video where we teach you a project based on weaves we have already shown you, rather than the weave itself Today we are showing you how to weave up this fabulous project, Moorish Rose Flower Pendant. To make the hearts we suggest the following components: Ideal Sizes: 16G(1.2mm) x 9/32\(7.14mm)ID x 18 (main colour) 16G(1.2mm) x 9/32\(7.14mm)ID x 12 (second colour) 16G(1.2mm) x 3/16\(4.76mm)ID x 7 Alternate (demonstrated) Version 14G(1.6mm) x 3/8\(9.53mm)ID x 18 (main colour) 14G(1.6mm) x 3/8\(9.53mm)ID x 12 (second colour) 16G(1.2mm) x 6.75mmID x 7 Plus whatever cord and ring/bail you need to attach the pendant to it. Aimed at Advanced Maillers. Original weave submission on MAIL (Maille Artisans International League) website credited to djgm https://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/weavedisplay.php?key=1078

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Crochet leaf/heart 3D lace flat cord. This tutorial takes a while to get into the actual tutorial, but it does show clearly how to make these very pretty leaves. Yarn: 55% Cotton, 45% Polyacrylic, 160m in 50g ( or 330m in 50g), 5 ply and crochet hook Crochet Hook size 2mm or 2.25mm (4 or 2 US standards). Tutorial 198

In this video from Aussie Maille you will learn how to make an Olivia Necklace.

Various suggestions for things to decorate with acrylic skins. Also a demonstration of making pendants with bezels, cabochons and E-6000 glue. The interesting thing here is that the videoer considers it sufficient to just glue the cabochon down (rather than gluing the skin down first), because that will hold everything in place underneath it, presumably because the cabochon will glue itself to the bezel sides. Worth a try.

Macrame owl tutorial, in Russian, but since it is 95% visuals, the language doesn't matter. This design has the interesting features of: (a) tufty owl ears, (b) the wings are joined to the body with half-hitches over multiple cords, (c) the binding for the tail is done with whipping rather than square knots or half-hitches. This makes it a bit more uniform.

This tutorial shows how to wrap a stone or a cabochon with macrame. This is using the "looping technique", where a braid of square knots is made with loops on either side, and then the cord is threaded through the loops and tightened to hold the cabochon in place. This method is versatile, because one can change the size of the loops to capture larger or more irregular stones. This tutorial itself is rather long, probably longer than it needs to be. It covers not only the cabochon-wrapping, but three different methods of finishing off the pendant/necklace as well.

Interesting bead-stringing technique using TWO strands of "stringing wire" (AKA tigertail). This requires pretty-coloured tigertail because the tigertail is going to be visible rather than covered entirely with beads. This is done by alternating between stringing the beads on single wires (one or both) and stringing the beads on two wires together, with enough space between the beads that the tigertail is exposed. Because the beads alternate in this way, the beads strung on both wires together hold the other beads in position, as the stiff-but-flexible tigertail opens with the separate wires, and closes when the wires are strung together.

The author describes the necklace as "amazingly colorful, stylish couture necklace" but I don't think so. Plastic beads are plastic beads. However, I do like the idea of making links with zip-ties strung with (glass) beads. It has interesting chain-maille-ish potential, if one could do a maille weave that was more than the usual 2-in-1 chain.

Pendants made using nesting punches and metallic acrylic paints, domed with resin to make beautiful jewelry, buttons and more.

String the beads onto wire (wire which is thick enough to hold its shape, and thin enough to string the beads onto) and then wrap it into a long coil, and use the beaded coil as the centrepiece of a necklace strung onto leather. Cool idea.