Helm/parallel chain

This is the name of this chainmail weave I just conquered today. It's not a difficult one to do, but it's not the easiest either. And you need to have the exact size of rings for this (two sizes actually) for it to work.
We had an electricity blackout today so since I couldn't get to my pc to learn something else new, I made also a pair of earrings. The little beads on the earrings are some bone of some kinds, not sur what. Ordered them online from a bead shop in Australia.
The actual rings are bright aluminum, one of the favorite types of metal for working with chains. It's so light on my wrist, I can hardly feel it.

My first pair of silver earrings

I think it's time I upgraded some of my materials from cheap wire to silver. So in honour of that, I made now my first pair of earrings. Bali caps and ear wire from Ebay and the silver core is wire from here. Thank god I found a distributor of silver wire here, so I don't have to pay outrageous shipping prices for the wire at least!
Even hubby noticed how different this pair is from whatever I did until now. I guess the silver really shines through!

For any enquiries about this pair, please send me an email or leave me a comment with your email addy to contact you.


Here is another pair I just finished now. Ran out of silver wire, must buy more on Monday, grrrr.