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How to make beaded stitch markers

On Wednesday, we took a look at lace knitting, for which stitch markers are a real help. Of course, you can get plain ones fairly cheaply – they are basically little plastic rings that you slide onto the knitting needle between the two stitches you want to mark. As you knit past those stitches, you [...]

How to wire-wrap stones

Wire-wrapping is the technique of using wire to make decorative mounts for gemstones, beads, shells, and so on, to make jewelry. Not only does this mean you can make jewelry from non-drilled items, but the wrap itself can be a very attractive part of the finished object. Using different wraps, different metals and shapes of [...]

How to make terrarium jewellery – plants you can wear!

The other day I came across a feature on a jewellery maker who makes miniature models of terrariums as jewellery, which got me thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to make some real terrarium jewellery?

I have whole lot of plastic ‘test tubes’ which the 100-yen shop sells glass beads in, and lots and lots of [...]

Wire-wrapping feathers – necklace and hairband fascinator

Today I’d like to show you a simple wire-wrap technique you can use to make stunning feather earrings, feather necklaces, and dramatic feather fascinators.

You can work with feathers bought inexpensively – dyed duck eye feathers can look particularly dramatic – or work with found feathers or feathers shed by a pet bird. The feathers [...]

Make wooden jewellery - candystripe wood pendant

We’ve already looked at one way to make wooden jewellery that requires minimal woodworking skills and really showcases the natural beauty of wood. Today lets look at combining different woods, and make this candy-striped wooden pendant. Although the pendant is wire-mounted, you don’t need a lot of expensive or complicated woodworking tools. I made this [...]

How to make a coiled wire pendant

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 [...]

Silver wire heart pendant

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 [...]

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