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How to weave a strip of scalemaille. This tutorial demonstrates a few different techniques of how to weave a strip of scalemaille.

With the large scales from www.theringlord.com use 16ga 5/16" With the 1" scales from the ring lord use 18ga 3/16".

How to speed weave a scalemaille turbine pendant. Tutorial demonstrating how to do a scalemaille "turbine" pendant, where the scales are radially arranged inside a ring like they were a wind-turbine. Not sure that I would call it "speed-weaving" though. But hey, tutorial, yay!

I like this version of crochet scale-maille; it looks as if the scales are going to sit well and not wobble. This is for large scales; I suspect to get this to work with small scales would require thinner yarn and a smaller hook; to scale down with the scaled-down scales.

This little pouch uses round aluminum tags crocheted into the design to create the scaled effect. It's just the right size to carry just a few dice, or to use a coin/money bag. (See http://www.donteatthepaste.com/2013/06/crochet-scale-pouch-pattern.html)

Knitting with scales, the loom-knitting method. This method will probably work for crochet as well. The secret is: knit the item first, then add the scales by doing scale-maille while linking the scales to the knitting as well as each other.