This is a simple knot, but its structure lends itself to extension, three loops at a time. This is very easily done with string, but if I do it in metal I have to actually tie the whole thing at once, instead of loosening and adding more material.
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Here's the same knot, tied smaller and tighter, with smaller gauge wire. I like this one better, and experimented with tying several of them side-by-side as a flat-link chain.
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Here's the chain, four links in pure silver. Now that I know it works, it's time to try a bracelet in 18K gold.
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And here it is in 18K yellow gold, seventeen links complete, just a few more and a clasp left to go.
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Finished! Twenty links, one of which has elongated loops along one side to form hooks, which go through the edge loops at the other end.
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Here's a silver choker, thirty-one links, with the same sort of catch.
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