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magidI've been using different clasps for the jewelry I've been crocheting. I started trying to crochet a thick piece at one end (with a loop to go over it at the other), but that didn't work at all well. Next I tried using crocheted hyperbolic 'flowers' (rather like the fifth one in the top row), which works well as a clasp and is pretty, but is also labor intensive, and a bit too much for some of the simpler bracelets, unless the clasp becomes the focal point.
The only kind of clasp I've tried where I haven't crocheted a loop to go over something is using metal findings, which have the advantage of being already designed for the job, but the disadvantages of having to be put on the thread before the beginning of the project, and not being decorative (read: not as interesting to me). Also, those with metal allergies might not be able to wear it.
A couple of weeks ago I realized I could use buttons with large shanks that I can crochet through. I like this, despite the fact that the buttons with large enough shanks tend to be metal, because they're pretty, and I can put multiple stitches through them, which not only makes them more securely fastened, but wraps them enough that metal-allergic people might be able to wear them.
Unfortunately, I haven't yet found beads with large enough holes that I can crochet through them, rather than stringing them on at the beginning (this applies also to shells with holes, too, for the most part). When I was on the bead quest, I did find jingle bells are just large enough to crochet through, which lead to the thought of making bell anklets, for dancing in.
This morning I had another idea: making a monkey fist knot from slightly larger thread, and crocheting through it before it's fully tightened. I haven't made a monkey's fist in a long time, but the diagrams are pretty clear.
The only kind of clasp I've tried where I haven't crocheted a loop to go over something is using metal findings, which have the advantage of being already designed for the job, but the disadvantages of having to be put on the thread before the beginning of the project, and not being decorative (read: not as interesting to me). Also, those with metal allergies might not be able to wear it.
A couple of weeks ago I realized I could use buttons with large shanks that I can crochet through. I like this, despite the fact that the buttons with large enough shanks tend to be metal, because they're pretty, and I can put multiple stitches through them, which not only makes them more securely fastened, but wraps them enough that metal-allergic people might be able to wear them.
Unfortunately, I haven't yet found beads with large enough holes that I can crochet through them, rather than stringing them on at the beginning (this applies also to shells with holes, too, for the most part). When I was on the bead quest, I did find jingle bells are just large enough to crochet through, which lead to the thought of making bell anklets, for dancing in.
This morning I had another idea: making a monkey fist knot from slightly larger thread, and crocheting through it before it's fully tightened. I haven't made a monkey's fist in a long time, but the diagrams are pretty clear.