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One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions
Weave & Instructions by Zlosk

Materials

This weave works best using rings with an aspect ratio around 6.4 (after springback). This works out to:

  • 14 ga. (.080) x .512 (about 1/2) I.D.
  • 16 ga. (.062) x .397 (about 3/8) I.D.
  • 18 ga. (.045) x .288 (about 1/4) I.D.
  • 20 ga. (.032) x .205 (about 3/16) I.D.
  • 22 ga. (.025) x .160 (about 5/32) I.D.
  • 24 ga. (.020) x .128 (about 1/8) I.D.
Steps 1 - 7 require (18) rings.
Each step 8 requires another (8) rings.

Instructions

For this instruction set, new rings are gold and existing rings are silver.

One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 1 1. Make a 2-4-2-4 chain.
One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 2 2. Move the center rings to the left and scrunch them together as shown.
One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 3 3. Add a ring through 6 existing rings.
One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 4 4. Add a ring through 6 existing rings (same as step 3, but on the opposite side).
One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 5 5. Add a 2-4 chain. Note that the 2 go through 4 existing rings.
One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 6 6. Move the center rings to the left and scrunch them together as shown (same as step 2).
One Hour Less Sleep Variant A Instructions: Step 7 7. Add 2 rings (same as steps 3 and 4).
  8. Keep on repeating steps 5 through 7 until the chain is as long as required.

You're done!




Questions or comments? Email me at mailler@zlosk.com.

This page last updated on January 6, 2005.

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