Have you ever thought about making your own hemp necklace but
thought it would probably just be too difficult or take too much
time? Well have no fear! I am Doris Rose, owner of
essdesigns.com
I am here to guide you step by step
through the process of making a beautiful hemp necklace.
You will need the following materials:
hemp
glue
but is not mandatory
Ok, lets get started. First, you will need to cut one 5-yard
length of hemp and one 2-yard length. You will fold these
lengths in half with the 2-yard length on the inside and the
5-yard length on the outside. The reason being because the
longer 5-yard cord will be what is called the knotter cords,
which will be used to make the knots and the shorter 2-yard cord
will be what are called the carrier cords which is used as an
anchor to hold the knots. The cords will tend to be very long at
first so you will want to butterfly them by wrapping them in a
figure eight pattern around your fingers. Wrap them in the
middle with rubber bands so they will stay together.
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You will start by making a loop at the end by tying an
overhand knot. Apply Elmer’s glue as you are tying
it.
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Now you need to line up your cords with the shorter ones on
the inside and the longer ones on the outside. If you cannot get
them to line up just right you will need to untie your knot and
retie it with the cords lined up better.
You will now start tying your half square knots. You will do
this by first making a loop with the cord to the far right.
Bring the cord underneath the first two cords to the left and
over the last one.
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Bring the cord on your far left over the two middle cords and
through the loop.
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You will continue to do this repeatedly until you reach an
inch in length, which will be about 17 knots. You will now
string your first bead on the two middle cords. Tie the two
outer cords underneath the bead and continue these steps until
you have knotted 6 inches.
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At this point you may attach a pendent to your necklace by
stringing it onto the bottom cord. You will continue to knot and
bead for another 6 inches.
You are now almost done and you will tie another overhand
knot at the end. Be sure to apply Elmer’s glue as you are tying
it. You will have some left over length and you should cut the
excess cords about 5 inches from the overhand knot so you have
plenty of length to adjust and tie with.
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You are now done and you have made a great hemp
necklace!
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Doris Rose is a jewelry artisan who makes hemp, seed bead
laced and gemstone beaded jewelry. You can check out her website
at
designs.com
This article is free to copy and paste given that NONE of the
content is altered or deleted.
Copyright owned by Doris Rose.
