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Submitted by Legba3 In this tutorial I'm using 1.2mm wire 5mm ID rings. AR for Forars Kaede should be around 4.1 - 4.2. Like Jen's Pind Linkage this weave is very AR sensitive, too tight and it just won't work, too loose and the pattern won't hold. I've decided I need to rewrite this article so here it is. Turn the chain 1/4 round for each ring you weave into it. The cross section of the chain should look like this 
Like JPL Forars Kaede has overlapping rows of rings, JPL has 3 rows FK has 4. Start by adding 2 closed rings to 1 open one and close it. 3 rings together 1-1. 
Overlap the two closed rings like this. 
Turn the chain 1/4 round towards you and put another ring in like this. 
Put an open ring in following the green line up and under into the eye. 
Like this. 
Turn the chain 1/4 towards you again and follow the green line with an open ring up and under through the eye. 
Like this. 
Turn the chain 1/4 towards you again 
and put an open ring in the eye again, just like before. 
You should now be able to see the pattern. 
Rinse, repeat. 
Hope this tutorial is a bit better now. View Printable Version |
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