15 February 2010 ~ 3 Comments

The Square Knot With Hemp and Paper Beads

The Square Knot With Hemp and Paper Beads

There is a renewed interest in hemp, and I had to dig up my book on hemp and bead jewelry.  The square knot is the most basic macrame knots.  The hemp necklace with paper beads is meant to be worn high up on the neck as a choker.  I made this necklace with small round [...]

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12 February 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Paper Beads Hemp Jewelry

Paper Beads Hemp Jewelry

I had to see the movie Avatar, just to look at the nature inspired jewelry worn by the characters in the movie.  I searched on etsy and true enough, there is a lot of  the Avatar movie inspired necklaces that came up and hemp is the stringing material mostly used to give it that organic [...]

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