[Jewelry making - Article 00219] - Re: [Orchid] Hollow Core Bracelet

[John Donivan]

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>     So do you perhaps need some kind of alternative weaving technique
>     whereby you have more "threads" on the outside of the bracelet
>     tube and less on the inside? Such that eg. if the seam was on the
>     inside 

    I was about to write this, and there was Helen. When you make
    certain necklaces (fringe necklaces, for one), what you do is put
    fewer beads or units on the inner curve. If you have a strand of
    pearls, it will just go into a circle naturally. If you have a
    double or triple strand of pearls all the same length, it will be
    parallel lines - a bracelet. To make a necklace that lays properly
    you need to use fewer pearls on the inside curve. One way or another
    (weave, rings, loops, whatever) that's what you need to do to get it
    to arc naturally - put fewer elements on the inside of the arc - how
    many you'll have to figure out for your own situation, as it will
    vary due to all the elements - wire size, etc. I put some links up
    for chainmail, and in one of them they make bowls - that's how they
    do that, by varying the number of rings at key points. 

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