Six Strand Hemp and Lampwork Glass Statement Necklace

In my other incarnation I am a full time jewelry designer and owner of BonnieAngela Jewelry and Accessories. I began designing hemp jewelry in our jewelry business to fill a void in the marketplace. We have many popular designs that are difficult for me to keep up with in finished production so I have added them as patterns to our pattern design business.

I enjoy working with hemp! It has a wonderful versatility, wearability, and is very transitional for jewelry. it can be surprisingly very elegant or very casual. With this design I embellished it with about 140 lampwork glass beads. I find lampwork glass to be a great pairing for hemp because it picks up light well without being too fussy. The multi-colored glass is always the most popular because it is so versatile with anything in your wardrobe. I love the white glass specifically for linens and denims. It has a soft beachy tone and almost poetic elegance with a dressed up outfit. The turquoise is really impressive! Unfortunately genuine turquoise isn’t a viable choice because the hemp requries a larger bead hole than than is practical for genuine stones but I’ve found many lovely acrylics and glass pieces of simulated turquoise that work exceptionally well.

The crochet is simple and straight forward. This pattern employs only basic chains with Trc clusters.

Mostly they are fun to make and fun to wear! We’ll have many more designs in this line coming so please visit our store to see our updates.

Materials:

• .5 mm hemp cording
  (NOTE* if hemp is not available you could also use a No. 5 cotton crochet thread)

• Nine 10-15 mm lampwork art glass beads (NOTE: * you might also want to experiment with wood, kiln fired clay, metal, or other types of beads. If you’re thinking of using stone however, it is difficult to drill holes large enough through stone to accommodate the width of the hemp. Keep this in mind when making your selections.)

• 130 (5-10mm) lampwork art glass beads

• Metal Toggle Necklace Clasp

• US size E (3.5mm) steel crochet hook