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agate macrame jewelry for your purse or home

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After my macrame feather and stacked tassel purse charm posts, I noticed that a lot of other people, just like myself, love crafting something pretty and easy that they can use as a purse charm or home decor item. So today I want to share with you another fun and easy way of accessorizing your favorite bag with an agate macrame jewelry piece. Sounds strange I know… but this easy giant DIY agate slice macrame jewelry piece is perfect for your home decor, as a curtain tie back, wall hanging or purse charm.

How to make a giant agate macrame jewelry pendant

And once again you don’t need many things for this macrame jewelry project. I was actually able to use some of my macrame yarn leftovers and only had to purchase the agate slice. I’m obsessed with all the colors agate comes in, so you are definitely not restricted to blue. I have several beautiful pink ones at home too that I use for coasters right now but will maybe end up turning into something else too.
So today I basically want to share with you how to make a macrame stone wrap.

DIY giant macrame jewelry piece for your purse or home

Materials needed for macrame jewelry:

  • macrame yarn (I use this one HERE)
  • sharp scissors (I like using hair cutting scissors HERE)
  • agate slice of your preferred color (pretty blue HERE, pretty green HERE or check out this shop HERE for many different colors)
  • hot glue gun (HERE)
  • packaging tape or duct tape
  • yarn needle (HERE)

Macrame jewelry instructions:

I have to say that this is definitely a tutorial where it is better to watch my how-to video to see what my hands are doing. I needed both of my hands to work the yarn and it was hard to take photos along the way. Some of the steps are definitely better in the video.

You can see the video by clicking on the image below:

I wanted a really large blue slice of agate to match all my blue shibori pillows. Agate slices are so pretty with all their variations.

a variety of blue agate slices used for large piece of macrame jewelry

I chose the blue tear drop shaped one and used my leftover macrame yarn. If you use a smaller slice then you have to use thinner macrame yarn. Mine is the 4mm yarn, so go down to 1mm, 2mm or 3mm yarn for smaller slices. You can make several of them and string them onto a garland too which would look awesome.

supplies needed to wrap a giant agate macrame jewelry pendant

Measure the circumference of the agate slice:

measuring an agate slice for macrame jewelry

Cut a piece of macrame yarn that is about 10-20 inches longer than the circumference of the agate slice and tape it to a solid surface on both ends to keep it in place and have tight tension on the yarn.

I chose the distance to be two inches but you should pick something that applies to the size of your stone. If it is smaller then 1 inch might do.

measuring the distance of macrame strings

Let’s get to the macrame knots!

Loop lark head knots on each side of the taped down string as you can see below. Make sure that each of those strings is about 4 times longer than the circumference of your agate slice.

lark head knots on each side to start wrapping a stone

two lark head knots

Then loop vertical double half hitch knots on each side. I think they should be called pretzel knots because that’s exactly the shape you have to replicate over the taped down string:

starting a double half hitch knots

vertical double half hitch knots to wrap a stone

pretzel look-a-like knot

Then keep going down the strings by crossing over. Make sure to always have the same side of string cross over to make it look cleaner.

wrapping a gemstone with vertical double half hitch knots

Keep going until you can fit the entire band of knotted strings around the slice. And make sure that you keep the width of the band (2 inches in my case) all the way to the end.

a band of vertical double half hitch knots to make macrame jewelry pendant

The next step is where the photos are missing because I couldn’t wrap the macrame around the agate slice and take photos since I worked by myself. It’s  easy and you can see it inn my video. You simply wrap the macrame band around the slice and knot the ends tightly

macrame wrapped agate slice

Then you have a tail left at the end of the wrapped stone that you have to tightly enclose with a new string of square knots as you can see in my video:

string of square knots at the end of a gem stone wrapped macrame jewelry pendant

You might remember this knot from my macrame earring tutorial (HERE) but in case you are new around here, check out the graphic below:

How to make a macrame square knot

The two center strings would be the bunch of strings from the stone wrapping.

Next, you have to fold the knotted strings over to form a loop:

macrame jewelry pendant loop

This is where you will need the glue gun. I cut the strings shorter as shown in my video and glued the ends so they wouldn’t fray and then tied and knotted the longest string around and around the loop.

Lastly you have to thread the ends through part of the macrame with the yarn needle and then cut the ends so they are completely hidden.

finishing pendant top of macrame jewelry

Again, to see the steps exactly, please watch my video.

So now I can’t wait to show you how I’m using the big piece of wrapped stone…

macrame jewelry for your purse

You can tie the wrapped macrame stone to a purse with a jeans scrap. And I thought that wrapping a small crafting mirror with macrame yarn would look great too and be useful one a purse for when you have to refresh your makeup.

giant macrame jewelry wrapped gem stone for your purse or home

large blue macrame jewelry pendant

 

 

 

Or with a pretty little scarf.

macrame jewelry piece for your purse

Or I like tying tassels or items like the wrapped stone to doorknobs or even curtain tie backs.

macrame jewelry door knob decor

macrame wrapped stone hanging on door knob

macrame jewelry for your home

I also love the piece of wrapped stone macrame jewelry strung onto a strand of large wood beads. It is literally like a giant necklace for your home. If you want to go with this look and buy or make a garland (HERE, HERE  and HERE for example) then make sure that the loop is long/ big enough to fit the beads.

how to make a macrame necklace with stone for your home

I think it looks great on the wall like this and sure makes up for a conversation piece when people ask what it is. You can buy stone necklaces that look very similar on Etsy HERE.

large wood bead macrame jewelry string hanging in boho eclectic living room

Also make sure to check out my macrame feather tutorial that I mentioned above (HERE) and which is hanging on the bag in the photo. You can also check out my stacked ombre tassel tutorial HERE.

large wood bead macrame jewelry pendant as wall decor

DIY giant agate macrame jewelry as wall decor

Below Willy was being super helpful again. He’s been such a good little brother to Anthony and is obsessed with coming into the bathroom to spend time with him. Anthony has been making progress with the help of the medication Gabapentin. He now periodically comes out of hiding, talks to me, lets me pet him and even plays with the laser for a little with Willy. When he had enough and gets scared again he is back to hiding. He also made it out of the box once for my daughter and she was thrilled that he let her pet him.

So baby steps for Anthony and they are oh so sweet. Maya hasn’t made any progress with him and still hates him and needs to be separated from him. So far the Feliway multicat plugins haven’t worked at all. Maybe I should buy some more and spread them out.

wrapped stone wood bead macrame jewelry pendant

similar rug HERE | similar pouf HERE | chair HERE and similar one HERE | straw bag HERE | macrame feather tutorial HERE | stacked ombre tassel HERE | drum and flower pot are from HomeGoods | very similar pedestal table HERE | similar shibori lumbar pillow HERE | leopard pillow HERE | similar silver lamp HERE and black and gold lined drum shade HERE | wood bead garland HERE

 

Also, check out my other macrame/yarn craft posts:

DIY huge stacked ombre tassel

DIY large stacked tassel

DIY Hmong Tassels

How to make yarn tassels

Macrame Feather Purse Charms

Macrame Feather Purse Charms

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Giant leather tassel made from old sofa

How to make your own huge oversized tassel | DIY huge tassel for $9 | tassel made from mop | affordable DIY tassel

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DIY macrame earrings

DIY macrame earrings

DIY fireplace macrame garland

DIY Beginner Macrame Garland

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Mop head yarn wall hanging

agate macrame jewelry for your purse or home

agate macrame jewelry for your purse or home

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Wool and yarn macrame wreath tutorial

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Wool and Yarn Macrame Leaf

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easy macrame planter using only two knots

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How to make half-moon tassel embellishments

This week my mom is coming and I’m also taking an online business blog business class. So between all that and working with Anthony, I’m not expecting to be able to post.

Talk to you soon.

Tschüß,

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  1. cassie bustamante says

    October 31, 2018 at 9:26 am

    that is so pretty! i love the color it adds while still being earthy.

    • Julia says

      October 31, 2018 at 10:02 am

      Thanks Cassie! That’s definitely what I like too

  2. Nicole says

    November 2, 2018 at 6:05 am

    also a good idea for christmas tree ornaments.

  3. mommy is green says

    November 16, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    I love macrame, and it looks great combined with agate, a great idea. Thanks for your post, very inspiring.

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