Herringbone Weave Ring
Easy ring made using the herringbone weave.
Posted by Elle Gee
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I have always enjoyed making rings. As soon as I learned the herringbone weave I've made dozens of these!
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You Will Need (5 things)
- 1" 18 gauge Jewelry Wire
- Flush Cutters
- Soldering Iron
- Metal File
- 12" 26 gauge Jewelry Wire
Steps (7 steps, 45 minutes)
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1
Begin with enough wire to overlap whatever size you want your ring to be (make ring 2 sizes larger than intended finish size to accommodate for the weave). I used 18 gauge silver square wire as my base.
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2
Slide your bead on the wire. I used a 9mm glass bead. Cut the wire ends flush against eachother and file.
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3
Solder the edges of the wire. I used a rosin core flux so I just cut off a tiny piece of solder, wedged it between the wire edges and heated up the wire with my iron. This also may be completed using a torch.
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4
Use a small gauge wire (I used 26 gauge sterling silver wire). I used about a foot of this in the next few steps. Wrap around the solder join until you have a coil around the wire about 1/4". Repeat on the other side of the bead.
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5
Take another piece of small gauge wire and begin to wrap it around the coil just like in the previous step.
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6
Bring the long tail of the wire around and make an overhand wrap around the other side of the bead.
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7
Continue this wrap until you have reached the ends of the coils. Wrap the tail of the wire around the base of the ring a couple times to hold it in place.