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Our new KitWorks is not a product, it's a tool that you use to design your own learning project. You choose every component of your kit: instructions, rings, clasps, everything. There is no design except your own. The instructions teach the technique, the weave itself; you decide what to make with it. You choose the metal(s) and ring size(s) from among the matching kitpacks, each of which will make 10" of beautiful chain. If you want an Argentium necklace, choose two Argentium kitpacks in the same gauge. If you want to make graduated sterling necklaces, choose sterling kitpacks in the range of sizes you want to graduate and combine them for the look you have in mind. Each item is sold separately and you choose as many or as few of anything as you want for the project you have in mind.

KitWorks is all about freedom and it isn't a foolproof concept. I'll always include recommendations (and the whys of them), such as why it isn't a good idea to try to learn a weave with 22g rings... but you are free to disregard those recommendations and do it anyway. In designing your own learning project, you get to thoroughly exercise your freedom of choice, cater to your own tastes and push your creative boundaries. You also have the freedom to get in over your head with big rings that are uncomfortably stiff or small rings that are hard to see... but true freedom always includes the freedom to make mistakes and to learn from them.

I hope you love our KitWorks as much as I do. Now go make something you love. *s*

I'm testing our new feature now and this is the tricky part. Please note that if you get a warning during checkout that there are both secure and insecure items on the page, it's only because I'm pulling the contents of this panel from another website. This is the insecure bit, but it doesn't affect the security of our site or the checkout process at all so you can safely disregard the warning.

-- Aislyn

Ring Listings & Recommendations

MTO (Make to Order) rings can take up to 10 days to ship (as opposed to our usual 1-2 business days) and cannot be returned to stock because we don't stock them.

Approx. Count per ozt is the approximate number of rings in a troy ounce.

1-4 each is the price of each troy ozt of rings when buying 1 to 4 troy ounces at a time.

5 or More Discount is the price of each troy ozt of rings when buying 5 or more troy ounces at a time.

Width is the measured width of the chain in millimeters.

Flex is the approximate inside diameter of the smallest circle that can be made with this chain... which tells you how flexible the chain is, in case we don't yet have a photo available.

Tested shows the test results for this weave in this ring size by metal.
SS = Sterling Silver
CP = Copper
AG = Argentium
PDS = Palladium Sterling
PTS = Platinum Sterling

A strike through like this CP means that the weave/ring size combination doesn't work in copper. Look for a neighboring ring size to be recommended for copper, instead.

For more detailed information, see About the Rings.