Chainmaille 102: Pixie

This weave is a Persian variant unit weave, the idea is to keep the AR almost to tight to weave. it is not normaly used on its own. Using it to join 3 chains is common. some even have weaved it into more complex units. see Triton Star or Pixie Link snowflake.

Ring AR Range: 4 - 4.3 (4 as shown)

Color system:

Blue = inactive or finished weave

Red = active ring

Green = interpolated or weaved thru

Yellow = Orbital/captive ring/free floating

Jump rings

Pliers.

Open 2 ring and Close 4 ring.

place the 4 rings on to one of the two open rings as shown. then double the green ring.

flip over the bottom and top ring to the other side like shown.

place the next ring though the closed rings from step one in this orientation.

Mirror the last stem onto the other side of the unit.

split open the front two ring in incert the last ring between them finishing the unit.