Craft Cove

All chainmail jewellery on this site is currently created using nickel silver plated rings only.

Chainmail (also known as Chainmaille) is the ancient art of linking rings together. The earliest finds have been dated back to the 4^th century BC. It was traditionally used to make protective armor, but is now most commonly used to make jewellery.

There are 4 main categories of chainmail: European, Japanese, Persian and Hybrid.

The most common family is the European, of which the European 4-1 was most widely used for armor in ancient Europe, and is the most well known of all weaves today.

The Japanese weaves were traditionally used in Japan, mainly for joining sections of armor plates together. Usually a smaller ring size was used than the European types.

The Persian weave has a misleading name. There is actually no evidence to suggest this weave was ever used in Persia to create armor or jewellery. Most of these weaves were created in modern times to make jewellery.

The Hybrid weaves are all the other miscellaneous weaves.

This choker is made from the byzantine chain weave. 

It is comprised of 7mm nickel plated rings and measures approximately 41cm.

$22.00 

SOLD but can be made to order

This Silver choker is made in the Half Persian 3-1 weave using 10mm nickel plated rings.

This piece measures approximately 45cm.

$22.00 

This is a very fascinating weave that creates a chain that twists itself along the length of the piece. 

It is made with 7mm rings of nickel silver and measures approximately 40cm.

$22.00 

This interesting chain weave is made with 7mm rings of nickel silver, and measures approximately 36cm in length.

$22.00 

Silver choker made in Byzantine variation pattern .

This is made with 7mm and 10mm rings of nickel silver, and measures approximately 41cm.

$22.00 

Silver choker made from the double spiral pattern.

This is a very fascinating weave that creates a chain that twists itself along the length of the piece. 

 It is made with 7mm rings of nickel silver and measures approximately 40cm.

$22.00 

This silver choker is made in European  4-1 weave. This is one of the most basic weaves in chainmail, but that doesn’t take away from the beauty of the piece.

It is made with 7mm rings of nickel silver, and measures approximately 37.5 cm long.

$22.00 

SOLD but can be made to order

This choker is made from the chain mail weave called snakeskin weave, which gets its name because the design has a definite snakeskin look.  It incorporates pink and yellow glass beads and it measures approximately 41cm.

$24.00