How to Make Hemp Necklaces

Series Summary

Hemp has thousands of industrial uses and is cultivated extensively in almost every country except for the United States. This wide cultivation is due in part to the versatility of hemp, as it can be used for anything from paper to textiles to biodegradable plastics to fuel. Despite it's reputation in the U.S., industrial hemp does not contain enough of the psychoactive ingredient found in marijuana to produce any intoxicating effects, and has been harvested for it's many uses for centuries. In fact, in the recent past, hemp has been marketed as the crop of the future, with hopes for use as a new cheap biofuel.

In this free video series, our expert will demonstrate how to use one of the most common products of hemp production. You will learn how to use hemp thread to make hemp necklaces and other hemp jewelry. Making your own jewelry can be satisfying, inexpensive and a creative outlet for anyone interested in crafts. Our expert will teach you how to do basic and spiral stitches on a variety of hemp threads. You will also learn how to add beads to your hemp necklace and get design tips for necklaces. If you have always wanted to know how to make hemp necklaces, let our expert show you all of the easy to follow steps for this great hobby.

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Jessica and on Behalf of expert village I'm going to be teaching you how to make a Hemp Necklace. So in this video were going to be talking about how to make hemp necklaces and I'm going to show you a variety of things. I'm going to show you how to work with different types of hemp. We've got a thick hemp here, a medium size hemp which is going to be the most common hemp that your going to use and a thin hemp and we'll show you how to do two different kinds of stitches for each one were going to show you how to do a basic flat stitch which is shown on these two necklaces right here. And also a spiral stitch and it will be a little bit different for each thickness of hemp and so we'll show you all three and we're also going to talk to you about beads how to put the beads on the necklace and how to kind of trouble shoot if your having problems getting the beads on the necklace plus we'll show you how to make designs you know how to place your beads how to determine how many stitches go in between each bead what kind of design you want to do or if you want to do a design at all and we'll also show you how to finish off your necklace and start it and just do all the basic stuff your going to need to know in order to make a hemp necklace."