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Seashell Satchel
About this design:
This is a great way to display a focal piece instead of just hanging from a boring jump ring. These are on trend and really easy to make.
What you’ll need: (buy products below)
You will need (4) 24" pieces of hemp, and a shiva shell and your hands:)
Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Step 1: Lay all of your hemp pieces out and cross them over each other, take the bottom hemp piece and tie a knot around all of them with it. |
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Step 2: Take two legs and knot them together, do that all the way around. |
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Step 3: You should have 4 knots. |
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Step 4: Now take one leg from one knot and another leg from the knot next to it and knot them together, do this all the way around. |
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Step 5: Continue this until you are at your desired size. I kept placing my focal in the knotted area just to see how much I needed to go. |
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Step 6: I stopped knotting just before the top of the bead. |
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Step 7: Then I just knotted the legs of the hemp together and frayed them out. I added a jump ring at the top so I could hang it on chain. |
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On Jul 25, 2019 at 2:55 pm #
Tana says:Hmm here I was using a half hitch knot like you would on a Japanese float (my mom did a few) and I tried on a flat piece of beach glass. I like this technique because I could make it first then put the object inside of it, brilliant:)
Thanks you Andrea
On Jul 25, 2019 at 3:10 pm #
Crystal Canary says:This is great! The look is so natural. I’ll need to copy these instructions!
On Jul 25, 2019 at 9:08 pm #
dolllady aka Pam says:This would look great with any natural item. I have couple of really neat river rocks and have wonder how to use them as a pendant. Thank you for the instructions.
On Jul 26, 2019 at 8:47 am #
Andrea at Lima says:River rocks or beach glass would look amazing. Thank you for the lovely comments!
On Jul 27, 2019 at 12:40 pm #
Little Round Chick says:What an excellent technique and one I think I could do. Did you notice that the last photo looks like a tadpole? Not an ordinary tadpole but a reticulated tadpole. I need to drink some more tea and completely wake up.
On Jul 28, 2019 at 9:44 pm #
Fresh Baked says:Thanks for this clear, concise tutorial. Love the netted stone. It would also be a great technique to showcase glass pebbles or a small collection of stones.
On Aug 10, 2019 at 2:49 am #
D Wirth says:This is fun, I love it. So many possibilities too.
On Aug 22, 2019 at 1:58 pm #
Tana says:Andrea,look!!! I did it!!! Thank you so much for leaving the instructions. Like this bettern the half hitching
On Aug 22, 2019 at 2:01 pm #
Tana says:I forgot to take the photo sideways with phone. It would not have showed up sideways
On Aug 22, 2019 at 2:06 pm #
Tana says:I’ll try again. See if my theory works this time …
On Aug 22, 2019 at 2:07 pm #
Tana says:It worked!!!
On Aug 22, 2019 at 2:09 pm #
Tana says:LRC, yes it does lol
On Aug 22, 2019 at 2:47 pm #
Crystal Canary says:Tana, Thanks for posting your pictures–I just love what you did! That large piece with the ivory cording is absolutely Fantastic!
On Aug 23, 2019 at 1:33 am #
Tana says:Oh wow, thanks Crystal Canary!!!
On Sep 16, 2019 at 1:47 pm #
Andrea at Lima says:Wow this is awesome, thank you for the wonderful comments! Tana, your satchel looks amazing, perfect knots!