Showing posts with label chain mail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chain mail. Show all posts

Monday, August 13, 2012

Quick rubber chain maille experiment

After seeing those rubber o-ring chain maille bracelets earlier today, I couldn't help but try to make one. It was slow going at first, but I managed to figure out a "helm weave" by looking at a completed bracelet.

I had EXACTLY enough large black rubber o-rings (and some cheapo, kinda ugly base metal jump rings that were a little too big for the project but OH WELL) to cobble together a really simple experiment bracelet. Onward to higher quality and better colors!

Rubber rings in chain maille designs

The newest item on my "try this!" list is chain maille using rubber o-rings:

This one is by Susan C. Thomas. Check out her personal gallery, I love these designs!

Have any readers ever tried this? Did you like it? It seems like it would be fun, relatively quick (depending on the design), and produce a comfortable thing to wear.