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.

Amethyst and pearl necklace

I bought a bunch of strands of amethyst that are a smooth polished stone.   I finally hauled some over to the bead shop with me in an attempt to figure out what to do with them.   One of the very nice assistants helped me figure out this along with a few other items I have posted recently.   I am now contemplating pearls all the time.

I threw in an extra photo of several strands of pearls for comparison.   I bought some while I was in Hong Kong too since I now have a great interest in working more with pearls.

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.