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Step 5Epilogue, rosettes & speedier speed weaving
Note! The photos show 16ga bronze 3/16" rings. I really don't advise it--the rings were very stiff to work with in close quarters. The video shows 18ga bronze 3/16".
If you use a looser ring, you can actually prepare 2x2x2x2x2 units! (To prepare for those, have opened/closed rings in a 4:6 ratio.)
To attach these you need a pair of open rings, and you need to do the bizarre flopping thing before you hook the open ring onto your 2x2x2x2x2 unit. Close the ring, and give it a partner ring.
Now you grab the final rings on the 2x2x2x2x2 unit, and flop 'em. Grab an open ring, hook it on (just like step 3), toss on a new 2x2x2x2x2 unit. Close the ring, give it a partner and... repeat.
Rosettes (or "mobius balls") are a great embellishment to use with Byzantine.
When you attach open rings, just make sure to cross them.
Thread the second open ring through the first, you'd get a (slightly wimpy) rosette. You'd best add a third ring, making sure that it passes through the previous two. And possibly a fourth, fifth, etc.
I find that 3-4 is the optimal number, and I usually attach rosettes between units of 2x2x2x2x2 (rather than units of 2x2), so that they're not overwhelming the weave.
You can use a different ring size, color, material, etc. with your rosettes!
Incidentally, you can use a single ring as the connector. This looks better when the single ring is thicker and/or larger than the rings in the 2x2 units.
If you use a looser ring, you can actually prepare 2x2x2x2x2 units! (To prepare for those, have opened/closed rings in a 4:6 ratio.)
To attach these you need a pair of open rings, and you need to do the bizarre flopping thing before you hook the open ring onto your 2x2x2x2x2 unit. Close the ring, and give it a partner ring.
Now you grab the final rings on the 2x2x2x2x2 unit, and flop 'em. Grab an open ring, hook it on (just like step 3), toss on a new 2x2x2x2x2 unit. Close the ring, give it a partner and... repeat.
Rosettes (or "mobius balls") are a great embellishment to use with Byzantine.
When you attach open rings, just make sure to cross them.
Thread the second open ring through the first, you'd get a (slightly wimpy) rosette. You'd best add a third ring, making sure that it passes through the previous two. And possibly a fourth, fifth, etc.
I find that 3-4 is the optimal number, and I usually attach rosettes between units of 2x2x2x2x2 (rather than units of 2x2), so that they're not overwhelming the weave.
You can use a different ring size, color, material, etc. with your rosettes!
Incidentally, you can use a single ring as the connector. This looks better when the single ring is thicker and/or larger than the rings in the 2x2 units.
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