Wrap Scrap Necklace

Although Tessa is out of the teething stage, we still nurse and babywear so I knew I could get some use from this necklace.

I bought my beloved dream rainbow wrap back in October, a Girasol Iridescence (size 6). I've had many other woven wraps including a different rainbow but I wanted the ultimate, true rainbow and this was it!

And I wore it as a wrap for a while but eventually when I was able to do back carries with Tessa, it was just too long for the non-intricate carries I needed. I found myself using it less and less yet, this was supposed to be my favorite wrap. And when I would use it, it would not be out and about but rather in the house. I used my ring sling much more on the go and that's where I wanted to share my rainbow love - with other people, not our four walls. So I made the (scary!) decision to have it converted by a professional (sleeping baby productions) into a ring sling and it was fantastic! 

With the conversion of a size six, I was able to get two large ring slings and I had a scrap leftover which was about 8.5" x 26".

To make the necklace, I cut it length wise to create two strips of 4.5" x 26". I sewed them together to make one long strip measuring 4.5" x 52". I only did this because of the length I had. If you can get a length 52"-58" long, choose that so you don't have a seam in the middle.

I made a tube by sewing along the edge of the long side, leaving the two short ends open. I then had to turn it inside out to hide the seams.

Now it was time for beads and knots. I tied a knot about 13" down from one side and then dropped in a wooden bead. Knotted it and repeated this over and over again until I had the look I wanted.

Then I slipped one end of the tube into the other and sewed a double line for security.

It's not perfect but it keeps my girly's hand busy when we're nursing or when she's up in a carrier. Which means she isn't yanking (and almost breaking) my amber necklace. 

Plus it's  rainbow necklace - doesn't get better than that!