{"id":53,"date":"2017-03-27T09:56:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/?p=53"},"modified":"2017-04-03T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T13:22:05","slug":"tiny-scale-comparisons-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/tiny-scale-comparisons-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Scale Comparisons (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here to read Part 1 of my Tiny Scale Comparisons blog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, I decided to take the Fire Mountain Gems (FMG) tiny scales out for a spin. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The tiny scales sold by FMG are made in Korea.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Since they are so different from the others, I was curious to see what I could do with them.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I like the range of colors available and the soft satin finish of the FMG scales.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I also like the smaller size \u2013 so adorable.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>These tiny scales, however, are very thick with very small holes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first thing I tried to do was to make basic staggered and linear scale maille weave samples. I was unable to use the usual size jump rings for weaving with these tiny scales.<\/span>\u00a0 Due to the smaller hole size, <\/span>I needed to use jump rings\u00a0in a thinner gauge\u00a0with a larger inner diameter, sacrificing jump ring strength.<\/span>\u00a0 I used 22g 1\/8″ id jump rings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"I could not weave more than a handful of scales in a staggered fashion without the weave locking up on me (above left).<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>When weaving a basic linear scale chain, I was unable to get past the first 2 scales (above right).<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span>I was able to successfully construct the Shaggy Scales weave with the FMG tiny scales (above), and I was able to<\/span> accomplish this with the usual 20g 7\/64\u201did jump rings!<\/span><\/p>\n

In my opinion, these scales are best suited for use as decorative embellishments, much like you would use a bead or a charm.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I have successfully knitted and crocheted with the tiny original scales.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I was curious so see if I could knit and crochet with the FMG tiny scales, as the holes are only half the size of the originals.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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I was able to crochet using a very thin steel crochet hook (size 8) and cotton thread (above top).<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I even managed to knit a small swatch using cotton thread and 1.5mm sock needles (above bottom). The knitting was very difficult.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The small knit swatch pictured took a couple of hours to make!<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, I\u2019m going to experiment with the new pink and yellow tiny scales.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ll present my findings in my next blog post<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click here to read Part 1 of my Tiny Scale Comparisons blog. First, I decided to take the Fire Mountain Gems (FMG) tiny scales out for a spin. \u00a0The tiny scales sold by FMG are made in Korea.\u00a0 Since they are so different from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[3,4,5],"tags":[7,8,9],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chainmaille","category-scalemaille","category-tinyscales","tag-chainmaille","tag-scalemaille","tag-tinyscales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/FMGTinyScalesWeaving_Karon.jpg?fit=2090%2C2089&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8vFEy-R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","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=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenkaron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}