Recently I remade a few pieces of jewellery.

I really liked this bracelet, but the crimps holding the beads in place were scratchy and I’d nearly lost it when the clasp failed.

It became this:

The problem with this bracelet was that the weight of the charms pulled them and the chain around to the underside so all you saw was the button clasp:

So I moved the charms to hang from beneath my wrist, and replaced the button with something lighter:

I’ve had this lion pendant for years. This is the third necklace I’ve made for it:

Yep, that’s macrame. I’ve been buying ebooks from Interweave, and this project came from Micro-Macrame Jewellery by Suzen Millodot. I’d bought the jute twine from a local Riot store and thought it would be a bit coarse and itchy, but it’s surprisingly comfortable. I’ve made a bracelet to match, but it’s just the macrame part – no dangly bits.

This necklace isn’t a redo. I tried a little wire wrapping on some fake pearls, then strung them up with a shell I’ve had for years and a sea turtle charm I bought at the Craft & Quilt show.

I’m rather fond of sea turtles. They eat jellyfish. I’m definitely NOT fond of jellyfish. Especially the stingy kind that put you in hospital. (Not recently.)