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)

  1. 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.

  2. 2

    Slide your bead on the wire. I used a 9mm glass bead. Cut the wire ends flush against eachother and file.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 5

    Take another piece of small gauge wire and begin to wrap it around the coil just like in the previous step.

  6. 6

    Bring the long tail of the wire around and make an overhand wrap around the other side of the bead.

  7. 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.