Plaited Ring Belt

Instructions on my beaded plaited medieval ring belt.
 

 This was made as a medieval style belt.
3 x 140 inch 6lb fireline
32 mm ring
3 x 6mm jumprings
5mm jumprings, about 20
6/0 matsuma seed beads black and gunmetal  total about 9 x 12.5g tubes (1.5 per strand)
18 x 6/0 silver plated beads
3 x 10mm paua shell coin beads
3 x spirals
3 x eyepins

String fireline through 5 mm jumpring
string 2 silver beads then a 5mm jumpring then 1 more silver bead onto both ends of the fireline at once, push hard up to the jumpring at the middle of the fireline, makes one double strand for the plait.
Do this 2 more times, once for each double strand
Use 5mm jumprings to link the jumprings together.








String the black and gunmetal on the ends of the fireline, takes about 1.5 tubes per strand.
String up to approximately 60 inches long, finish off the other end of the strands in the same way that you started it, 1 silver bead, 1 5mm jumpring, then 2 silver beads.
Plait the belt, you will need a lot of room, best to do it on the floor, when plaiting, fold the double strands for each pass.

link the jumprings together in same way as other end, and tie the fireline off over the end jumpring, then string the ends back through the beads to hold it
Attach the 32mm ring to one end using 6mm jumprings, attach to the two outside rings and the middle ring.

Put the paua shell coins onto the eyepins, attach the spirals to the eye of the eyepin, loop the other end of the eyepin and attach to the two outside and the middle jumprings.

Tie the belt using a half winsor knot, a couple of the medieval belt sites have instructions.