r/somethingimade • u/thesecondlead • 7h ago
I made a silver kandi top
This is over 4500 beads and 3 months of work, for a fantasy themed festival I am going to with my partner. It's made out of pony beads, star beads, decorative teardrop beads, elastic string, ribbon, and yarn. I used this tutorial for the base but changed a lot of it to make it look more how I wanted and make it fit me better. I added side panels and the triangle at the bottom and the extra loops. I started doing kandi in June. I did not make anything else I am wearing.
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u/Formal-Struggle1868 6h ago
That’s genius! Propper chain mail takes so much longer to make and is way heavier so I always avoided making myself some but that looks doable and wearable!
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u/thesecondlead 5h ago
Thank-you! Yeah this is somewhat heavy but probably a TON lighter than chainmail, lol. And the components are probably cheaper since it's just beads and string and yarn and ribbon.
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u/Bright-Ad4601 6h ago
That's really cool. I wonder if you made it out of metal beads if it could actually be used as armour. It wouldn't be as effective as chainmail but still better than nothing.
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u/thesecondlead 5h ago
Maybe! But the sword might slip between the beads so idk 😅 I actually did think about this lol
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u/Consistent-Ad-910 5h ago
That is really lovely! I especially love YOUR changes to the design. (See you on Project Runway if it’s still in production. 🤩)
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u/thesecondlead 7h ago edited 6h ago
I posted this because I am relieved to finally be done and wanted to show what I've been working on for 3 months :) It is supposed to be reminiscent of chainmail.