Chainmaille Tutorials
Step-by-step photo instructions for our weaves. Most are free; posts marked Paid link to the full instructions in our shop.
Box Chain Chainmaille Tutorial
Box Chain is an Apprentice Project: you should already know Byzantine chain. The pattern is the same as Byzantine, but with one set of...
Jens Pind's Linkage Chainmaille Tutorial
Jens Pind’s Linkage is a Journeyman Project: a dense, rope-like chain woven in very snug rings. You should already know Double Spiral 4-in-1. The...
European 4-in-1 Chainmaille Tutorial
European 4-in-1 is an intermediate-level sheet weave (no other weave required): each new ring passes through four others to build a flat mesh with...
How to Make Chainmaille Jewelry
To make chainmaille, start with two pairs of smooth, toothless jewelers’ pliers and learn to open and close rings well. Twist each ring open...
Byzantine Chainmaille Tutorial
Byzantine is a beginner chainmaille weave that needs nothing more than your two hands and two pairs of pliers. You add rings two by...
Graduated Double Spiral 4-in-1 Earrings
Easy graduated earrings in Double Spiral 4-in-1: weave the rings two by two from biggest to smallest, and spiral the pair in opposite directions.
Perfect Ring Chainmaille Tutorial
Free step-by-step tutorial for weaving the Perfect Ring chainmaille ring, with Perfect Ring and Vertebrae ring charts.
Parallel Chain Chainmaille Tutorial
Free step-by-step tutorial for Parallel Chain (Helm Chain), the Intermediate Weave that teaches captive rings, with clasp, polishing and RD/SQ ring charts.
Byzantine Watch Chainmaille Tutorial
Free step-by-step tutorial for the Byzantine Watch, an Urban Maille Exclusive Apprentice Project: Byzantine segments joined into a watchband, with the watchhead and box...
Double Spiral 4-in-1 Chainmaille Tutorial
Free step-by-step tutorial for Double Spiral 4-in-1 chainmaille, plus single spiral, clasp, polishing, antique finish and a ring chart in 12–22g.
Byzantine Rose Chainmaille Tutorial
Free step-by-step tutorial for the Byzantine Rose chainmaille bracelet: Byzantine segments joined by Flower Chain flowers, with a ring chart in 16–24g.
3-in-3 Chain Chainmaille Tutorial
Free 3-in-3 Chain chainmaille tutorial: a Beginning Weave you learn from scratch. Close rings with precision, speedweave, attach a clasp, and pick ring sizes...
