Weave Guide
Weaves are divided into families and introduced in this order. Weave families are subdivided by Captive, Orbital, Captive Orbital, and Reinforced where applicable. In terms of form, sheet weaves expand on two planes and cover an area. Some are further broken down as Square, Hex, Directional, and Chain Sheet, and Web. Dimensional (cube) weaves expand on three planes to occupy a volume. Finally, chain weaves expand on one plane and cover a certain length. Chain weaves include tubes, formed of a continuous sheet weave of a fixed number of rows with the last row connecting seamlessly to the first, and bands, which are flatter and wider than standard chains. Units are themselves zero-dimensional, but can be repeated or expanded into weaves.
European | Persian | Spiral | Mage
Japanese
The Japanese family of weaves is made up of basic geometrical connections that start with very low ARs. Squarely, and hexagonally expanding sheets of perfect symmetry are introduced. Dimensional expansion is made possible with Japanese 4 in 1 Cube. Multiple orbital possibilities exist which introduce Tetra Orbs, and Hourglass Units. Popular chains of the Japanese weave family include Celtic Visions, Helm Chain, and Harvest Moon. Hexagonally expanding sheets include Japanese Dragonscale, Captive/Orbital Hex Cage, Borealis, and Power Grid.
Japanese 3 |
Japanese 4 |
Japanese 5
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Japanese 6
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Japanese 3 Dodecahedron |
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Basic Chain
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Japanese 4 Cube |
Orb |
Japanese Dragonscale /
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Hourglass |
Hex Cage
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Square Cage
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Hourglass Dodecahedron |
Orbital Cage Dodecahedron
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Missing |
Orbital Unit / Celtic Rosette |
Velo / Endo / Power Line |
Orbital Japanese
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Japanese Web
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Not Tao 3
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Not Tao 2 |
Not Tao Chain |
Not Tao 4+ |
Uclid |
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Helm Chain
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Helm Tessellation |
Helm Chain Sheet |
Tao 3
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Helm Unit |
Helm Unit |
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Celtic Visions
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Aura |
Celtic Expansion
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Helm Chain Variant |
Kinetics |
Helm Chain Variant |
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Celtic / Aura |
Helmi |
Helmi Sheet |
Helm Hybrid
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Moon
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Zen
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Celtic Wings
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Celtic Wings Unit |
Japanese | Persian | Spiral | Mage
European
The European family of weaves intoduce the alternating lean rows found in European 4 in 1, Trinitymaille, and Oops. Inverting options introduce Corduroy, and Inverted Round. Byzantine and Turkish Round alternate the direction of the cells of Box, and Roundmaille tubes, respectively. These items are also ideal for captivation. Dragonscale, and Dragontail are scaled weaves with rings that orbit smaller rings. Trizantine, Quaterzantine, and Quinatzantine add layers to Byzantine and introduce cross cell options. Extended European weaves include Candy Cane Cord, Elfsheet, and Tiffany. Basic European connections are found in many Hybrid weaves, especially those involving Half Persian chains.
European Even
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European Odd |
European Unbalanced
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King's Maille
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Box
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Box Sheet |
Box Variant |
Roundmaille / Turkish Round
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Unit/Chain |
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Byzantine Chain
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Byzantine Sheet / Band
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Byzantine Tessellation
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Dimensional Byzantine
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Byzantine Hybrid
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Trizantine |
B^
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B#g Unit B#g^ Unit |
Dragon Wing
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Inverted Round Chain
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Inverted European Sheet
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Dragonscale
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Dragon Tail
Half Persian Dragon Tail |
Inverted Round Sheet
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Reinforced Inverted Round Chain
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Bore Worm Chain
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Bore Worm Sheet
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Reinforced Inverted Round Sheet
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Berus Edge
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Candy Cane Cord
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European Extended
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Scaled European |
Hoodoo Edge
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Elf Chain
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Elf Sheet |
Japanese | European | Spiral | Mage
Persian
The Persian family of weaves intoduce the "around-the-eye" (AE) connection type, and combine them with "through-the-eye" (TE) connections, as introduced by the preceding Europeean weave family. Primary division is by Half Persian, and Full Persian groupings, which further separate based on unbalanced and balanced models. Several sheeting options exist for these, and their midway Quarter Persian chains. Numerous Full Persian grain-crossing variants exist as well in this vastly expansive family. Some extended Persian weaves include Sweetpea, Viperscale, and Sandstone. Popular Hybrid HP3/European designs include Persian Dragonscale, and Dragonback.
Half Persian |
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Half Persian 2 Chain |
Half Persian 3 Chain
Half Persian 3 Band |
Half Persian 4 Chain
Half Persian 5 Chain
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Half Persian 6+ Chain
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Jens Pind Linkage
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Half Persian 2 Tube
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Half Persian 3 Tube
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Half Persian 4 Tube |
Half Persian 5 Tube |
Half Persian 2 Sheet |
Half Persian 3 Sheet
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Half Persian 4 Sheet
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Half Persian 5 Sheet
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Half Persian 6 Sheet
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Half Persian 7 Sheet
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Half Persian Dragon Tail
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Half Persian Symmetrical
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Interwoven
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Persian/European Hybrid
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Quarters Persian |
Three Quarters Persian 6 Chain
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Three Quarters Persian 6 Sheet
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Three Quarters Persian 8+
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Four+ Quarters Persian 6 |
Full Persian / Hilt Chain |
Full Persian 6 Chain
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Reinforced Full Persian 6
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Full Persian 6
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Full Persian 8+ Chain
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Hilt Chain 6
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Reinforced Hilt Chain 6
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Full Persian/Hilt 6 Sheet
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Box Ate Full Persian 6
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Full Persian 6 |
Dimensional |
Hilt Chain 8 |
Box Ate Full Persian 8
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Full Persian 6 Variant |
One And A Half Persian
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One And A Half Persian |
Two(+) And A Half Persian |
Three(+) Hours Less Sleep |
Full Persian 6 Variant
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Staggered |
Full Persian 6 Cross-eyed |
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Full Persian 6 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 6 Cross Grain
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Full Persian 6 Cross Grain
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Full Persian 6 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 6 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 6 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 6 Cross Grain
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Full Persian 6 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 8+ Variant |
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Full Persian 8 Variant |
Full Persian 8 Variant |
Full Persian 8 Variant
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Full Persian 10 Cross Grain
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Full Persian 8 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 8 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 8 Cross Grain |
Full Persian 8 Cross Grain |
Persian Variant |
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Half / Full Persian Variant |
Half / Full Persian Variant |
Full Persian Variant |
AR-Locked Persian |
Hilt Chain 6 Spiral |
Sense of Humour |
Persian Chain |
Persian Chain |
Hilt Chain 6 Alternate Twist |
Japanese | European | Persian | Mage
Spiral
The Spiral family of weaves is not so much a family but a grouping of weaves featuring Mobius connectivity, or other spiral forced connections, usually to basic 2 in 1 Chains.
Basic Spiral |
2 in 1 Chain Spiral |
Mobius |
Hoodoo |
Dragog / Gogard |
Vipera Star
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Jens Pind Linkage
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Spiral |
Mobius |
Voodoo |
Hybrid Spiral
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Japanese | European | Persian | Spiral
Mage
The Mage family of weaves is made up of items using 2 in 1 Chain columns separated by basic connections, and biased chain contractions thereof. This family can be looked at as an extension of the Japanese one.
Magus |
Single Column |
Double Column |
Double Column |
Double Column |
Certain weaves from a given family have an 'x in y' (with x greater than y) designation (e.g. European 4 in 1
Note: Most weaves have no affiliation with the geographical region after which they are named.
Where applicable, Captive, Orbital, Orbit, or/and Reinforced precede the name of a weave. In cases where a chain is held captive, the name of the chain being held captive precedes the word Captive, e.g.
Every weave is made of one or more ring types. Weaves of multiple ring types don't necessarily use different ring sizes, but in some cases it is ideal. In certain cases it is mandatory. Weaves of a single ring type can, of course, be made of multiple ring sizes. An example of this is found in graduated maille.
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*Single lean row in basic Spiral chains.
In their purest form,
All Balanced, Unbalanced, and Symmetrical Half Persian # in 1 chains have a single ring type with exceptions occurring in the "Double" (layered) versions of unbalanced HPs (
The basic sheet weaves from the Japanese family:
Byzantine is made up of two ring types, since it is single Box units separated by connector rings. TR Byzantises RM similarly. Byz progression Triz adds a third ring type with those added to the middle of each Box cell. These rings are ideally larger to keep those on the outside from being slack. Quaterzantine adds yet another ring type, since the added inner connector ring is ideally smaller than the outer ones. Further progressions each add an additional ring type. In some cases certain weaves are forced to use different ring sizes. Among the most common of these are DS, DT, and Helm Chain. These weaves have rings which completely orbit (scale) the OD of smaller ones. This is also seen in Saturn, for example.
Any weave containing captive, orbital, and/or reinforced rings has to be composed of multiple ring types. Captive rings are held in place by cage rings. Orbital rings go around connection points (or rings/cells in the case of orbit rings), and reinforcing rings pass through sets of rings in the cells of the weave being reinforced. Ring stacks can affect the total number of ring types in a weave. A ring stack is where rings are doubled (Kinged), tripled, quadrupled, etc. Ring stacks are found in weaves with multiples of captive, orbital, or reinforcing rings per cell.
In two-ring stacks, each ring is the same. Exceptions occur with Kinged versions of certain weaves such as