Mission Rosaries

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Hello,

I recently joined Our Lady’s Rosary Makers. I’ve made several cord mission rosaries now, and they’re gradually improving in quality with each one… the first rosary I made turned out pretty bad!

My biggest challenge is making the knots and spacing them out correctly. I tend to have way too much extra space in any given decade, and have not managed to snugly secure the Our Father beads–the knot ends up tightening farther away that intended, even though I carefully work it with my fingers. Any suggestions from other rosary makers?
 
ByzantineHeart said:
Hello,

I recently joined Our Lady’s Rosary Makers. I’ve made several cord mission rosaries now, and they’re gradually improving in quality with each one… the first rosary I made turned out pretty bad!

My biggest challenge is making the knots and spacing them out correctly. I tend to have way too much extra space in any given decade, and have not managed to snugly secure the Our Father beads–the knot ends up tightening farther away that intended, even though I carefully work it with my fingers. Any suggestions from other rosary makers?
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I wish you a lot of luck! What a fantastic project you are helping with! 👍

I’ve always wanted to try to get into something like that, but I’m afraid I wasn’t gifted with patience to go through and do it. 🤷
 
You can use a small-diameter metal knitting needle. 3.25mm works well.

These instructions are for a right-handed person; switch the directions the other way if you’re not!

Put the future Rosary on some thick cloth, like a towel, on a hard surface. Have it lie so that your knots start on the left, and the cord extends to the right. o_o_o_____

Put the knitting needle so that it is pressed into the towel right where you want the knot.

Hold it with your left hand, pressing the needle in firmly; press down on the cord at the same time, to keep it from slipping.

Make the knot with your right hand, loosely, around the needle.

Tighten it slowly, making sure that the cord on the left (or where it comes out of the bead) is not pulled.

Once it is fairly tight, slowly lift the needle out while tightening.

Once the needle is out, do the final tightening by holding the knot firmly in your left hand and pulling the cord with the right.

I hope this makes sense. At first, you’ll feel like a total klutz as you try to press down on the cord and hold the needle with the same hand, but it gets easier.

If you know a knitter, they might have a single needle you can have. If not, go buy a pair at Hobby Lobby. (Give them your business - they’re fighting the HHS mandate!)

I’ve also found that the kind of aluminum needle with a button on the end is handy for all kinds of things. I keep one in my toolbox.
 
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