Pop tab chainmail

[ellilis]

I think I just found a new cheap craft to make... Anyone else do this? I used to make bracelets and belts, this one is new to me

 

[Matt Derrick]

i've seen full shirt mail made out of those, and my ex used to make belts and stuff out of them. definitely could make some crazy stuff out of it!

 

[janktoaster]

Rad! I met some kid in Frisco that made and sold these as strainers for pasta and stuff.. I bet you could do a lot

 

[ellilis]

Full shirt? Wow, way to do it better. Did it hold up well? Tabs are a surprisingly versatile/useful little things, I'd bet I could make a bag or purse out of em too...

 

[ellilis]

Rad! I met some kid in Frisco that made and sold these as strainers for pasta and stuff.. I bet you could do a lot

Pasta strainer was not even on the radar! Love it

 

[janktoaster]

Yeah, when I see those I don't really think about pasta. You could definitely make some purses or something, a cage for a pet rock or frog.. depending on how strong it is you could take the strainer idea and make a huge one, then throw it in a river and try to catch some fish.....

 

[ellilis]

Better get to drinkin, gonna need a lot of these...

 

[Thorne]

I make regular chainmail and that is a good idea. Looks totally awesome.

 

[MEOW]

a friend of mines girlfriend has a bunch of those on her jacket instead of studs. it looks pretty rad

 

[Joni]

i miss the large steel reserve pop tabs. i used to be able to bend one in half and press into the back of a bottle cap. originally i wanted to make my hoodie have pop bottle cap platingg. i was/am no where near enough of a lush to drink that much be
er. ^.^ so i ended up with a dozen or so bottle caps afixed to my hoodie pocket. gosh that method works so well that i went through 3 hoodies and there still holding strong.

sorry about off topic but it was too temptimg...

 

[Erable]

I think I just found a new cheap craft to make... Anyone else do this? I used to make bracelets and belts, this one is new to me

Cool! I like the patterning too!

 

[VikingAdventurer]

This is pretty awesome. I might start doing this as a hobby!