Chain Maille Tutorial - Paddle Wheel Chain Weave

[@edspencer5122]

I REALLY like this version of the Helm weave. I like how concise it appears.

[@seeshell6440]

I'm am a newbie to chainmail and your videos, which I love. I've been watching as many as I can this past week. Thank you for all your hard work. Much appreciated. 🥰

[@AussieMaillers]

Awesome SeeShell. I hope you continue to get worth out of them. Some of the earlier ones the quality is a bit dodgy but we were still learning. I hope to replace them over time. Deb

[@terriebrown3462]

​@AussieMaillers I surely appreciate all your hard work also. They are awesome video's. God bless you and again thank you❤

[@minervagalarza1994]

Your tutorial on the helm weave was the best and easiest

[@AussieMaillers]

Thank you Minerva....glad it was of help.

[@dianafleetwood6154]

I love this pattern.. Thank you so much

[@AussieMaillers]

You’re welcome 😊

[@bubgum0079]

Thanks to you I have made some beautiful pieces.

[@beckyleavitt7808]

I like that. I've always liked the simplicity of helm.

[@AussieMaillers]

I agree, it's a lovely weave. Deb

[@RoysRocks]

A subscriber of mine has sent me here for some ideas. I will definitely be trying a maille setting for my opal in the near future once I can get the materials for it. I'll also be following your channel it is very informative!

[@AussieMaillers]

Sounds great! The opal capture sounds very delish. Hope it all works.

[@RoysRocks]

@@AussieMaillers So do I. Only one way to find out...

[@penelopepappas1147]

Thank you for sharing. I really like this weave. I’d like to to try to make the smaller one. I like dainty. Or maybe i will end up making the medium one. We’ll see. 😊

[@janaston4330]

Hi there, I know this is an old video, so I hope you’re still able to reply? I’ve recently started making chainmaile and absolutely love your tutorials as they are so clear to follow! I’m just wondering if I would be permitted to make some of these designs and sell them at craft fayres? I would of course source the design. Best wishes. Jan

[@shyamalarajan-vince6405]

Lovely design as always. I’ve just finished battling with Arkham (successfully) so it will be nice to try one that I am familiar with. Best wishes and stay safe!!

[@AussieMaillers]

Hope you enjoy it! It's always nice to get a difficult weave done, but a nice simple one is a good pallet cleaner. Deb

[@guidelineuk4876]

I love this. great video

[@marionvegter7500]

Nice Deb, thank you!

[@AussieMaillers]

Thanks for watching Marion. Deb

[@christiantorne8610]

I love you! You are brillant.

[@reneewall5770]

I really like the way the 18 G looks, think it will be perfect for a project I am doing for the holidays for my daughter, now I just need to find a weave that will curl and make a flat teardrop shape, about 1 1/2 inches, for the top of an ankh, any suggestions from anyone would be great, thanks again Deb

[@AussieMaillers]

The helm would work well for that as it tends to more sideways easier than it bends. I often see Full Persian made into Ank's, but that isn't flat.

[@reneewall5770]

@@AussieMaillers thank you for your suggestions, I had been thinking of Celtic visions but that is so fiddly, I think the full Persian would be good, it wouldn't blend with the band, guess I need to go through my stash and see what I have in pink, you are so helpful Deb, thanks

[@prettiesbysada3045]

Hello Aussie maille I love your videos & you are a pleasure to listen to and seem like a lovely person, thank you. I have a question, how do you get your ring sizes? I have the Pepe jump ring maker kit and I don’t have the option to cut some of the sizes you suggest.

[@AussieMaillers]

Hi Shelby, thank you for your lovely words. I have a rather extensive mandrel selection (and wish I had more). It helps when you need a ring size just a tad smaller or larger. Deb

[@Mehrunzebub]

I purchased the following rings in an attempt to do this weave. However, there isn't enough space with the small connector rings to do it properly. Could you help? Did I order the wrong sizes given that I ordered from TheRingLord here in the US? Outer Silver - 16ga 1/4"ID Bright Silver Alum Inside - 16ga 3/16"ID Indigo Niobium Connectors - 18ga 3/16"ID Teal Niobium Orbital - 18ga 1/4"ID Black Ice Alum

[@AussieMaillers]

OK, two things may have happened. Firstly you seem to have ordered rings from both size options. To make up the weave you need to order all rings from one or the other. So, I'm not really sure which one you were after....but another thing to consider when ordering from TRL is that they use SWG and we use AWG when listing gauge sizes...which is why I always give the wire diameter in mm as well as gauge. So if the rings that you listed are 16SWG then that is the same as our 14AWG and the 18SWG is the same as our 16AWG listed rings. If you were wanting to make up the smaller one, then you would need to order from TRL their 18G 9/32" (7.14mm), 18G 3/16", their 19G 9/32" and 19G 3/16" to get the same sizes as what I had listed. Or you could always buy them from us! HTH Deb

[@susannebaugher2018]

Hi Deb, I need your help with the Paddle Wheel gauges. I am attempting to make your 16awg and 18awg version (the purple middle size) but in swg instead. The 16 awg is equal to 18swg, but 18awg is equal to 19swg, but no one makes anything in 19swg- it gets bumped up to 20swg. Is that what I should do? I noticed you did that in the smallest size bracelet. Also, the ring that is purple, is that the same size as the aluminum ring? or is that the smaller 1 gauge less? Ugh, this is makeing my brain hurt. But I love your designs and your videos. Thank you for all of your assistance. suzi

[@AussieMaillers]

Well Suzi you can always purchase your rings from us www.aussiemaille.com/anodized-aluminium-18g-1.0mm.html. Otherwise I know that TRL does 19SGW. And as a note, most suppliers list their 20G rings in AWG ie 0.8mm. 20SWG is 0.9mm (which is 19AWG) Have a look there. Deb

[@raghumanna3524]

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[@debbiesilvey2398]

The 20 gauge would work for earrings I believe.

[@ИгорьЛи-м5ш]

Hello. you can write me the sizes of each bracelet separately. I don't understand English. I am a jeweler and I want to make three colors in gold in one bracelet. white, red and lemon gold. it will be very beautiful. please write down the dimensions for each bracelet. thank you very much.🌹🌹🌹

[@AussieMaillers]

Hi, in the description section below the video are the ring IDs for each sample I showed in the video. On a computer hit show more, on a mobile device there should be a little down arrow on the right , tap that. Deb

[@verzen]

okay I am on ringlord, what is 9mmID? Why not just keep everything congruent? Like, 1/4th inch. I know what that is in ring size. Everything on ringlord though is in fractional inches, not in mm.

[@AussieMaillers]

We are not The Ring Lord, they are not the only chain maille supply company in the world, in fact we have our own supply business where you can get the 9.00mmID rings used in this tutorial. We are based in Australia, a metric country, thus why we like to use metric, but we don't limit ourselves to one measuring system, we embrace both metric and imperial to get the best of both worlds. A good conversion table between metric and imperial will serve you well, a google search will bring up many for you to choose from.

[@verzen]

@@AussieMaillers I just dislike going from metric to imperial when you're analyzing ring sizes. Like saying 9 mm for this ring, but 3/8th inch for this ring. It's confusing. My not 9mm for this ring and then 9.525mm for the other ring? Or keep them both fractional and in inches. It's as confusing as saying, "We are going to measure this by a foot, but this other thing we are going to measure in meters." It's best, imo, to keep it congruent. Are you planning on using imperial? Okay cool. Are you planning on using metric? Okay cool. But to use it both at the same time? I don't understand the reason and it gets confusing.