Craft: Restringing my Amber & Jet Necklace
Back at Lammas, disaster struck. My amber and jet necklace broke.
I was at a camp with some fellow witches where I had been wearing my necklace. When I took it off one evening, the string broke. Beads scattered everywhere and, despite searching the ground for hours, one piece of jet seemed to be completely lost.
A broken necklace and a lost bead might not seem such a huge disaster in the great scheme of things, but I was very upset. It was an item of jewellery that had a great deal of significance to me within the craft as well as being something beautiful that I loved.
What stopped me immediately restringing the necklace was the missing bead. In order to get a balance of amber and jet beads there needed to be an even number. I could have left out one of the amber beads, but that didn’t seem quite right. It also didn’t feel right to simply buy a new jet bead.
Then, at the end of the summer, I found a tiny stone with a hole when I was exploring rock pools on the Sussex coast.It wasn’t jet – it was probably chalk – but stones with holes have their own meaning. I knew I had found the thing to replace my lost bead.
In traditional folklore, holey stones offer protection, among other things. It might not look quite as professional as a proper bead, but magically it was perfect.
At the Autumn Equinox I restrung my necklace, including my stone with a hole. The equinox is when the day and night are of equal length – the perfect time to make a necklace that balances both the light and the dark.
First I set everything out on a beading board, then I used a proper beading needle and elastic thread to string them together. You can see the finished result on this post.
That was my Autumn Equinox magic and I will now wear my renewed necklace with even greater happiness than before it broke.
Links and previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2011/10/winning-day-at-pf-40th-anniversary.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/08/witchcraft-making-terry-pratchett-style.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/03/craft-upcycled-jam-jar-buttons-tealight.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/07/folklore-lucky-charms-at-horniman-museum.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2012/08/spell-keep-holiday-spirit.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/03/weather-magic-spell-to-make-sun-shine.html
To read more posts like this visit A Bad Witch’s Blog at www.badwitch.co.uk
Source: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/09/craft-restringing-my-amber-jet-necklace.html
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