{"id":267,"date":"2019-10-05T22:55:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T02:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/?p=267"},"modified":"2019-10-05T22:55:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T02:55:05","slug":"hilt-chain-quad-hilt-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/hilt-chain-quad-hilt-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilt Chain\/Quad Hilt Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, a reader who was trying to learn Hilt\/Quad Hilt, asked me if I had a tutorial available.  I had to admit that this weave was still on my \u201cTo Learn\u201d list.  The reader\u2019s inquiry provided the incentive for me to give it a try.  Here\u2019s my quick tutorial on the weave. I hope you find it helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try using jump rings with an AR around 6.5-7.0 (depends on your intended use).  The weave is not super flexible, which limits jewelry applications and makes it better suited for sculptural objects.  I haven\u2019t experimented with it very much yet.  I used 18 SWG, 5\/16\u201d id AA jump rings from Metal Designz for this tutorial.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hilt Chain (by Kendall Silver) is a 6-sided weave.  Jump rings are added in rows of 3.  There are 3 jump rings at each end, which makes it tricky to start.  I made a 3-loop starter from 20g colored craft wire.  Here\u2019s what I did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Wrap the wire around your fingers\n3 times.<\/li>
  2. Remove wrap from your hand.<\/li>
  3. Twist into a bundle.<\/li>
  4. Shape loops at the end of the\nbundle in a Y shape, as shown.  Starter\npiece complete.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Start the Weave (the start will be unstable): <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Thread 1 jump ring (silver) on to each loop of the starter.  3 jump rings added. <\/li>
    2. Add 3 more jump rings (pink), connecting the 3 silver jump rings \u2013 connect #1 to #2, #2 to #3 and #3 to #1 (avoid wire starter). <\/li>
    3. Repeat previous step with 3 more jump rings (turquoise).  Each silver jump ring now has 4 jump rings passing through it<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Hang weave upside down to position jump rings. <\/li>
      2. Pinch weave and turn it right side up.  Arrange the 4 jump rings (pink\/turquoise) passing through the silver jump ring, so that the inner 2 jump rings (pink) sit higher than the outer 2 jump rings (turquoise). <\/li>
      3. Weave 1 jump ring (orange) through the 4 jump rings (pink\/turquoise) that pass through the silver jump ring as shown. <\/li>
      4. Repeat above two more times around the chain to complete the row of 3 jump rings (orange).  Now the weave should be stable. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        Special Note: When weaving on the sides of the chain, make sure to choose the 3 sides that look like the photo above:  <\/strong>Vertical jump rings (silver, orange, purple) stack on top of each other from start to end.  Horizontal jump rings (turquoise, pink, silver) form a row of nested V\u2019s that point towards the start of the chain. (Jump rings on the other 3 sides are in the opposite orientation.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Pattern Repeat:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Thread 1 jump ring (purple) through the top V (pink jump rings) on one side of the chain. This ring should stack above the previous vertical jump ring (orange). <\/li>
        2. Repeat previous step two more times around the chain to complete the row of 3 jump rings (purple). <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Pick up chain to view the top of the weave.  Spread apart the last 3 jump rings added (purple). <\/li>
          2. Weave 1 jump ring (silver) through 4 of the last 6 jump rings added (purple\/orange) as shown. <\/li>
          3. Repeat previous step twice more around the chain, completing the row of 3 jump rings (silver).  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            Your weave now looks like the photo above.\u00a0 Repeat the pattern until your chain reaches the desired length. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Quad Hilt:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

            Quad Hilt is an 8-sided Hilt Chain.  Jump rings are added in rows of 4, so there are 4 jump rings at each end of the chain.  You will need to use jump rings with a larger AR than those used for Hilt Chain to make Quad Hilt.  I didn\u2019t have appropriately sized jump rings on hand.  I found an AR recommendation of 8.7 on the M.A.I.L. website<\/a>.  Make a 4-loop starter from craft wire to begin Quad Hilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. Wrap the wire around your fingers 4 times.<\/li>
            2. Remove wrap from your hand and twist into a bundle.<\/li>
            3. Shape loops at the end of the bundle in a cross shape, as shown.  Starter piece complete.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Weave as follows:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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              1. Start Quad Hilt in a similar manner to Hilt Chain. <\/li>
              2. Weave in the same manner as Hilt Chain, working 4 times around each row instead of 3 times. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Click here<\/a> to download a PDF copy of this tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Recently, a reader who was trying to learn Hilt\/Quad Hilt, asked me if I had a tutorial available.  I had to admit that this weave was still on my \u201cTo Learn\u201d list.  The reader\u2019s inquiry provided the incentive for me to give it a try.  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[11,7,25,16,24],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chainmaille","category-uncategorized","tag-chain-maille","tag-chainmaille","tag-hilt","tag-jewelry","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/HiltImage_Karon.jpg?fit=3830%2C1185&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8vFEy-4j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}