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Lady Julia

Yes, we know! It’s the “Wirefalls” necklace again! This time we’ve kept all the chains tied together as we had originally done on the tutorial post, but instead of using an organza ribbon, we’ve made some macramé knots with leather thong as showed on the photos. It completely changes the necklace style and look, don’t you think?

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Here’s another version of “Wirefalls” necklace. The making process is exactly the same we’ve described on previous post, but (more…)

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Introduction

As promised on previous posts from our “Creating Crocheted Jewellery” series, today we are finally showing our first example of a necklace created from simple and basic crochet chain stitch. It is merely illustrative. We are certainly not inviting you to merely copy this suggestion. We hope more than that. We expect this example will inspire you to create your own style. As you’ll see on next post, very simple, but different finishing details can change completely the look, style and interpretation of this precise necklace. So, as we said before, don’t be afraid to be creative and try new and different things, until you feel your necklace truly represents you and your lifestyle.

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As we promised on our previous posts, within our series “Creating Crocheted Jewellery”, we are going to show you how to start crocheting your first wire necklace. In my case, I’ve learned my crochet basics with my mom. If you too have learned the crochet basics with your grandma, your aunt or your mom, you won’t have any difficulties following our wire crocheted jewellery projects. But not everyone had this luck and, nowadays in such a busy world, most kids and teenagers are deprived from that legacy. So, we are going to start precisely with basic crochet instructions and demonstrations. Our first necklace will be made from basic chain stitch and then, little by little, our projects will become more complex, gradually introducing new stitches and techniques.

Grab your wire and your hook and let’s start!

 So, let’s

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Cheap or premium tools?

You won’t need a huge investment to start crocheting jewellery. However, you should think on the kind of tools you wish to purchase (if you haven’t them home already). For most tools, you’ll be able to choose simpler and cheaper versions if you only intend to use them occasionally or more expensive and premium ones if you are thinking on taking your hobby more seriously. It’s up to you.

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Beads come in as many materials, shapes, colours and prices as you can imagine! If you don’t have any jewellery suppliers where you live, you certainly won’t have any difficulty finding beads’ sellers on the Internet. They are everywhere!!

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The one feeling like yarn

In my humble opinion (but I’m far from knowing everything about wire!) the best wire to start crocheting jewellery is the one that looks and feels a little bit like yarn, so it won’t feel very different from traditional crochet and those skills can be gradually adapted to the new material. Therefore, the smaller the gauge is and the more malleable the metal feels, easier the task becomes. Then, as we practice and gain experience, we can move on to harder metals and larger gauges, knowing that they won’t bend as easily and that they’ll break more frequently.

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