Description

Chainmaille and beads belt, or one could wear it as a long and large necklace.

Main spiral This Is Not Food weave,
large links ID=11.2mm, WD=1.4mm, AR=8 brass (gold, silver, plated).
small links rubber ID=2.8mm, WD=1mm, AR=2.8 (clear, white);
outside beads, eyepins, linked with small rings (ID=3.6, WD=1.2 AR=3) (brass: silver, gold, plated) and those rings linked to the large rings of the spiral weave with medium-sized rings (ID=5.6mm WD=1.2mm AR=4.67, brass, gold and silver plated); some beads not on eyepins but on rings and those rings linked to each other and the main spiral with small rings.

Section at end, Bellis Bondye weave (formerly known as Beadlock Spiral 2 in 1), with large links as above, and the beads are brass and nickel pony beads. I made the tassel from sections of pre-made curb chain, cut to the same length and strung together on wire and finished with a bell cap.

Main beads: blue on one side, yellow on the other side; blue beads are a) blue goldstone cube 8mm, b) blue goldstone round 8mm, c) blue tigereye 8mm; yellow beads are all 8mm diameter (apart from the pony beads, which are 9mm x 6mm) and are a) round catseye, b) round Mysterious dark yellow, c) golden shadow helix, d) round cracked glass, e) jonqquil Czech fire-polished round, f) yellow pony, g) round gold filigree, h) yellow Czech fire-polished round, i) apollo gold Czech fire-polished round, j) lustered yellow pony, k) round Mysterious light yellow.
There are eleven sections of yellow beads, and each section has eleven beads.

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Bellis Bondye, This Is Not Food

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Tag(s): Attachment, Bead, Belt, Brass, Clothing, Gold, Plated, Silver
Weave(s): Bellis Bondye, This Is Not Food