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July 15, 2011 by newhouseproject

I got the inspiration for this necklace from a Sheila Hicks piece at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The art museum here is free!!! and really lovely.

I wrapped beading twine around the legs of a chair about 15 or 16 times and tied the two ends together in a little not. Then I started wrapping embroidery thread in sections. The thread is wrapped tightly so I ended up needing pliers to pull the needle through. I used different colors on different halves of the necklace, so that if you wrapped it around your neck it might look like two different necklaces. In the end I thought it needed something so I added gold jump rings.

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15 Responses

on July 29, 2011 at 12:03 pm | Reply PBnJ

Simply lovely.
- on July 29, 2011 at 12:31 pm | Reply miyazawasei
  
  Thank you!
on July 29, 2011 at 12:09 pm | Reply How-To: Wrapped Necklace @Craftzine.com blog

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on July 29, 2011 at 12:59 pm | Reply Jan

I love this! I’ve been cleaning the garage and going through years of
stashed fabrics in an attempt to organize things so I can actually use some of the things I love. I’ve found I have an enormous stash of embroidery thread and scads of crochet thread. I will be making some of these with all my new found thread. Thanks for the inspiration!
Jan
on July 29, 2011 at 1:07 pm | Reply dixielynn52

Very Nice! Great idea and very trendy! Love it!
on July 30, 2011 at 4:03 am | Reply DIY: Weekend Projects - U Me It : U Me It

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on July 30, 2011 at 11:11 am | Reply Melissa | IS•LY

I love this idea!! Wonderful tutorial!
on July 30, 2011 at 3:10 pm | Reply beadinggem

Spotted this on Craftzine. This is brilliant! It is a wonderful way of making a claspless necklace plus use up yarn, embroidery floss etc! Okay to feature and link in a future blog post so others can come visit? Pearl
- on July 30, 2011 at 4:12 pm | Reply miyazawasei
  
  Please share, I don’t mind at all Kristen
on August 1, 2011 at 2:20 pm | Reply abby

I just made some bracelet versions of your necklace. Thanks so much for the inspiration. Beautiful necklace!
on August 1, 2011 at 4:03 pm | Reply Dianne Unterbrink

Oh bless you, you sweetie pie, you!! I have hunted all over the interwebs for this – making a necklace or bracelet that looks like this. I kept thinking that since I already crochet, I could figure it out on my own. Needless to say, my pride was bigger than my talent. Could NOT get it no matter what I tried. Now…I look at these pictures and slap my forehead! I get it now! It was too easy. I kept trying to make it harder than it should have been. Bless you for showing people (idiots?) like me how to make these. My grand-daughter will love me (and you) forever! So will all her friends!
on August 3, 2011 at 3:10 pm | Reply Leah

Very pretty! I think the gold really adds something, good decision to use them.
on November 20, 2011 at 12:23 am | Reply Connie

I wish you were on Pinterest.com so I could pin you and show you off!!
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