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Taking my jewelry in a new direction

Published: 02-03-2012 07:08am

I do what???? Trichinopoly. I admit it sounds like a board game or a disease, but it’s not. The ancient art of weaving a single thread or wire into a rounded chain on a dowel. This is what Viking knit is. Doing some research, since I wanted to know just how old this technique is, I came across a wonderful article that explained exactly that. Thousands of years old, this pattern has been found using textiles in ancient Egyptian tombs and no doubt goes back to the start of textile weaving. Different from a ring in chain method used to create chain, such as for a Pandora bracelet, rings squished to create the end result, Trichinopoly is the act... » Read More

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