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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

Danish Knot - A Double Wire Coil Tutorial

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:15 AM PST

Back in the 1990's, Valma Spencer-Sun of Valley Gem Chain Maille in Australia, came across a Danish man wearing a double wire coil knot.

Image by Valley Gem

The man would not sell it to her as it had been in his family for at least a couple of hundred years or more. Val suspects the design might be even older than that.
He did however lend it to her so she could sketch and figure out how to make it. That's why she called it the Danish knot.

It's not that hard to do - it's rather like sliding a key through the double coil of a keyring. Her tutorial is available as a pdf from her site. As you can see, the Danish knot can be used in earrings and in so many other applications.

The same tutorial was also uploaded to the International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artist's website with an additional useful table of wire gauges to use with different sizes of knitting needle mandrels. It sure helps to have a chain maille artisan work that out for us!

Before You Go :

For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips

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