Shades of Grey collection now open on Etsy

There are so many Shades of Grey that puppet from Nova Scotia had to choose carefully to make this collection. Lucky for us she picked some great crafts!

One of my favorites are the Nattily Neutral Coasters-- Set of Six made by Jennifer Brown. Her shop PiecfulDesign is filled with (among other things)  baskets and bowls made from fiber wrapped clothesline which is a modern variation on traditional basket weaving techniques.

  ThreeBlueBee from Istanbul has a playful collection of Crocheted Beads 12 Pcs Stones which are wooden beads covered with crochet. Perfect elements for any designer needing some shape and, yes, color for their work. Her shop of the same name has many more organic beads and balls in a rainbow of colors. You can also read her "quit my day job" LoveandDream posted to the Etsy blog for the inside scoop.

The featured listing in this grey collection is a comfortable wide cuff white & grey cotton turks head knot rope bracelet made from 100% cotton hand dyed cord.

Black and grey turks head knot cuff bracelet

A 13 part turks head knot weave featuring 3 mm midnight black and fog grey cord. Made to a customer's specified size and pattern.


This design is available in solid and mixed colors such as white and grey  and white and olive green.


If you like the black and grey please request your own size  click here.


design and photographs © copyright 2011 WhatKnotShop

wide turks head knot bracelet 393

I like these wide weave designs as it really allows the color and pattern to show. This one is a natural white cotton with a center strand of light grey.

The "faded" colors (not really faded) look like something that got bleached.

This is a 9 x 13 x 3 double diamond weave.

See the little piece of nylon thread on the inside? That's where the end stitching is. All the bracelets are stitched so they don't get messed by partial unwrapping. All except the "adjustable" designs and these are clearly labeled in the description.

This grey color is an old dye bath that had been previously used to create a much darker batch of cotton cord. The diluted result is what is used here.

RIT dye seems to have a warm grey drift in the color.

This piece is now available in the Zibbet shop:
http://www.zibbet.com/WhatKnotShop/artwork?artworkId=30676

check your slip-on size click here then select your favorite from one of these three online shops:

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/WhatKnotShop
ArtFire: http://www.artfire.com/users/WhatKnotShop
Zibbet: http://www.zibbet.com/WhatKnotShop

three color turks head bracelet 382

Experimenting with mixing three colors in a 9 x 13 design this piece has a dark grey, natural white in the center, and a light grey strand.

The design is a 9 x 13 weave which creates a nice 2" width that will fit a smaller wrist.


Circumference is 7 1/8" making it a medium-small with the usual shrinkage factor for the all cotton material.

The three color weave requires extra time to work up as the strands are all individually placed and tensioned.

Stitching the ends is a challenge as well. There are 6 strands that must be bound together.

Turks head bracelet in natural and grey item 151

This is a wider more convincing design with 9 leads x 13 bights x 3 passes or strands. The primary color is a natural cotton white (not too bright) with a hand dyed grey center accent. The material is a 3 mm braided cotton cord.

Size is 2 3/4" inside diameter by 7 1/2" inside circumference. The weave is relaxed so that this bracelet can stretch about 1/2" to slip onto a larger hand. There will be some shrinkage when wet. This is about 2" wide.

The ends are secured with floss to prevent unraveling.