Chainmaille Tutorials

Here’s a chainmaille tutorial for the dragonscale weave. This is one of my favorite weaves and one of the more difficult weaves.
clipped from www.mailleartisans.org

Dragonscale (CGI, preclose small rings)
Submitted by Tesserex (tesserex@gmail.com)This starts with open large rings and pre-closed small rings.1. Start by making a row of alternating large and small ringsas long as the piece should be.

2. Make another row of the same number of links, but ending with

 small rings instead of large rings. Lay it over the first row as shown.

3. Add a large ring through the small ring as shown,

 and add a closed small ring.

4. Add another large ring through the same small as before and

 the one you added, and add another closed small ring.

5. Complete the row this way, ending with a large ring.

6. Add a large ring through the 2 small rings as shown,

and add 2 small rings.

7. Finish this row the same way as steps 4 and 5.

Add as many rows as you want this way.

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