Turquoise Knot Necklace

I came across this necklace on pinterest and fell in love.  When I clicked on the link, it took me to Karma Loop, and said that it was out of stock. Not to worry, I'll just make my own. {Okay, who am I kidding? I probably would have been to cheap to buy it anyway.}

Mine didn't turn out exactly like the original, but I'm still happy with the results.  And my children are happy with all the leftover beads. Since it was out of stock, I have no idea what the price was to compare, but I can almost guarantee that it was more than my grand total of $3.

I love the color, I love the simplicity, I just love this necklace.

Click below for the tutorial.

First off, let me give you a small disclaimer.  I am not an expert on making jewelry.  I'm sure there is a better way to do this. That said, here is how I made this necklace.

I used regular thread to string my beads.  I wanted something flexible and not too thick.  I double threaded my needle, then tied a knot at the ends, so each bead strand had a total of four threads.  Make sure you leave lots of room at both ends.  You want a lot of thread to work with.  I only left about three inches on one end, which was not quite enough.

I made a total of 16 strands of beads, shown here in two groups of eight.  I found the quickest way to string them was to pour a pile of beads in one hand and poke them onto the needle.

Tie each group of eight together at one end.

Even them out so that they are all the same length {you can see I had to pull some beads off some of the strands} and tie a knot at the other end.

You should now have two big strands of beads with knots at both ends.

Tie them in a sailor's knot.  I used the picture here. Scroll down until you see the Carrick Bend knot.  There is a video you can watch; I just enlarged the picture and looked at that. You'll have to play with your strands to get the knot in the middle and make all the strands even.

Then you can just kind of twist the ends together.  Mine didn't stay even, darn it.

Then I tied the strands in a knot and threaded it through hardware and tied that in knots again.  Trim your threads and secure with glue. I used a LOT of hot glue to smash all the ends together. See? There is probably a better way to do that.  But it works for me and I love the chunky necklace.