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European 4-1: This is a basic sheet weave. At any width it makes excelent jewelry, and can be expanded to make even larger items like clothing and art. One of the most versatile weaves.
European 6-1: Another of the European family of weaves, this is a more dense sheet. It has just as many applications as any other sheet weave. It's density also makes it really silky feeling weave.
KingsMaille: This is a nice heavy sheet weave. It is European 4-1 with all the links doubled. This makes it quite dense, and even in very fine links this weave is still weighty. Because of it's weight, it is not the greatest choice for clothing, but it makes amazing jewelry.
Box Chain: In the European family of weaves, this is European 4-1 wrapped on itself, forming a square or rectangular box-shaped rope weave. It makes great loose bracelets and necklaces.
RoundMaille: This weave is the sister weave to Box Chain, this weave is a circular, almost tube-like rope weave. Even in the finest of links this weave has great substance to itself, and makes wonderful necklaces and bracelets.
Inverted RoundMaille: This weave is the inverse of RoundMaille. It looks very skeletal and hollow. An excellent lightweight weave for jewelry.
Captive Inverted RoundMaille: A direct relative of Inverted RoundMaille. This weave has a very neat feature, and that is the links inside each unit are free floating, captured in place by the tension of the rings around them.
Byzantine: Easily the most diverse of the rope weaves, with dozens of variatons, and hundreds of combinations. This weave is easily the most popular offered by SteelWeaver.
Trizantine: Closely related to Byzantine, this weave has a few extra links to add to it's complexity and depth. A lovely rope weave for bracelets and necklaces.
Turkish RoundMaille: Also closely related to Byzantine, with one extra dimension to it, making for a thicker tube-like rope weave.
Byzantine Bar: Another Byzantine variant, this takes the rope version, turns it on it's side, and connects the units in a sheet, or bar weave. This makes excellent bracelets and chokers.
Helix: This rope weave is in a field of it's own, forming a spiral, much akin to a helix. This weave is nice and light, and it's spiral appearance reflects light beautifully.
Barrel: This weave forms little bundles of sparkle that look like little barrels, hence the name. Replace some of the links with colour to add that certain something.
DragonScale: This sheet weave is used for many applications, but is most commmonly seen in bracelets, necklaces, and chokers. It has the unique property of being 2 different ring sizes in one piece. Either set of links can be made of an alternate colour to add a wonderful level of depth.
Helm Chain: This weave is a nice rope weave, using 2 different sized links. It sits flat, and is a rope style variant of DragonScale.
StarBurst: This sheet weave is from the Oriental family of weaves, most of which use multiple ring sizes. It lays nice and flat, and there are a nearly infinite combination of metals you can use to achieve different looks. StarBurst is the most intricate of the Oriental style weaves.
Simple Oriental: This is a rope version, loosely related to the Oriental family of weaves. It is simple 2-1 chain, used often as a simple alternative for attaching pendants, rather than bulk premade chains.
Two Squared: Another simplistic chain, for those wanting an alternative to more detailed chains, or used to connect portions of other weaves.
Queen's Braid: The most basic of the Persian family of weave, this rope style weave has the unique feature of being concave on one side, and convex on the other. This allows for 2 completely different looks in the same piece. Makes wonderful bracelets!
Jester's Braid: An immediate relative to Queen's Braid, this version lays completely flat. It makes excellent bracelets or chokers.
King's Braid: Another of the Persian family, this is a tube shaped rope weave, that flows beautifully.
GSG: A sheet variant of Queen's Braid, which lays completely flat on both sides. It makes nice wide bracelets and chokers.
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