Baker's Twine Necklace Tutorial

 

So glad you stopped in today so that I can share with you a tutorial that you'll want to keep in mind for birthday party crafts, Bible School activities as well as add to your list of great rainy day projects if you have youngsters at home...we're going to be making our own necklaces with strands of baker's twine!

Hi there, I'm Monika Wright, a returning member of original design team and current Senior Designer for The Twinery. 

So, let's get started by gathering our supplies.

1. You'll want several skeins of The Twinery baker's twine that coordinates well with your necklace charm.
2. I designed my charm sentiment, but if you don't have one already made, just adhere your sentiment to a wooden disk and glue the necklace shank to the back. I use E6000 glue.
3. The tools - jewelry pliers, necklace shanks, necklace closure and jump rings. I found mine at the craft store and also in various shops on Etsy.

I began by gathering three strands, one each of Caribbean, Maraschino and Honeydew, and after placing a small dallop of E6000 craft glue inside the jewelry shank and placing the twine atop the glue, I closed up first one side and then the other to firmly enclose the three strands of twine. Here you can see how I've folded one side of the shank in on the twine with the blunt nose pliers.

So now we'll have to attach a jump ring through the opening you see above. We'll do that by opening a jump ring which is done by twisting it sideways, I use the blunt nose in one hand and the round nose in the other. Don't pull apart, which is your natural inclination, because it won't join back up properly. Once you have the jump ring open, slide it onto the hole in the shank {photo above} and close the jump ring by twisting it back into its original closed position. 

I couldn't photograph this step and actually do it, 

so head to YouTube to find all sorts of jewelry making tutorials.

And there you have it, an inexpensive, fun, colorful 

and makes you want to smile necklace!

you can find other inspiring projects on my  blog  

and in my  etsy  shop