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I’m taking an informal survey about the types of rosaries you prefer or think are appropriate to use in praying The Rosary.

I have started making knotted twine rosaries in the past year. They can be made in various solid colors, multiple colors or even a tie-dyed pattern. Attached are some pictures of twine rosaries.

I’d just like to get your thoughts on rosary styles.

http://rosaryknotters.org/Rosaries/21VS36_edited.jpg

http://rosaryknotters.org/Rosaries/NadasOmbre_edited.jpg

http://rosaryknotters.org/Rosaries/AdventColorsRosary.jpg
 
Oh I think anything and everything is appropriate -

Here’s a brief list of what I’ve seen apart from the standard 5-decade Rosary:
  • finger rosaries, either solid metal like a large ring, or plastic beads (have one)
  • Rosary rings (have one of them too)
  • wrist rosaries (bracelets with ten beads and a cross - may buy one soon, though I’ve noticed some have odd numbers of beads rather than 10)
  • Rosary necklaces
  • Credit Card rosaries (printed bumps on the back of a laminated card … doesn’t seem like a particularly good idea)
  • chotkis, usually used by Orthodox or Eastern Catholics for the Jesus prayer - may get one of them at some point too
  • the long 15- or 20-decade Rosaries like the Dominicans wear - I love the idea, but it would be too big to be practical for me.
the knotted Rosaries are really cool, and I’ve promised myself I will try to make one soon! For mine it looks better when the cross is composed of knotted twine as well, rather than plastic or metal, but then that’s just me …
 
The root of my question is whether or not you would be interested in owning a knotted twine rosary?

I’m not soliciting. In fact, I’m making these rosaries to be given away. At this time, keeping the Adoration Chapel at my parish stocked is keeping me busy. 😃
 
LeahInancsi said:
The root of my question is whether or not you would be interested in owning a knotted twine rosary?

I’m not soliciting. In fact, I’m making these rosaries to be given away. At this time, keeping the Adoration Chapel at my parish stocked is keeping me busy. 😃
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You charge for shipping to Australia? I really like the middle one with the brown and green :yup:
 
I like them all. They are all very beautiful.

Do they unravel easily? If not, then they’d be very good for small children. My toddler has gotten the “children’s rosary” apart and had put some of the beads into her mouth before I caught her. Luckily, she hadn’t swallowed any.
Peace in Christ,
Ann
PS–do you know how to make sacrifice beads? I’m thinking that would be a fun project to do with the kids. But I need a link that would teach me.
 
If the rosaries are made from 100% nylon cord and the ends are melted a wee bit with a lighter they will not unravel. You can find directions on how to make them at the Rosary Army website, (rosaryarmy.com) and you can find oodles of colours at FNT Industries. (rosarytwine.com) Rosary Army gives away knotted cord rosaries just like those above to anyone who asks, free of charge.

If you do wish to make some to donate to them, they do request a crucifix at the end (metal or plastic) rather than the twine cross. (autom.com has some very inexpensive ones) If you cannot find or get the hang of attaching the crucifix, you can send them the rosaries all done except the crucifix and they will add it for you. I have a couple of photos on my blog as well of a few I’ve done: yarnhosknittingnook.blogspot.com

I send about 140 a year out to the Cathoic school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, (redcloudschool.org/ourladyoflourdes) as well as giving them away here - which adds up to quite a few more as anytime someone sees me knotting one in a waiting room, etc., they almost always ask if they can have one or learn how to do it!

This would be a great project for kids as the knots are very easy to learn and even a first time effort looks nice!

Sorry to babble on, but this is a subject near and dear to my heart - oh and HI ALL! This is my 1st post!
 
The best rosary is the one that gets used!
(I like that green-pink one in the photo…that’s a pretty combination.)
 
I love mine, received it as a gift, because the makers donated them to those making my first parish retreat when I came down here. It is big, not easy to lose, the beads are big, easy to feel on days when arthritis is bad and hands are numb or painful. When I have cenacle or small group meetings at my house I hang it on the mailbox, since all the houses in this row look alike. It is vivid purple and pink “tie dye” and really stands out. I often use it as a centerpiece for a religious theme gathering, and for teaching small children to say the rosary.
 
I am a fan of the wood bead and wood cross roasaries. I have 2 that I use. A smaller one in my car and a larger one next to my bed.
 
I’m a fan of the fancy rosaries that use seed beads between Hail Marys/Our Fathers, and not chain, but I can totally see the attraction of the twine Rosaries. I also like the Ranger Rosaries, that are specificially made for servicemen.
rangerrosary.com/

May Our Lady bless your efforts!!
Cheers,
Cari
 
Hi Cari!

Do you have a link to a picture for the “fancy” rosaries you described? I have never seen a seed beaded one, and think it sounds neat! Thanks!
 
Those twine Rosaries are beautiful. I am going to get instructions and a Rosary from Rosary Army so I can make some too.
 
I like the middle one. The colours are beautiful. I also like the dark green one on your blog.

Gearoidin
 
Those are the kind that I make, too…
Leah, where did you find the crucifix on the Hunter Green one? Is that from OLRM, or where? I like it very much with the #36 twine, it has more “substance” to it than some of the ones I have seen at Autom…
 
Jacafamala said:
I like them all. They are all very beautiful.

Do they unravel easily? If not, then they’d be very good for small children. My toddler has gotten the “children’s rosary” apart and had put some of the beads into her mouth before I caught her. Luckily, she hadn’t swallowed any.
Peace in Christ,
Ann
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No, they would be ideal around little ones, because they are very strong. In fact, a properly knottted & heat sealed rosary is just about impossible for anyone to untie. ( I have done it, but it takes forever, & then, too, I made the knots, so I know what to pull.
A knotted cross or the plastic crucifix (which does not have a jump ring) would be perfect for a child).
PS–do you know how to make sacrifice beads? I’m thinking that would be a fun project to do with the kids. But I need a link that would teach me.
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Try this site:

thelittleways.com/index.php

They have instructions; you can also get them all made… They offer a starter’s kit, which is very inexpensive, & contains all you need to make them. (I have not ordered there myself, but others at Rosary Army have).
 
LeahInancsi said:
I’m taking an informal survey about the types of rosaries you prefer or think are appropriate to use in praying The Rosary.

I have started making knotted twine rosaries in the past year. They can be made in various solid colors, multiple colors or even a tie-dyed pattern. Attached are some pictures of twine rosaries.

I’d just like to get your thoughts on rosary styles.

http://rosaryknotters.org/Rosaries/21VS36_edited.jpg

http://rosaryknotters.org/Rosaries/NadasOmbre_edited.jpg

http://rosaryknotters.org/Rosaries/AdventColorsRosary.jpg
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Those are beautiful!

My wife makes rosaries with cord and beads. I use to make rosaries with wire and beads from a kit from “Our Lady’s Rosary Makers.”

When ever I see fancy rosaries, especially very expensive one’s, I’m reminded of the apparition St. Bernadette received. I think it was her third visit by the Blessed Mother. Bernadette’s aunt saw her poor wooden beaded rosaries and told her, you can’t pray with those before the Lady, so she gave Bernadette her expensive rosaries, which I believe were from Paris. When Our Lady visited Bernadette, she saw Bernadette praying with these fancy rosaries and stopped her. She asked, where are your rosaries? Bernadette said, in my pocket. Our Lady said, " use those instead." Bernadette return the fancy rosaries to her aunt and used her poor wooden bead rosaries for the rest of her life.

The message is, humility in all things.

Jim
 
Zooey said:
Those are the kind that I make, too…
Leah, where did you find the crucifix on the Hunter Green one? Is that from OLRM, or where? I like it very much with the #36 twine, it has more “substance” to it than some of the ones I have seen at Autom…
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The hunter green one was on my blog, actually, and I got the sterling crucifix (I said in the blog it was base metal, I goofed - the tie dyed one is, the hunter is sterling) from FireMountainGems.com - just do a search for “crucifix”, and you can see what they have. I don’t know if they still sell that particular style, though, as I didn’t see it when I looked a little bit ago…

Thanks, Cari, for the link to the Rosary Workshop - those rosaries are soooo beautiful! I want to make one now!
 
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