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Crochet Keychains & Wristlets are very useful and make great gifts for any occasion, especially the upcoming holiday season.

Have you ever turned your handbag inside out looking for your keys?! Well If your answer is yes you need one of these keychains or wristlets to make your life easier!

The keychain will help you find your keys easily. The wristlet is very handy (pun intended!) when you have to go out with just your keys, then you just put the wristlet on your wrist, and you are hands-free! And not to mention how cute they are.

You can make them in your favorite color. With the beautiful colors of yarn available, you can have one for every day of the week.

They are very easy to make and quick too.

WHAT SUPPLIES DO YOU NEED TO MAKE THESE CROCHET KEYCHAINS & WRISTLETS?

Cotton yarn

Crochet hook

Yarn needle

Scissors

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HOW DO YOU MAKE THESE CROCHET KEYCHAINS & WRISTLETS?

I have tried 3 different patterns which I will share with you. Two of them are free patterns and one is a paid pattern.

Garnet bead Keychain

Free pattern by Violet Loops – This simple pattern can be found at hookedonhomemadehappiness.com here. It uses chains and double crochets and a stitch called the bead stitch. It is very well explained and there is a video of how to do the bead stitch. You can use the same pattern for baby pacifier clips as well.

Crochet Lanyard and Keychain

Free pattern by Stitch in Progress – This is the simplest pattern of all and can be found here. I shared this keychain pattern previously on my blog when I posted 5 Useful crochet projects.

Emmer Keychain & Wristlets

Paid pattern by Christina Ann Studios. Christina is so talented and she has some really nice designs. You can buy the Emmer Collection pattern at her store.

This pattern can be used to make keychains, wristlets, and baby pacifier clips.

Hope you enjoyed reading about those crochet keychains and wristlets. If you make some do let me know if you liked them. As always a huge thank you to the amazing ladies who have designed these patterns.

Here are some other crochet goodies that you can make as gifts or just for yourself!

Velvet Crochet scarf

Crochet Hair Accessories

Potholders

Crochet coasters

Crochet earrings

Heart Crochet Garland

Crochet Car Coasters

Crochet Christmas Earrings (All free patterns!)

3 Easy Crochet Bookmarks

10 Crochet Coaster Patterns

Granny Square Flower Crochet Bag

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Macrame keychains have been on my to-do list for a long time! I recently wrote about 10 fun hobbies to do at home, you can read about them here.

One of the hobbies mentioned was macrame. Ever since then I have been researching and trying to find the best resources to learn and the best places to buy macrame cord. I want to try all things macrame, I just love how beautiful they look.

Macrame is very easy to do and once you learn just a handful of knots you can make numerous beautiful things.

After all my research I have finally come across a few YouTube channels that are very helpful.

If you are interested in learning, here is my list of recommendations:

Thank you to these lovely ladies for sharing their talent with us!

WHAT ARE THE SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE MACRAME KEYCHAINS?

Scissors and brush from MissKnottiemacrame.com

Macrame cord – after a lot of research, I bought my 3mm macrame cord from Ganxxet on Etsy. Their cord is recycled cotton and I love that it is a woman-run business. The fact that their cords are eco-friendly and very high quality really appealed to me. The colors are amazing. It’s just so difficult to choose! I wanted all of them!

Scissors – you need really sharp scissors because you will be cutting and trimming a lot of cords!

My beautiful scissors are from MissKnottiemacrame.com, I bought her macrame beginners tool kit which included the scissors, brush, and 2 S hooks.

Brush – you could use a pet- brush or comb as well. As mentioned above I bought my brush from MissKnottiemacrame.

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Keychain hardware – I got mine on Amazon.

Macrame board or just a tabletop to tape your key ring on.

HOW DO YOU MAKE THESE MACRAME KEYCHAINS?

I followed the tutorial by Soulful Notions to makes these keychains. She has many tutorials for different kinds of keychains, the one I followed is the seashell pattern. Please watch her tutorial to see how it’s done. Thank you to Soulful Notions for sharing her wonderful talent with all of us!

Cut 4 lengths of 3mm cords, each 30inches or 76cms.
Cut 1 cord 10 inches long for the gathering knot.
Using a reverse larks head knot attach the 4 cords to the keychain clasp.
Starting from the 4th cord, tie double diagonal clove hitch knots across till the 1st cord.
On the other side, using the 5th cord, tie diagonal clove hitch knots across till the 8th cord.
Repeat the same step on both sides for 4 rows.
Gather the cords together and tie a gathering knot.
Brush out your cords and cut them to the length you like, or leave the cords as is.

Your keychain is ready to be attached to your keys, to a backpack, a handbag, etc.

NOTES:

I used a macrame board and pinned the keychain down before tying the knots. You could just use tape to hold the top part of the keychain down on a table so it is easier to tie the knots.
You have to use Macrame cord or rope, it does not work with yarn. (Yes I tried! lol:)
To get a nice fringe, cotton cord works best.
To cut your fringe straight, you could use a piece of tape on the cord and cut below it. A rotary cutter works too and is quicker as well.

Sometimes I wish there were more than 24 hours in a day!! I want to try all things macrame! For now, I plan to make plant hangers, wristlets, mini wall hangings, earrings, and rainbows! Of course, I will share my journey here on my blog.

Hope you enjoyed this Macrame Keychain inspiration. Let me know if you will be trying it out or even if you like it, I would love to hear from you! Please do leave me a comment down below.