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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Wood is not just for furniture! The rich natural colours and beautiful grain makes wood a great material for jewellery. Even exotic woods can be bought in small amounts for a dollar or two. If your budget or your conscience forbid more exotic woods, try something like beech, which has gorgeous warm golden-red hues and [...]  With its echoes of chainmail, coiled wire jewelry nicely captures the current ‘warrior-inspired’ trend. Today we’ll learn how to make short wire coils with a knitting needle, to add dimension to a simple gemstone pendant. For this project you’ll need: Jewellery wire – I used 22-gauge round silver wire Large bead, with a hole large [...] Here’s an interesting way to make your own unique jewelry, by combining beads and handwoven textiles. The beads are an integral part of the weaving, rather than being sewn on afterward, and by mixing up beads, colours, shapes and weft materials you can create some truly stunning original pieces. These large-hole matte glass beads are [...] Origami is a cheap and rewarding craft – all you need is your hands and a piece of paper. But did you know that with a few extra materials, you can turn your origami into unusual and surprisingly robust jewellery? Today I’ll be showing you how to make this pretty and easy origami waterlily brooch. [...] In this week’s Saturday Quickie, I’ll show you how to make this quick cute bracelet, and take a chance to respond to a couple of comments and suggestions made by readers. You’ll need: Variegated yarn (or ribbon) 2 rings – I used circular shell beads, but you could use washers, curtain rings… book or piece [...] This week’s Saturday quickie shows you briefly how to make a little wire pendant. You’ll need: Jewellery wire, fairly thick, about 10-15cm 3 glass beads needle-nose pliers wire snips Begin by making a sharp bend in the wire, about 2cm from the end, at an angle of around 90 degrees. Bend a small loop with [...] This week’s Saturday quickie – how to make a wire crochet ring. This quick project assumes you already know basic crochet stitches – if you don’t, then I’ll be posting how-tos in the future Crocheting or knitting with wire uses exactly the same stitches and techniques as with yarn, though somewhat slower and a [...] |
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