Bracelet “Shambhala”

The Shambhala bracelet is a fashionable jewelry that can become a bright detail of the image. To make such a thing use cords and large beads. For weaving, the macrame technique is used.

The Shambhala bracelet is a beautiful and peculiar woven jewelry in oriental style. Some wear it like a talisman. The trendsetters for these gizmos, the brothers Mads and Mikkel by the name of Kornerap, were inspired by the bracelet technique used by the Buddhist monks of Tibet. Jewelry under the Shamballa brand began to be sold in 1994, and in 2005, Shamballa bracelets gained wide popularity.

For Tibetan monks, woven jewelry were amulets, nine knots on a silk cord were tied in solitude and when reading special mantras. Later, beads began to be woven into bracelets.

Shambhala is a sacred country, accessible only to the elite, hidden in a ring of nine mountain peaks, a place where peace and tranquility reign. Only a worthy person can get there. It was believed that a woven bracelet could help reveal the secret of sacred Shambhala, contributes to the achievement of perfection and harmony.

Modern bracelets in the style of "Shambhala", popular in the West and in our country, are woven using beads from different materials, these can be bracelets with nine beads or with a large number. There are also bracelets with double or triple row of beads that are braided with a cord. Its color can also vary depending on the purposes for which the talisman is worn, for example, the meaning of the red thread is to help find your soul mate.

Shamballa brand bracelets are made of precious metals and precious stones, have a high cost and belong to the category of expensive jewelry.

There are different models of bracelets in the style of "Shambhala." Depending on the material of the beads, these can be decorations:

• With precious stones;
• With semiprecious or ornamental stones;
• With metal beads;
• With wooden;
• With plastic beads;
• With beads decorated with rhinestones;
• With engraving;
• With different types of beads.

Models with beads made of natural stones are often worn not only as a decoration, but also as a talisman. It is believed that a bracelet made on its own is best suited for these purposes. Beads for the amulet are selected based on the properties that are attributed to one or another stone. As a rule, these are semiprecious stones or ornamental. There is a belief that for the first time a close person should put such a bracelet on your hand, only then the talisman will work as efficiently as possible.

A separate variety is represented by personalized “Shambhala” bracelets, which use beads with letters that make up the name of the owner of the jewelry.

Depending on the number of rows of beads emit:

• Bracelets with one row of beads;
• Double and triple.

Jewelry on the hand of "Shambhala" can be with different beads in shape. It can be:

• Round beads;
• Square;
• Curly.

Friendship bracelets are also made in the style of Shambhala, the main technique of weaving of which is macrame. Such jewelry is given as a sign of friendship, and it is assumed that it will be as strong as the nodules of this gift. The types of weaving and color of such souvenirs are extremely diverse, they are both wide and narrow.

You can choose such a jewelry in oriental style as a Shamballa bracelet by color, paying attention to its symbolism. Different colors and shades usually correlate with different moods or character traits of a person that he possesses or wants to develop in himself, for example:

• Orange - a positive outlook on life and faith in luck;
• Blue - a rational approach to business and a desire to understand the essence of things, wisdom;
• Green - the desire for harmony in different areas of life;
• Violet - the desire for self-development and self-improvement;
• Red - energy and activity;
• Pink - dreaminess and romance.

Achromatic colors:

• Gray - independence and self-sufficiency;
• Black is courage and originality.

Some people believe that these kinds of bracelets can serve as talismans and contribute to the fulfillment of any desired events or to help achieve certain results. Such kind of properties are often associated precisely with the color of the decoration, with the combination of the color of the thread with the color of the beads and the type of stone from which they are made.

When choosing jewelry, you can also focus on the correspondence of its color to the zodiac sign. Since all the signs correspond to one of the four elements, such a connection can be taken into account in the color of the bracelet.

• The element of fire (Sagittarius, Aries, Leo) - saturated shades of red and yellow, bright red;
• The element of air (Gemini, Aquarius, Libra) - everything corresponding to the shades of the sky;
• Earth element (Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo) - reddish-brown, greenish-brown, brownish-yellow, brownish-gray shades: terracotta, umber, rust color;
• Water element (Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer) - shades of blue and green, including transitional ones, such as the “sea wave”.

Perhaps a more detailed correlation of a particular zodiac sign with a certain shade of color and the appearance of precious or semiprecious stones. For the manufacture of beads woven into a “Shambhala” bracelet, semiprecious or ornamental stones are usually chosen, which can be selected in accordance with the horoscope:

• Aries. Stones of red shades, as well as colorless transparent ones: ruby, garnet, jasper, carnelian, diamond, rhinestone;
• Taurus. Greenish and brownish stones: onyx, jade, aventurine, turquoise, tiger's eye, as well as green: chrysoprase, malachite;
• Twins. Violet, gray, yellow: alexandrite, agate, citrine, beryl;
• Crayfish Blue, white, green: moonstone, emerald, pearls, tourmaline, opal;
• Lions Yellow and orange shades: amber, onyx, golden topaz, tourmaline, golden beryl (heliodor);
• Virgin. Green, white, gray: jasper, chrysolite, jade, pearls;
• Libra. Blue, blue, green, pink: diamond, aquamarine, lapis lazuli, tourmaline, opal, sapphire;
• Scorpions. Dark blue, black, yellow: sapphire blue, yellow topaz, hematite, cat's eye, pomegranate, coral;
• Sagittarius. Blue and red: turquoise, ruby, blue sapphire, garnet;
• Capricorns. Dark green, black, gray: opal, onyx, rauchtopaz, obsidian;
• Aquarius. Blue, violet, pink: sapphire, amethyst, rose quartz, garnet;
• Fishes. Blue, violet, green, white: aquamarine, moonstone, pearls, amethyst, opal.

Weaving “Shambhala” bracelets is currently a popular hobby. For many, this type of needlework is a way of creative expression. In addition, there is an idea that such a jewelry made by yourself can be an effective amulet. For such purposes, mainly beads made of natural stones are used.

Beads from jasper, hematite, lapis lazuli, agate, onyx, cornelian, quartz are often used, beads from tourmaline, amber, amethyst, pressed turquoise are less common. The variety of natural materials that are used to make the beads used in Shambhala bracelets is very large.

To weave such a craft, waxed cords, synthetic or cotton, and beads with a suitable hole size are required. They can be from a variety of materials, their diameter in diameter, as a rule, from 6 to 12 mm, usually 10 mm. Beads with rhinestones are called so - “Shambhala” beads. For use on ties take two beads of smaller diameter.

For weaving, the macrame technique is used. Beads are strung on the central cord in the required order, and knots are tied around it with the help of working threads. To fix the central cord, it is advised to use a special stand, which can be made independently from improvised materials.

To fix natural threads, colorless glue is used, synthetic ones are glued together with a lighter flame.

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It is believed that Shamballa bracelets, if worn as a talisman, should be worn on the right hand and not more than three at a time. In this case, you don’t need to particularly worry about how this thing is combined with other jewelry, accessories or wardrobe items. The “Shambhala” bracelet will bring an element of mystery into your image and allow you to show your originality.

If you treat the “Shambhala” bracelet as a kind of oriental-style jewelry without attributing any mystical properties to it, you can think, for example, about the compatibility of this item with a wrist watch, if it is assumed that both things will be worn on one hand.

If the watch has a silver metal case, then it is better to choose a bracelet with silver beads or with beads of cold colors and shades: blue, violet-blue, gray-blue, etc. Accordingly, if the watch is golden, then the bracelet should have colors in harmony with gold. The number of Shambhala bracelets worn at the same time, in this case is limited only by your aesthetic preferences.

Bracelet with rhinestones suitable for the holidays; for office and work environment it is better to choose a decoration of soft colors and with small beads. When choosing a decoration color, you should focus on the color prevailing in your clothes and choose options that are in harmony with it.

Other bracelets in the same style will be a great addition to the Shambhala bracelet. Several different jewelry with the same diameter of the beads will look beautiful and not too heavy, provided that bracelets of harmoniously matching colors are selected.

On sale you can find whole sets of bracelets made in the same manner, which greatly facilitates the task of selecting matching jewelry.

Shambhala bracelets can be combined with other types of wrist jewelry: with chains, bead bracelets, leather laces, and various woven straps. To create a spectacular image, you can choose only bracelets as jewelry, which in this case should be quite a lot and they should be chosen correctly by color.

Bright bracelets made of large beads with rhinestones will suit the festive season, a more neutral option is jewelry with beads made of natural stones, wood or artificial / synthetic materials that imitate natural ones.

Such jewelry is considered quite universal, suitable for clothes of almost any style and style: they can be worn with a set of jeans and a shirt, with an evening dress, and with many other things.

Black waxed cord patterns are a great choice for everyday wear.