Hemp Jewelry Beads - The Biggest Problem Is…

Finding Beads With Large Enough Holes For The Hemp Twine To Fit Through:

Hemp macrame knotting has found a resurgence with the new hippies and even with some of us old ones.

Hemp twine comes in all kinds of colors and can be beaded or knotted in a variety of patterns for making very cool bracelets, necklaces, belts and key chains.

With hemp jewelry making, you need to find beads that have large enough holes to accommodate the thickness of the hemp cording. Even the finer twines are still fairly thick.

The problem gets worse with hemp jewelry patterns that require you to pass the cord through the bead holes more than once… which is common.

Since it's tough to find suitable hemp jewelry beads at the best of times, I would suggest that you consider making them yourself using polymer clay.

The fantastic thing about polymer clay is that you can make your beads any size you want, with any size hole you want. And… polymer clay can me made to resemble everything from glass to ceramic to wood and even metal.

How do you like the pirate theme I created for these hemp bracelet beads? The crossbones jewelry beads are made using polymer cane slices.

So next time you are looking for the perfect hemp jewelry beads and can't find them… consider making them yourself! I can show you how if you like.