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This short video shows the difference that 1/32 of an inch can make. The pink Celtic Stars was made with the “wrong” size in the centre, while the blue was made with the smaller “correct” size. I like both for different purposes.

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A chainmail ornament in the Celtic Star pattern, made from anodized aluminum rings in shades of pink and silver, lying on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail ornament in the Celtic Star pattern, made from anodized aluminum rings in shades of blue and silver, lying on a neutral fabric background.

…and is much more rigid, like I expected them to be. But if I hadn’t used the wrong size, I may never have thought to use them in this design, and I’m really happy with these! Bob Ross was right: no mistakes, just happy little accidents!
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The Celtic star hand-flower bracelet from the previous photo, lying by itself on a neutral cloth background to show the construction. Unclasped, the bracelet lies flat, showing the chains connecting the Celtic star to the bracelet, and also the full two finger loops at the top.

Two chainmail ornaments in the Celtic Star pattern, made from anodized aluminum rings. The top one is in shades of pink and silver, while the bottom one is in shades of blue and silver. They are lying together on a neutral fabric background.

Funny enough, one size of ring that I’ve been using for the Celtic Stars turned out to be a slightly bigger size than I thought they were, and that’s why they were turning out much looser than I expected. The blue was done in the “correct” sizes,…
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A Celtic star hand-flower bracelet, made from anodized aluminum rings in shades of green and silver, lying on a neutral cloth background to show the construction. Unclasped, the bracelet lies flat, showing the chains connecting the Celtic star to the bracelet, and also the full two finger loops at the top. Two more Celtic Stars, one in shades of pink and silver, the other in shades of blue and silver, lie on either side of the hand flower.

A chainmail hand-flower bracelet, made from anodized aluminum rings in various shades of green and silver. A five point Celtic star is the centrepiece, laying with a point straight back towards the wrist. That and the two adjacent points are connected by fine chains to a wide bracelet in the European 4-in-1 style, while the final two points have matching chains forming loops that go around the index and ring fingers. Modelled by myself against a neutral cloth background.

The fruits of last night’s stream! I made three Celtic Stars, and then turned one into a hand flower bracelet! The pink one will also become a hand flower, but the blue will probably become a pendant.
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A close-up of the newly repaired and improved collar closure section and leaf shaped clasp on my Elven cloak costume piece. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric. The clasp is a metal and green enamel pin made in the image of the Lothlorien leaf clasps from The Lord of the Rings. The corners of the closure section have been overlapped and sewn together, with the pin permanently fixed in place overtop of the seams.

A close-up of the newly repaired and improved collar closure section and leaf shaped clasp on my Elven cloak costume piece, modelled on myself. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric. The clasp is a metal and green enamel pin made in the image of the Lothlorien leaf clasps from The Lord of the Rings. The corners of the closure section have been overlapped and sewn together, with the pin permanently fixed in place overtop of the seams. My neck and chin are visible with the cloak around my shoulders and chest.

…the cloak itself, it never needs to come off again. If the handy-man’s secret weapon is duct tape, then the cosplayer’s secret weapon is hot glue! As long as it isn’t visible, then it’s no problem!
Now I have a much more secure and permanent cloak closure, and I think it looks better too!
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A close-up view of my hand holding the clasp of my Elven cloak costume piece. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric. The clasp is a metal and green enamel pin made in the image of the Lothlorien leaf clasps from The Lord of the Rings, though only visible edge-on in this picture. Now affixed in place over the sewn together closure of the cloak, the metal pin has been hot-glued shut to secure it. A large blob of glue covers the end of the pin and the mechanism to hold it shut. The white cardboard background is my hot-gluing surface.

A close-up view of my hand holding the clasp of my Elven cloak costume piece. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric. The clasp is a metal and green enamel pin made in the image of the Lothlorien leaf clasps from The Lord of the Rings, though only visible from the back in this picture. Now affixed in place over the sewn together closure of the cloak, the metal pin has been hot-glued shut to secure it. A large blob of glue covers the end of the pin and the mechanism to hold it shut. The white cardboard background is my hot-gluing surface.

…lifted over the head and never unpinned anyways, so it’s perfectly reasonable to just fasten them permanently. This also hid the hole worn by the leaf pin back when it was inappropriately load-bearing. Then I positioned the leaf broach over top, and hot-glued it shut, as likewise to…
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The collar closure section of my Elven cloak costume piece, now sewn together securely with two lines of grey thread, running along and just under the seam where the hood is attached to the body of the cloak. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric, and is sitting on a wooden floor.

An inner view of the collar closure section of my Elven cloak costume piece, now sewn together securely with two lines of grey thread, running along and just under the seam where the hood is attached to the body of the cloak. The new stitching is hard to see on this side, as the inner hems are still somewhat messy, though not nearly as bad as before. The hole worn by the clasp is still visible on this side, but is in the overlapping section of fabric, so as to not be visible on the outside. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric, and is sitting on a wooden floor.

…what I was doing as a tailor; as opposed to now, when I have improved to barely any idea what I’m doing. 😂
To fix all this, I removed the fasteners completely, (and trimmed up the frayed threads) and simply sewed the corners of the collar section together. Historically, many cloaks were simply…
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The closure section of my Elven cloak costume piece, now with the leaf clasp removed, letting the closure sit open. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric, and is sitting on a wooden floor. The clasp is a metal and green enamel pin made in the image of the Lothlorien leaf clasps from The Lord of the Rings, sitting on the floor between the two sides of the cloak. The metal closure loops from the previous picture are visible peeking out from underneath the fabric, as are many frayed threads. There is a noticeable threadbare hole in the fabric, where the pin from the clasp wore through while holding it shut.

The corners of the closure section of my Elven cloak costume piece sitting open and folded over to display the inside. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric, and is sitting on a wooden floor. The metal closure loops from the previous photos have been cut loose, and are sitting on the floor between the sides of the cloak. With the corners turned to show the inside, you can also see that the frayed threads from the previous photos have been trimmed away and cleaned up. The hole from the clasp is still visible on the right hand piece of fabric.

…basically on the Mallorn leaf broach, which was designed to be decorative, not load-bearing. Also, you can see in the pictures that there were a whole lot of random loose threads from frayed edges at the hemlines. All of this is because I made this cloak years ago, when I had no idea…
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A close-up of the collar closure section and leaf shaped clasp on my Elven cloak costume piece. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric, and is sitting on a wooden floor. The clasp is a metal and green enamel pin made in the image of the Lothlorien leaf clasps from The Lord of the Rings. Numerous frayed threads are visible.

The inside of the collar closure section of my Elven cloak costume piece. The cloak is made from a neutral grey-green fabric, and is sitting on a wooden floor. The closure section includes several metal closure devices (shaped vaguely like the outline of a goldfish cracker) which have been crudely sewn onto the inside of the cloak with grey thread. Frayed threads from the hems are all over the place.

My elven cloak was badly in need of some repairs. The fasteners that I had originally added to it were not designed to hold something closed in the way that I had positioned them, and so all of the weight of the closure was…
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An orange triceratops stuffed animal wearing an incomplete chainmail shirt. The shirt is made from anodized aluminum in the European 4-in-1 weave. The rings are a matte golden colour, sold under the colour name “Sand”. The shirt is still missing sleeves, and has visibly incomplete rows at the bottom. The stuffy is sitting facing the camera on a neutral fabric background.

An orange triceratops stuffed animal wearing an incomplete chainmail shirt. The shirt is made from anodized aluminum in the European 4-in-1 weave. The rings are a matte golden colour, sold under the colour name “Sand”. The shirt is still missing sleeves, and has visibly incomplete rows at the bottom. The stuffy is sitting facing to the right on a neutral fabric background.

An orange triceratops stuffed animal wearing an incomplete chainmail shirt. The shirt is made from anodized aluminum in the European 4-in-1 weave. The rings are a matte golden colour, sold under the colour name “Sand”. The shirt is still missing sleeves, and has visibly incomplete rows at the bottom. The stuffy is sitting facing away from the camera on a neutral fabric background.

An orange triceratops stuffed animal wearing an incomplete chainmail shirt. The shirt is made from anodized aluminum in the European 4-in-1 weave. The rings are a matte golden colour, sold under the colour name “Sand”. The shirt is still missing sleeves, and has visibly incomplete rows at the bottom. The stuffy is sitting facing to the left on a neutral fabric background.

This is something I’ve been very excited to debut: stuffy armor! This little guy is going to be my display model! Technically his shirt isn’t quite done yet, which is why this is a #WiPWednesday, but it’s close! What should I name him?

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A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in green and black, with green rings forming the “boxes” of the pattern, with the black as connecting rings. The bracelet is modelled on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a repeating pattern of blue, golden-yellow, and red. The bracelet is modelled on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a repeating pattern of champagne, pale yellow, and golden rings, producing a mottled golden appearance. The bracelet is modelled on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are mono-coloured in a steely-grey shade sold under the colour name “Black Ice”. The bracelet is modelled on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

You can really see in the comparison pics how the smaller rings make a tighter weave, while the larger rings make a looser, more open style. I plan to do more of these comparison posts showing off the different variations you can make within the same weaves, especially with Byzantine!
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Four chainmail bracelets in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and in order from top to bottom, the bracelets are coloured as follows: a repeating pattern of blue, golden-yellow, and red; green and black, with green rings forming the “boxes” of the pattern, with the black as connecting rings; a repeating pattern of champagne, pale yellow, and golden rings, producing a mottled golden appearance; and mono-coloured in a steely-grey shade sold under the colour name “Black Ice”. The top two bracelets are made with slightly smaller rings than the bottom two, resulting in a tighter looking weave. The bracelets are modelled together on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

Two chainmail bracelets in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and the top bracelet is coloured in a repeating pattern of champagne, pale yellow, and golden rings, producing a mottled golden appearance, while the bottom bracelet is mono-coloured in a steely-grey shade sold under the colour name “Black Ice”. They have several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a lobster clasp at the other. The bracelets are laid out straight on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a repeating pattern of champagne, pale yellow, and golden rings, producing a mottled golden appearance. It has several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a golden coloured lobster clasp at the other. The bracelet is laid out in a backwards “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are mono-coloured in a steely-grey shade sold under the colour name “Black Ice”. It has several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a silver coloured lobster clasp at the other. The bracelet is laid out in a backwards “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

but I’m also aiming to show off two slightly different styles based on ring sizes. All the bracelets were made with 18 gauge wire rings, but the gold and silver ones were made with 3/16 inch inner diameters (or ID), and the other two have the smaller 5/32 ID.
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Four chainmail bracelets in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and in order from top-left to bottom-right, the bracelets are coloured as follows: a repeating pattern of blue, golden-yellow, and red; green and black, with green rings forming the “boxes” of the pattern, with the black as connecting rings; a repeating pattern of champagne, pale yellow, and golden rings, producing a mottled golden appearance; and mono-coloured in a steely-grey shade sold under the colour name “Black Ice”. They have several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a lobster clasp at the other. The top two bracelets are made with slightly smaller rings than the bottom two, resulting in a tighter looking weave. The bracelets are laid out straight on a neutral fabric background.

Two chainmail bracelets in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and the top bracelet is coloured in a repeating pattern of blue, golden-yellow, and red, while the bottom bracelet is coloured in green and black, with green rings forming the “boxes” of the pattern, with the black as connecting rings. They have several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a lobster clasp at the other. The bracelets are laid out straight on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in green and black, with green rings forming the “boxes” of the pattern, with the black as connecting rings. It has several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a silver coloured lobster clasp at the other. The bracelet is laid out in a backwards “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Byzantine weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a repeating pattern of blue, golden-yellow, and red. It has several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a golden coloured lobster clasp at the other. The bracelet is laid out in a backwards “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

These bracelets are in the Byzantine weave, which is one of my favourites because it’s so simple yet so versatile! In this post I’m obviously playing with colours and patterns,…
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A chainmail bracelet in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a rainbow pattern that repeats down the length of the bracelet. The bracelet is modelled on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a pattern of dark blue, light blue, and black that repeats down the length of the bracelet. The bracelet is modelled on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

Two chainmail bracelets in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and the left bracelet is coloured in a pattern of dark blue, light blue, and black that repeats down the length of the bracelet, while the right bracelet is in a repeating rainbow pattern. They have several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a lobster clasp at the other. The bracelets are laid out nested together in a reverse “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

In non-technical-jargon, that means that the rings are smaller, but have the same relationship between wire thickness and ring diameter, so they can be used in the same weaves. The end result is something a little more delicate looking, and I think they turned out really nice!
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Two chainmail bracelets in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and one bracelet is coloured in a pattern of dark blue, light blue, and black that repeats down the length of the bracelet, while the other bracelet is in a repeating rainbow pattern. The bracelets are modelled together on my wrist against a neutral fabric background.

Two chainmail bracelets in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and the top bracelet is coloured in a pattern of dark blue, light blue, and black that repeats down the length of the bracelet, while the bottom bracelet is in a repeating rainbow pattern. They have several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a lobster clasp at the other. The bracelets are laid out straight on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a pattern of dark blue, light blue, and black that repeats down the length of the bracelet. It has several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a silver coloured lobster clasp at the other. The bracelet is laid out in a backwards “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

A chainmail bracelet in the Double Spiral, or Spiral 8-in-2 weave. The rings are made from anodized aluminum, and are coloured in a rainbow pattern that repeats down the length of the bracelet. It has several stainless steel rings at one end for length adjustment and strength at the closure, and a golden coloured lobster clasp at the other. The bracelet is laid out in a backwards “S” shaped curve on a neutral fabric background.

A couple new bracelets in the Double Spiral weave, also known as Spiral 8-in-2. I’ve made loads of these in 16 gauge 5/16 ID, but I tried 18 gauge 1/4 ID for these since it’s the same aspect ratio.
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#chainmail #jewelry #bracelet #doublespiral #rainbow

Several items sit on a wooden table. In the centre are seven sets of scale-mail earrings laid out in a row, all mounted on cardboard earring display cards, marked with the title “Bearded Hobbit Creations” and my runic “BH” logo. The earrings are in various colours and two different styles, one layered with three different sized scales layered smaller on top of larger, and the other with three small scales in a vertical row. Below the earrings is a chainmail bracelet in the Captive 2-in-1 weave laid out straight. The outer rings of the bracelet are sky blue, while the inner rings are a repeating pattern of light pink alternating with black and the steely-grey Black Ice colour. At the top of the photo is part of a plastic tackle-box tray containing loose chainmail jump rings, organized into compartments by colour.

So last week I finally started streaming again at twitch.tv/beardedhobbitcreations, and made these on stream! I’ll do proper photos for them later, just wanted to show them off. This week’s stream was canceled due to illness, but I’ll be back!

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…but we both like the look of each other’s books too, so we may swap after reading our own.
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An unwrapped “Blind Date with a Book”, the contents laid out on the unfurled brown paper wrapping, laid out on a wooden table. In the centre is the book “So Let Them Burn” by Kamilah Cole. Surrounding the book are the other contents: bookmarks, including one decorated with flowers, one with mystical symbols and a moon, and one with a reading list; two packages of multi-coloured sticky notes; a pink pen and yellow highlighter; a packet of Tazo chamomile tea; and five stickers depicting books, a moon, flowers and more.

An unwrapped “Blind Date with a Book”, the contents laid out on the unfurled brown paper wrapping, laid out on a wooden table. In the centre is the book “Lamp Black, Wolf Grey” by Paula Brackston. Surrounding the book are the other contents: bookmarks, including one decorated with flowers, one with a landscape scene, and one with a reading list; a package of multi-coloured sticky notes; a blue pen and highlighter; a packet of Tazo chamomile tea; and five stickers depicting books, a raven, mushrooms and more.

…and they’re typically labelled with some basic genre hints so you can pick something that will be to your liking. My wife has become a little obsessed with these, but this time I had to grab one for myself too! She got “So Let Them Burn” and I got “Lamp Black, Wolf Grey”,…
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A paper-wrapped packet sitting on a wooden table, containing a “Blind Date with a Book”. The plain brown paper is wrapped in such a way that it forms two layered pockets on the front. The top pocket has several bookmarks peaking out, including one labelled “Reading List”. The bottom pocket is showing the caps of a pink pen and a yellow highlighter. At the bottom, where you can see the torn paper where the package has already been opened, is a decorative sticker with labels indicating the genre of the book inside the package. The sticker reads “Jamican Inspo, LGBTQ, Dragons, YA Fantasy”.

A paper-wrapped packet sitting on a wooden table, containing a “Blind Date with a Book”. The floral-printed brown paper is wrapped in such a way that it forms two layered pockets on the front. The top pocket has several bookmarks peaking out, including one labelled “Reading List”. The bottom pocket is showing the caps of a blue pen and a highlighter. At the bottom, where you can see the torn paper where the package has already been opened, is a decorative sticker with labels indicating the genre of the book inside the package. The sticker reads “Historical/Contemporary, Pre-Arthurian Legend, Struggling Artist”.

If you’ve never encountered these before, it’s a package with a mystery book and some accompanying items, like bookmarks, tea or hot chocolate, pens, stickers and other little trinkets to make for a lovely little reading break. It’s a fun way to get introduced to some new material,…
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Two paper-wrapped packets sitting on a wooden table, each containing a “Blind Date with a Book”. The paper is wrapped in such a way that it forms two layered pockets on the front, and torn at the bottom where the packages have already been opened. The book on the left is wrapped in plain brown paper. The top pocket has several bookmarks peaking out, including one labelled “Reading List”. The bottom pocket is showing the caps of a pink pen and a yellow highlighter. At the bottom is a decorative sticker with labels indicating the genre of the book inside the package. The sticker reads “Jamican Inspo, LGBTQ, Dragons, YA Fantasy”. The book on the right is wrapped in floral-printed brown paper. The top pocket has several bookmarks peaking out, including one labelled “Reading List”. The bottom pocket is showing the caps of a blue pen and a highlighter. At the bottom is a decorative sticker with labels indicating the genre of the book inside the package. The sticker reads “Historical/Contemporary, Pre-Arthurian Legend, Struggling Artist”.

Sorry for the posting drought, the last week was rough between everyone being sick and trying to celebrate the twins’ second birthday. However, amidst all that I managed to find time to visit Creatures of the Night Market and picked up a couple of Blind Dates with a Book from Veil and Moss!
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A sheet of scalemail laid on my arm against a neutral fabric background. The scales are large anodized aluminum scales, in a rainbow pattern of diagonal stripes, red on the top-right, running down to purple on the bottom-left. The scales are joined by stainless steel rings. The entire piece is sitting several inches down from my wrist, draped across the back of my mid-forearm.

A sheet of scalemail laid on my arm against a neutral fabric background. The scales are large anodized aluminum scales, in a rainbow pattern of diagonal stripes, red on the top-right, running down to purple on the bottom-left. The scales are joined by stainless steel rings. The entire piece is sitting draped across the back of my wrist, covering partway down my forearm.

…larger, or just use it as is and redesign the piece. I like the singe repetition of the rainbow, but it could be cool to expand it. What do you think?
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#scailmail #rainbow #armour #pride #wip

A sheet of scalemail laid flat on a neutral fabric background. The scales are large anodized aluminum scales, in a rainbow pattern of diagonal stripes, red on the top-right, running down to purple on the bottom-left. The scales are joined by stainless steel rings.

A sheet of scalemail laid flat on a neutral fabric background, next to my hand for scale. The scales are large anodized aluminum scales, in a rainbow pattern of diagonal stripes, red on the top-right, running down to purple on the bottom-left. The scales are joined by stainless steel rings. The piece more or less fits in the angle made by my thumb and index finger.

This was an experimental piece inspired by some stuff I saw online. The idea was to attach this to a leather backing for a Pride bracer, but it turned out much smaller than expected. I’m still trying to decide if I should add more scales to make it…
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#scailmail #rainbow #armour #pride #wip

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Apropos of all of that, check out the new earring display cards! All decorated by hand, which only took me a solid couple of hours the other night. :P
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A selection of brown cardboard earring display cards laid out on a neutral fabric background. The cards have writing on them in black pen, above the hole for hanging the cards it says “Bearded Hobbit Creations”, and below the hole, between the holes for the earrings themselves is my business logo, a runic B and H with an arrow underneath. Six of the cards are splayed out like playing cards, two on top of four, to show the writing, while the rest of the cards are in a stack at the top, slightly offset to indicate how tall the stack is.

I don’t have any events coming up until the end of March, so I’ve been taking that time to try to stock up on pieces, but also to revamp some of my display stuff. Also, getting ready for something exciting and new that I can’t wait to share! (but I will)…
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#displaymaterials #logo #handdrawn

A chainmail jelly cube in the Japanese 8-in-2 weave, sitting on a neutral fabric background. The outer layer of the cube is all in royal blue rings, while the interior is a mixture of pink, orange, green, black, brown, dark rose, sky blue, lavender, and yellow, all in paired rings. This photo was taken from directly above, with the cube on its side, so you can see directly down into the interior colours in the middle.

A chainmail jelly cube in the Japanese 8-in-2 weave, sitting on a neutral fabric background. The outer layer of the cube is all in royal blue rings, while the interior is a mixture of pink, orange, green, black, brown, dark rose, sky blue, lavender, and yellow, all in paired rings. This photo was taken at an angle centred on one of the corners, so you can see three sides with a partial view of the inside rings on all three sides.

It was slightly delayed because I ran out of the blue; these cubes take a LOT of rings. Anyways, she’s super happy with it, and I’m glad, especially because it turned out to have some really good shimmy to it! Will try to take a video with the next one I make. Oops. :P
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A chainmail jelly cube in the Japanese 8-in-2 weave, sitting on a neutral fabric background. The outer layer of the cube is all in royal blue rings, while the interior is a mixture of pink, orange, green, black, brown, dark rose, sky blue, lavender, and yellow, all in paired rings. This photo was taken at an angle centred on one of the corners, so you can see three sides with a partial view of the inside rings on all three sides.

A chainmail jelly cube in the Japanese 8-in-2 weave, sitting on a neutral fabric background. The outer layer of the cube is all in royal blue rings, while the interior is a mixture of pink, orange, green, black, brown, dark rose, sky blue, lavender, and yellow, all in paired rings. This photo was taken from directly above the top of the cube, so you can see directly down into the interior colours in the middle.

A chainmail jelly cube in the Japanese 8-in-2 weave, sitting on a neutral fabric background. The outer layer of the cube is all in royal blue rings, while the interior is a mixture of pink, orange, green, black, brown, dark rose, sky blue, lavender, and yellow, all in paired rings. This photo was taken from the top of the cube at a slight angle to one of the corners, so you can just see two sides.

This jelly cube was a belated Christmas present for a very good friend of mine! The outer layer is solid blue, her favourite colour, while the inside is a blend of various colours that have significance for her.
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#chainmail #jellycube #gift #japanese8in2

A chainmail hand flower, modelled on my left hand, which is held in a loose fist in front of a neutral fabric background. It is in the design of a Triforce made from the Japanese 12-in-2 weave, with a finger loop made from a simple Doubled 2-in-1 chain, and a cuff bracelet made from a tight European 4-in-1 weave. The Triforce is entirely in gold, while the finger loop is alternating rings of gold and silver, and the bracelet is gold with a silver diamond pattern inlaid.

A chainmail hand flower, modelled on my left hand, which is held in a loose fist in front of a neutral fabric background. It is in the design of a Triforce made from the Japanese 12-in-2 weave, with a finger loop made from a simple Doubled 2-in-1 chain, and a cuff bracelet made from a tight European 4-in-1 weave. The Triforce is made primarily of gold, but the inner connecting rings in each triangle are red in the top one, blue in the bottom left, and green in the bottom left. The finger loop and bracelet alternate gold rings with a repeating pattern of red, blue, and green.

…and I think next time I do this version I may adjust the colour ratios so gold stays more dominant, maybe try the diamond pattern I did in the other one. I’ll experiment, that’s what makes these fun! (Side by side repeat photos of them being worn for funsies)
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A chainmail hand flower laid flat on a neutral fabric background. It is in the design of a Triforce made from the Japanese 12-in-2 weave, with a finger loop made from a simple Doubled 2-in-1 chain, and a cuff bracelet made from a tight European 4-in-1 weave. The Triforce is made primarily of gold, but the inner connecting rings in each triangle are red in the top one, blue in the bottom left, and green in the bottom left. The finger loop and bracelet alternate gold rings with a repeating pattern of red, blue, and green.

A chainmail hand flower, modelled on my left hand, which is laid flat on a neutral fabric background. It is in the design of a Triforce made from the Japanese 12-in-2 weave, with a finger loop made from a simple Doubled 2-in-1 chain, and a cuff bracelet made from a tight European 4-in-1 weave. The Triforce is made primarily of gold, but the inner connecting rings in each triangle are red in the top one, blue in the bottom left, and green in the bottom left. The finger loop and bracelet alternate gold rings with a repeating pattern of red, blue, and green.

My outspread left hand palm up in front of a neutral fabric background, showing the “inside” view of the Triforce handflower from the previous pictures. All that is visible are the gold of the finger loop (with a couple red and green rings) around my middle finger, and the ends of the gold, red, blue, and green bracelet, linked by a golden-coloured clasp.

A chainmail hand flower, modelled on my left hand, which is held in a loose fist in front of a neutral fabric background. It is in the design of a Triforce made from the Japanese 12-in-2 weave, with a finger loop made from a simple Doubled 2-in-1 chain, and a cuff bracelet made from a tight European 4-in-1 weave. The Triforce is made primarily of gold, but the inner connecting rings in each triangle are red in the top one, blue in the bottom left, and green in the bottom left. The finger loop and bracelet alternate gold rings with a repeating pattern of red, blue, and green.

Each triangle is associated with one of the Goddesses, and has the corresponding colour: red for Din, Goddess of Power; blue for Nayru, Goddess of Wisdom; and green for Farore, Goddess of Courage. I incorporated the colours into the bracelet and finger loop as well,…
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