Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6 Comments
One of the biggest difficulties for me as a hemp jewlery maker is finding beads with holes big enough to fit through hemp. Although there is some hemp that is .5mm (Hemptique from Fire Mountain Gems is the most common of this type) you’re usually dealing with 1mm at a min. So that does present [...]
Category: For Crafters, Make Hemp Jewelry
Saturday, September 6, 2008 No Comments
So I got in my hemp today from Primitive Earth Beads. I also had a bit of a review on them, but I will get to them in another review post. Let’s talk about this hemp that they have. The manufacturer is Ecolution, and it seems to be imported Hungarian hemp. I absolutely loved the [...]
Category: Make Hemp Jewelry
Sunday, July 20, 2008 No Comments
The different type of hemp is mostly desginated by the lb number. This is the amount of pounds of weight it can take before snapping. The most common is the 20 lb hemp, which is the type you’ll see in 90% of hemp jewelry. This type has a 1 mm diameter. The step smaller than [...]
Category: Make Hemp Jewelry
Monday, July 14, 2008 No Comments
When it comes to making hemp jewelry, I just love using a variety of beads to add color and fun into the pieces. However, due to the size of the hemp cord, it can often be a giant issue as to what sizes you can even pull off for your beads. I ran into this [...]
Category: Make Hemp Jewelry
