Kingston Turquoise leather knotted bracelet and my broken stretchy bracelet re-worked as leather knotted!!

Kingston Turquoise leather knotted bracelet and my broken stretchy bracelet re-worked as leather knotted!!  Yes, I am having a lot of leather knotting going on around here.

I had posted a few weeks back (in November I believe) about some Kingston turquoise I bought and the special class that I took to recreate a necklace I saw in Beads of Splendor.  The necklace also used some big hole pearls.   Sunday, I was wearing the necklace and decided I needed to make a matching bracelet.   There were only larger nuggets of the turquoise remaining at the store so, though I bought fewer than the necklace, they were heavier and cost more . .    even with the discount, lol.   I am liking the bracelet I made a lot . . . I have been wearing it constantly.

After I finished the turquoise bracelet, I decided to create the other bracelet with those blue-green beads from the stretchy bracelet.  I paired the beads with small silver rondels and ended up with two wraps.   I found another stretchy bracelet  with matching bigger beads while I was in Hong Kong  December 2016.   I might wear them together.   or maybe just with the turquoise bracelet.

Another wrapped bracelet . . . turquoise!!

The turquoise beads are some I had left after I did the knotted silk necklace with beads from two short necklaces I had acquired in Cairo.  (photos posted in a prior post)

Here you can see me wearing it with the previous  bracelet made with turquoise and purple beads.

Turquoise silk knotted necklace

I recently took a silk knotting class (the fresh water pearl in between the layouts for necklace and bracelet)  to refresh my skills so that I could make a necklace using two short necklaces I bought in Cairo last year.   I really like it even though I sort of messed up the knots at the end.   They don't show up though because they are at the back of the neck.

Even better than a nice necklace is that I have enough beads left over that I am going to make a wrap bracelet.   That's in the works today.

All Wrapped Up Bracelets

I take classes to learn new techniques and/or polish up some old technique plus have some fun social time with other like-minded people.   Also, it is an excuse to buy more stuff at a discount . . . they shop offers discounts to people taking the classes.

I made one bracelet in the class then went home to make another bracelet.   I have a lot of beads and leather/thread for more bracelets of course.

But another class is coming up!!!

Knotting leather with turquoise and pearls.

My latest creation.   I took a private lesson in leather knotting after I went to a trunk sale of turquoise and saw a similar necklace.   I have to learn how to do it.  It is simple enough to learn and the instructor was so helpful in working with me to choose the findings.