Would you be interested in a second part to this video covering another style of Viking knit and a few ways to add end caps to your chain designs? Let me know!
Yes that would be really great! I really want to learn more about this technique cause its kinda hard but your video's are really helpful! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!
Exactly! I used to hate the professional jealousy and secrecy of tradesmen, who would NOT show anyone, except the official apprentice, how to do the work and damning their trades to the forgotten bin, when one member of the 'secret' chain died before passing on his knowledge. Very narrow minded and stupid. I'm retired now and have never kept any so-called trade secrets to myself. Knowledge is to be shared and passed on, not hoarded then lost! Great video from a master! I'm still learning and will continue to do so till I die.
I think what I like most about this video is that you have shown this process in such a way as to make it look very do-able for someone like myself who has a tough time with weaves and stuff. I am excited to try this method. and I feel like you have shown me that I could do this. Thanks!
This. Is. AWESOME! I'm entirely new to wire weaving & really any kind of jewelry making that isn't like little polymer clay trinkety charms, and the idea of making a chain was really overwhelming to me...until I saw this. It opened up a whole new way of looking at things, for me, and I found it really easy to understand and follow along. Thank you so much!
I just started wire wrapping gemstones & crystals 🥰 you’re idea for putting beads inside the single knit chain is brilliant. I might have to try it with the itty bitty crystal pieces that can’t be wrapped
There is lots of scrap wire that my work gets rid of. I remembered watching this video a while back and decided I might try making something with some scrap wire. Glad I found it again!
I have a number of variations I have done with Viking knit. I have used a fine anodized aluminum wire in a double or triple knit pulled down small then fed that through the middle of a gold or silver single knit with larger gauge wire before you draw it down over the smaller knit. The color peeks through the gaps and gives a very different look. I have also done a number of patterns with 2 different color wires.
I really appreciate your teaching method, Thank you. I watched 3 other videos before yours and actually gave up on the idea that I will one day make a Viking knit chain and I rare just quit when something interests me. But you made it all perfectly clear for me from your calm detailed and slow teaching approach to the black colored Allen key with silver wire that emphasized everything so well that I could easily store the info in my aging brain.
Great job! You made this understandable and yet not condescending or too slow with your approach. I’m excited to try it. I’m going to make my own block. Thanks for the tutorial
This is the best explanation on how to do the weave I’ve come across! Nice and slow and able to see! I’ve been making jewelry for forty years and never tried this But today will be the first. You have inspired me! Thanks
I have just discovered your channel, this video is interesting. It also solved a small puzzle for me. I once went to an Egyptian exhibition, that came to near where I lived here in Australia, in it was this amazing gold necklace with a figure on it. What fascinated me was the chain and how it was made. After watching this video now I know. Thank you.
Just watched a Whisky review that had Viking in the title , I saw this title and just clicked on it . WOW , the volume wasn't great but the content is amazing, I was mesmerised and in a state of peacefulness unknown on UA-cam within a super short time . Thankyou for such a thought-provoking video. Coupling this with a video about Ruby Bay in Fife , Scotland , my mind is racing !!!!
I decided to try this with tarnish proof copper colored wire, 28 gauge. I ended up with about a 7inch bracelet for my wife and she loved it! Thanks for the lesson.
This was really informative and mesmerizing. 19 minutes later I'm still here and I'm thinking about how I could make something for my girlfriend. I've never even heard of making wire chains before. Thank you, on to the rings tutorial!
Thank you for taking time to make a video. I found it very helpful. Very clear and concise, easy to understand. Love the added tips and tricks. Wish I had seen this video before I spent the money on a Viking Knit Tool, the Allen wrench seems to work fine. I have had the tool for a while but after watching your video I'll give it a try. I liked where you made your Viking knit 2.5mm. Most of the knits I see are much thicker. Thanks again.
Pretty cool, I wish I had seen this video before I went out and bought the Lazy Daisy. I could have just borrowed one of my husband's tools. Thanks for sharing. 🤗💖
great video, thank you for taking it step by step. I have been playing around making some wire wrap stuff just for my own entertainment. I do not typically wear jewelry nor does my wife. but I am definitely going to try this as a replacement for the cheap chain on my pocket watch
I have made several lengths of different ga wire. These are awesome and will add them to your instagram link. This is a great way to finish a piece of jewelry. Yes show us the different ways to attach the end caps.
Thank you for your time and I appreciate your procedures and I want to create a chain for a pendant that I am trying to construct for an opal I got for Christmas while younger and it fell out of its original design for a pendant
Great tutorial you did a great job demoing and giving good working tips along the way! I plan on trying this out and incorporating it into my own sculpting work!
I think it could make a nice wrap for a handle. Maybe start knitting it on something with about twice the radius of the handle. Pull it through to make it roughly the same radius and then push the handle through the hole in the middle of the chain. Guess I'll have to give that a try sometime.
damn if only i saw this before quarantine i might have bought all needed materials for this , i appreciate how detailed you got into the piece too in each step , i just kinda hoped you'd show how to add different end caps not just talking about it because thats the part in jewelry making struggle in
You did a really Great Job With this Video, Great Quality and Very easy to follow, Nice Work with the Chain Also, Very impressive, Thank You for Sharing your Talent...
Very cool, I am definitely going to do this with a belt for my dress I'm making. Some suggestions from watching you, one I would use a cheaper wire for the pedals so you don't wase silver, I would put a brass bead (cuz it's durable) on the end so I don't poke my fingers on the pointy sharp ends. Ps. I'm going to use bobbin lace with heavier wire for the buckle.
Such a fantastic video tutorial!!! LOVED IT! One question though, if you're going to draw the chain then continue weaving, how do you NOT draw the end so that you can put it back on the mandrel? You can't back the chain out of the draw plate, can you? Thank you!
UA-cam randomly put this in my recommendations, even though I don't search or watch jewelry making or metalworking outside of smithing. Interesting technique of making a chain. I wonder if someone has found a way to automate this process with a machine.
Very well done and understandable tutorial. Is it just called "Viking knit" or do we have some archaeological evidence that the vikings used this technique? And I would be interested in a second part.
thank you so much for sharing this video, I always wanted to know what I was doing wrong with my Viking. and now I know what I was doing wrong. love how you made the top first and then wire its. thank you again
FYI, A Ruler controles a country, A Rule also called a scale is used to measure things in the divisions of the scale on the rule that you chose to work with. Joe
Ruler - a straight strip or cylinder of plastic, wood, metal, or other rigid material, typically marked at regular intervals, to draw straight lines or measure distances.
Somehow i missed it if you are using sterling silver wire or stainless steel.? I have a silver durhum coin from the middle east from aprox.900 a.d.,found in a viking horde, that i purchased when a replica norse longship was sailed from Norway to state of Delaware in late 1980's and i have wanted to find an authentic "viking" style chain for it. Now i can make my own.thank you for the upload.
Don't know why this is in my recommendation but this is awesome would like to know where you buy your stuff to make these I would like to do this as well
That is so cool, and art from the ancient times. Which is perfect for today's OCD super medicated antisocial youth. And pretty damn good for some fat old retired white dudes too. Excellent explanation great video
I really like that video! I have a question though: you use multiple sections of wire but I've heard that Norse people used a single wire. Is what I heard historically accurate or just BS? If it's real, could you make a video on how to do it with a single strand?
Asharas in a Box as I understand that is correct! Cutting the wire into shorter segments just enables you to work faster and more efficiently. Once the chain is drawn through the plate those wire endings become nearly invisible. Since the chain is essentially a bunch of tiny knots, cutting it into segments doesn’t really effect any of the durability either. Doing it all in one strange would pretty much be the same process (and video), except I would be pulling 30-60ft worth of wire through each loop instead of 1-2 feet at a time
I was wondering : is " Viking " just a way to call it because it's been used for Scandinavian-inspired jewelry, or do we have actual ones from the Viking age made with this technique ?
I took a class at a bead store on doing viking knit. The teacher said it was originally used by the vikings to cover their outer clothing. Now if that is really true I do not know because I have not researched it.
@@UnReaLgeek I have a 40mm single coil RDA from Death Wish, I actually have to wrap at 5-6mm ID to fill it up more. Basically a whole strip of Cotton Bacon to fit the hole LMAO
IOnceAteAPinecone I was talking about the actual thickness of the wire, not the coil. A 2mm post hole is pretty chunky, but using big wire in a technique like this would be a fast way to bulk it up beyond what your posts can handle. Unless you have a clamp deck, then you should be able to pull it off then.
Would you be interested in a second part to this video covering another style of Viking knit and a few ways to add end caps to your chain designs? Let me know!
Yes. That would be great. Thank you for sharing your time and talent with us. You are a true artist.
Yes!!!!!
Amazing work, one day I will try it
Yes that would be really great! I really want to learn more about this technique cause its kinda hard but your video's are really helpful! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!
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That means I would be more than grateful to see a part 2!🙂🙂🙂
I've no idea why I'm here, and I've no regrets
Poofer Ditto. I’m a knitter and crocheter and I’m now trying to figure out a way to translate wire into yarn. This is fascinating.
Literally the same here man. I have no idea why this popped up, but it was pretty neat.
Poofer Yeah, me 2.
i got sent here by the algorithm from a vaping video, apparently anything related to wire wrapping is considered coils now :'D
i think i am here because of the amount of smithing videos i watch. but you are right @Poofer! no regrets of watching this neat craft.
the appreciation i feel for those who share the knowledge of their craft is immeasureable, with great thanks....
Exactly! I used to hate the professional jealousy and secrecy of tradesmen, who would NOT show anyone, except the official apprentice, how to do the work and damning their trades to the forgotten bin, when one member of the 'secret' chain died before passing on his knowledge. Very narrow minded and stupid. I'm retired now and have never kept any so-called trade secrets to myself. Knowledge is to be shared and passed on, not hoarded then lost!
Great video from a master! I'm still learning and will continue to do so till I die.
That two inch sample you made would also make an interesting fishing lure. The flexibility gave me the idea.
Yes, end caps please!
I think what I like most about this video is that you have shown this process in such a way as to make it look very do-able for someone like myself who has a tough time with weaves and stuff. I am excited to try this method. and I feel like you have shown me that I could do this. Thanks!
This. Is. AWESOME! I'm entirely new to wire weaving & really any kind of jewelry making that isn't like little polymer clay trinkety charms, and the idea of making a chain was really overwhelming to me...until I saw this. It opened up a whole new way of looking at things, for me, and I found it really easy to understand and follow along. Thank you so much!
I just started wire wrapping gemstones & crystals 🥰 you’re idea for putting beads inside the single knit chain is brilliant. I might have to try it with the itty bitty crystal pieces that can’t be wrapped
There is lots of scrap wire that my work gets rid of. I remembered watching this video a while back and decided I might try making something with some scrap wire. Glad I found it again!
I have a number of variations I have done with Viking knit. I have used a fine anodized aluminum wire in a double or triple knit pulled down small then fed that through the middle of a gold or silver single knit with larger gauge wire before you draw it down over the smaller knit. The color peeks through the gaps and gives a very different look. I have also done a number of patterns with 2 different color wires.
I don't do this kind of work at all but the video was still awesome and had my full attention the entire time. Very well done.
I really appreciate your teaching method, Thank you. I watched 3 other videos before yours and actually gave up on the idea that I will one day make a Viking knit chain and I rare just quit when something interests me. But you made it all perfectly clear for me from your calm detailed and slow teaching approach to the black colored Allen key with silver wire that emphasized everything so well that I could easily store the info in my aging brain.
Great job! You made this understandable and yet not condescending or too slow with your approach. I’m excited to try it. I’m going to make my own block. Thanks for the tutorial
This is the best explanation on how to do the weave I’ve come across! Nice and slow and able to see! I’ve been making jewelry for forty years and never tried this But today will be the first. You have inspired me! Thanks
I have just discovered your channel, this video is interesting. It also solved a small puzzle for me. I once went to an Egyptian exhibition, that came to near where I lived here in Australia, in it was this amazing gold necklace with a figure on it. What fascinated me was the chain and how it was made. After watching this video now I know. Thank you.
Just watched a Whisky review that had Viking in the title , I saw this title and just clicked on it . WOW , the volume wasn't great but the content is amazing, I was mesmerised and in a state of peacefulness unknown on UA-cam within a super short time . Thankyou for such a thought-provoking video. Coupling this with a video about Ruby Bay in Fife , Scotland , my mind is racing !!!!
I decided to try this with tarnish proof copper colored wire, 28 gauge. I ended up with about a 7inch bracelet for my wife and she loved it! Thanks for the lesson.
im an engineer and have been since 1991.. amazing work here love it,
This was really informative and mesmerizing. 19 minutes later I'm still here and I'm thinking about how I could make something for my girlfriend. I've never even heard of making wire chains before. Thank you, on to the rings tutorial!
So informative. I always wondered how to do it. Thanks for the easy tutorial.
Best tutorial ever on Viking Knit!
Thank you for taking time to make a video. I found it very helpful. Very clear and concise, easy to understand. Love the added tips and tricks. Wish I had seen this video before I spent the money on a Viking Knit Tool, the Allen wrench seems to work fine. I have had the tool for a while but after watching your video I'll give it a try. I liked where you made your Viking knit 2.5mm. Most of the knits I see are much thicker. Thanks again.
Pretty cool, I wish I had seen this video before I went out and bought the Lazy Daisy. I could have just borrowed one of my husband's tools. Thanks for sharing. 🤗💖
You are a great teacher. Thank you so much for doing these videos 🤟🏻😁🤟🏻
great video, thank you for taking it step by step. I have been playing around making some wire wrap stuff just for my own entertainment. I do not typically wear jewelry nor does my wife. but I am definitely going to try this as a replacement for the cheap chain on my pocket watch
I agree totally with Sharon Wilbourne’s comments. Excellent tutorial.
BEAUTIFUL work with young hands...
I have made several lengths of different ga wire. These are awesome and will add them to your instagram link. This is a great way to finish a piece of jewelry. Yes show us the different ways to attach the end caps.
Liked it a lot. First time I saw how chains are made. Thank you very much.
so amazing! your work is incredibly beautiful !
Thank you for your time and I appreciate your procedures and I want to create a chain for a pendant that I am trying to construct for an opal I got for Christmas while younger and it fell out of its original design for a pendant
I loved watching this video. Beautiful work!
Great tutorial you did a great job demoing and giving good working tips along the way! I plan on trying this out and incorporating it into my own sculpting work!
It looks like it would be hard to make but if you can crochet/knit, you could make these. Pretty cool!
Man this was a top notch video! Very well done sir!
I think it could make a nice wrap for a handle.
Maybe start knitting it on something with about twice the radius of the handle.
Pull it through to make it roughly the same radius and then push the handle through the hole in the middle of the chain.
Guess I'll have to give that a try sometime.
Wow, awesome work! You have the patience of a saint! lol
Simply amazing I am going to have to try this!
damn if only i saw this before quarantine i might have bought all needed materials for this , i appreciate how detailed you got into the piece too in each step , i just kinda hoped you'd show how to add different end caps not just talking about it because thats the part in jewelry making struggle in
You did a really Great Job With this Video, Great Quality and Very easy to follow, Nice Work with the Chain Also, Very impressive, Thank You for Sharing your Talent...
I'm not a jewelry maker, but stumbled across this video. Very interesting.
Doublenet looks so cool
wow! Very clear tutorial! So interesting! I've never heard about this before
thank you , so clear and interesting , really well made video
so cool!! somehow I would love to try it one day!
Very cool, I am definitely going to do this with a belt for my dress I'm making.
Some suggestions from watching you, one I would use a cheaper wire for the pedals so you don't wase silver, I would put a brass bead (cuz it's durable) on the end so I don't poke my fingers on the pointy sharp ends.
Ps. I'm going to use bobbin lace with heavier wire for the buckle.
Very Nice -- Excellent Instruction -- Thanks
I should have never watched this .... lol
Now I’m hooked ! Lol
Yes end caps would be nice to see!
Oh wow! These are gorgeous wrappings! My mind is blown! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
I can’t wait to try it!
Such a fantastic video tutorial!!! LOVED IT! One question though, if you're going to draw the chain then continue weaving, how do you NOT draw the end so that you can put it back on the mandrel? You can't back the chain out of the draw plate, can you? Thank you!
This was really educational. Thank you.
UA-cam randomly put this in my recommendations, even though I don't search or watch jewelry making or metalworking outside of smithing. Interesting technique of making a chain. I wonder if someone has found a way to automate this process with a machine.
Very well done and understandable tutorial. Is it just called "Viking knit" or do we have some archaeological evidence that the vikings used this technique? And I would be interested in a second part.
thank you for the easy to follow video
thank you so much for sharing this video, I always wanted to know what I was doing wrong with my Viking. and now I know what I was doing wrong. love how you made the top first and then wire its.
thank you again
FYI, A Ruler controles a country, A Rule also called a scale is used to measure things in the divisions of the scale on the rule that you chose to work with.
Joe
Ruler - a straight strip or cylinder of plastic, wood, metal, or other rigid material, typically marked at regular intervals, to draw straight lines or measure distances.
Somehow i missed it if you are using sterling silver wire or stainless steel.? I have a silver durhum coin from the middle east from aprox.900 a.d.,found in a viking horde, that i purchased when a replica norse longship was sailed from Norway to state of Delaware in late 1980's and i have wanted to find an authentic "viking" style chain for it. Now i can make my own.thank you for the upload.
Beautiful work, could you do the video on end caps? Thanks and keep up the good work.
Kumihimo has tubulars with beads inside too. Very peek a boo cute!
Love the video, I swear it sounds like JP Sears.
I love that 😂
Very helpful!! Thank you so much!!
That was simply amazing.
vaping with these coils.. oh yeah baby
Don't know why this is in my recommendation but this is awesome would like to know where you buy your stuff to make these I would like to do this as well
very awesome!
you have a new follower
That’s beautiful
Should try to use this to reinforce charge cables and other cables 🤘🏽😜
thanks, great video. do a part two now.
Wow! Thank you.
What kind of wire would you recommend to make flexible bracelet for Pandora-style beads? (so like 4-5mm of diameter, I believe)
great job. awesome
Would you recommend using basic jewelry wire for the flower part, instead of wasting sterling?
That is a great idea!
Where do you get your wire from good sir? Love your channel.
Hello, I am shopping for a good jewelry tutorial camera, would you mind telling me what camera you use?
I want to learn how to do this, what do you recommend?
Looks great. Does 316 stainless wire work well too? I have some 30ga on hand.
I’ve never tried, but I imagine it would work just fine
Where can I go to find out how to connect end caps on this type of wrap?
i keep trying but i keepp making the flower all lopsided, any tips how to make it work?
That is so cool, and art from the ancient times. Which is perfect for today's OCD super medicated antisocial youth. And pretty damn good for some fat old retired white dudes too. Excellent explanation great video
what i think? i think u r amazing! 🥰
Great video, easy to follow. Do you know the ratio of chain on the allen key to finish chain?
I though the title said wire tapping so I clicked, either way this video was useful
This is very inspiring. Can you show how to finish the ends?
Where would we go to have you make us a chain if that's possible
Fascinating!
How tight should you make the loops?
How do you make it so the ends don't scratch?
That was cool
thank you
Great tutorial, but how to finish this into a bracelet??
Nice thanks
I love it!
Hey, theoretically, do you think.. say a triple knit would be possible? Thanks in advance :)
Absolutely!
Nice!
Awesome
I really like that video!
I have a question though: you use multiple sections of wire but I've heard that Norse people used a single wire. Is what I heard historically accurate or just BS? If it's real, could you make a video on how to do it with a single strand?
Asharas in a Box as I understand that is correct! Cutting the wire into shorter segments just enables you to work faster and more efficiently. Once the chain is drawn through the plate those wire endings become nearly invisible. Since the chain is essentially a bunch of tiny knots, cutting it into segments doesn’t really effect any of the durability either.
Doing it all in one strange would pretty much be the same process (and video), except I would be pulling 30-60ft worth of wire through each loop instead of 1-2 feet at a time
I was wondering : is " Viking " just a way to call it because it's been used for Scandinavian-inspired jewelry, or do we have actual ones from the Viking age made with this technique ?
I took a class at a bead store on doing viking knit. The teacher said it was originally used by the vikings to cover their outer clothing. Now if that is really true I do not know because I have not researched it.
are you using dead-soft or half hard wire?
I would only use dead soft for this
I know this is a jewelry channel or whatever, but I really want to try this with nichrome and see if it vapes lol
Let me know how it goes!
40 or 42 gauge ni80 should work, but is going to be a pain to coil. I think anything larger would be too chunky for most decks
@@UnReaLgeek I have a 40mm single coil RDA from Death Wish, I actually have to wrap at 5-6mm ID to fill it up more.
Basically a whole strip of Cotton Bacon to fit the hole LMAO
IOnceAteAPinecone I was talking about the actual thickness of the wire, not the coil. A 2mm post hole is pretty chunky, but using big wire in a technique like this would be a fast way to bulk it up beyond what your posts can handle.
Unless you have a clamp deck, then you should be able to pull it off then.
@@UnReaLgeek All my decks are clamps, and the clamps on the Deathwish RDA are beefy AF