Tatty Devine: How To Make A Shrink y Necklace

Tatty Devine
Tatty Devine’s founders Rosie Wolfenden and

Harriet Vine set up a market stall in Spitalfields
Market in the mid 1990’s. Together they challenged
jewellery conventions and unleashed a whole new
set of creative possibilities and ideas.
Their DIY approach turned throwaway disposable

objects like scraps of leather and guitar plectrums
into jewellery and earnerd the brand a place in
Vogue magazine and the hearts of loyal fans all
over the world.
So as the Crafts Council celebrates 20 years of

Tatty Devine, we bring you not one but two
activity ideas!
Shrinky Necklace
How to make a
You will need: Plastic food packets (not foiled or metalic),
1 chain necklace, greaseproof paper, baking sheet, damp
tea towel (in case of fire), old tea towel, hand-held hole
punch, 1 regular jump ring, 2 pairs of flat-nose pliers, oven
1. Make an envelope with the greaseproof paper and pop

your empty food packet inside it. Set your oven to a medium
heat and let the temperature warm up.
2. Put the envelope on to a baking tray and put it in the

oven. Don’t wander off. The packet will start to shrink and
curl up but you don’t want it to burn or blister, so keep
a careful eye on proceedings.
3. As soon as you think the

packet has shrunk enough,
remove the baking sheet and
quickly put a folded tea towel on
top of the envelope. Press your
hand down on it to flatten your
shrinky. Be careful not to
burn yourself!
4. Use the hole punch to make

a hole in the top of your shrinky.
Then open a regular jump ring
with the pliers and thread the
packet onto the jump ring and
then the jump ring onto the
necklace. Close with pliers.
a Ta pe Measu re Rosette
How to m a ke
You will need: 1 tape measure, 2 split pin fasteners, hand-held
hole punch, pair of sharp scissors, 1 kilt pin or safety pin,
1 pair of flat nose pliers.
1. Smooth the tape measure out, and go to work on the inches
side. You’ll be using both metric and imperial measurements in
this make, so pay attention!
2. Start by punching 2mm size holes at 3-inch intervals along the middle of the tape measure, starting at number 3,
and stopping at number 33. Now make three more holes at numbers 35, 37 and 39. As you’re working, give the hole
punch a little twist as you squeeze down, so that the little circle of plastic will pop out the back as you press.
3. Grab hold of one of the split pin paper fasteners, and poke it through the tape measure at number 3. The pinhead
goes on the centimetre side.
4. Now for some loops. Give the tape measure a little twist and then
put the newly made loop on to the paper fastener at hole number 6.
5. Keep twisting and popping the loops on to the paper fastener at
every hole, at those 3-inch intervals, and always heading and
twisting in the same direction.
6. When you’ve made five loops and even them out into a nice star
shape. If it’s not a nice star shape you have probably not twisted the
same way every time—simply undo and start over.
7. Make another five loops in the same way. The points of this star
should fall between the points of your first star. A bit more preening
wouldn’t go amiss.
8. When you arrive at number 33 on the inches side, make three smaller
loops, and pop them, one after the other, onto the pin fastener, making a
triangle shape. This will be the centre of the rosette. Cut off the excess
tape measure at 39¼ inches. Keep hold of this excess piece.
9. Take hold of the second of the split pin fasteners, and push it through
the centre of the rosette. This will make the first fastener pop out, and
the prongs will now be at the back.
10. Cut 6 inches from the excess tape measure. Make sure you use the metal bit, and fold it in half. Give it a little twist
so that the two strands sit apart and at an angle. This is the tail of the rosette. Drape the strands over the bar of the
kilt pin that doesn’t open.
11. Hole punch
another hole through
both strands of the
tail, close to the kilt
pin. Then pop the
folded tail, with the kilt
pin, on to the reverse
of your rosette.
12. Finally, squash
the prongs of the
split pin fastener
down firmly with the
pliers to secure
everything in place.
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Tatty Devine

Tatty Devine’s founders Rosie Wolfenden and

Their DIY approach turned throwaway disposable

So as the Crafts Council celebrates 20 years of

1. Make an envelope with the greaseproof paper and pop

2. Put the envelope on to a baking tray and put it in the

3. As soon as you think the

4. Use the hole punch to make

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