Project Elf Chain Progress report
May. 1st, 2010 10:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzIt's been a hectic month and for some reason I'm stuck with dead batteries in a camera. So, I'll just do this one with a previously posted picture instead of trying to tug badly-lit photos from an already exhausted camera.
Trainmaille'ing happened this month, and there were nights that I was too exhausted to do anything after I got home. Even picking up the pliers while watching TV was too much.
I brought the slab to Charm to show it off and people were impressed. I also noticed it was getting quite long. So the big news of this month's progress report is that I've tied off the weave and started on a second slab. Slab one is now officially 56 rings wide and 50 rings high, measuring 60 x 46 cm. It's still rectangular, I've not started on the raglan/neck side yet, because that'll be tricky.
Slab two is picking up easily, at four point twenty-five rows of 56 rings wide. It's much more managable on the train, or will be when I take it along. I've still not run out of pre-prepared rings yet, so progress will go smoothly for another month. On the other hand, I've got three larps coming up and two weeks' leave, so I can't really predict how much work I can get done on the chainmail.
Next time, I'll come bearing pictures again! (Or if you're lucky, I'll update this post when I've got some batteries charged!)
Trainmaille'ing happened this month, and there were nights that I was too exhausted to do anything after I got home. Even picking up the pliers while watching TV was too much.
I brought the slab to Charm to show it off and people were impressed. I also noticed it was getting quite long. So the big news of this month's progress report is that I've tied off the weave and started on a second slab. Slab one is now officially 56 rings wide and 50 rings high, measuring 60 x 46 cm. It's still rectangular, I've not started on the raglan/neck side yet, because that'll be tricky.
Slab two is picking up easily, at four point twenty-five rows of 56 rings wide. It's much more managable on the train, or will be when I take it along. I've still not run out of pre-prepared rings yet, so progress will go smoothly for another month. On the other hand, I've got three larps coming up and two weeks' leave, so I can't really predict how much work I can get done on the chainmail.
Next time, I'll come bearing pictures again! (Or if you're lucky, I'll update this post when I've got some batteries charged!)
