Hemp Jewelry Designs

I have been busy making inventory for a festival coming up at the end of May. So with making all this new jewelry I have had the chance to be able to get some hemp jewelry patterns to be able to post!

Here is a easy braided hemp necklace that you can make. This design is good for beads that have huge holes. If you can’t find ones with large holes, I suggest making your own polymer clay beads for this one!! That way you can make the hole large enough to suit your needs.

This pattern is for a 15″ necklace.

What you will need:

1. 48# hemp twine
2. One bead with large hole
3. Clasp, if you want to use that for a closure. I always use tie ends, so the clasp is a matter of preference.

Please note: This pattern is for personal use only. If you wish to use it for commerial use, be nice and contact me for permission.

Step 1:

Cut 6 strands of hemp at about 60 inches. (4 times the length of the necklace) This is probably overkill, but I want extra hemp rather than not enough.

Step 2:

String your bead onto 4 strands of hemp and center it. IF your hole is big enough to string all six strands, you can string them all in the bead. My bead wasn’t big enough, so I just used 4.

Step 3:

Your bead should be in the center of your strands of hemp. You will be working on one side of the necklace.

Take one of your left over hemp strands and make an square knot next to the bead. (IF you used all 6 strands through your bead you will NOT have to do this step) Now you have 6 strands of hemp on the one side of your necklace.

Step 4:

Seperate the strands into groups of two. So you will have 3 sets of 2 cords. Using the 3 strand braid technique you are going to braid the hemp for about 7 inches.

Make sure that you keep the 2 strands in each set ‘flat’, if that makes sense? Or maybe next to each other while braiding so that they don’t bunch up. Maybe that explains it better.

Step 5:

When you reach the end, I take 3 cords and make an over hand knot on one side and then 3 cords on the other side and make an over hand knot. Cut excess cord, but leave enough cord so that you can use that for tie ends.

Here is what mine looks like:

Step 6:

Turn your necklace around and work on the other side of the bead. Go back up to step 3 and repeat through step 5. Your necklace is DONE.

Questions? Comments? Let me know.

Happy Knotting

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