Jade and Sterling Silver Viking Knit Necklaces | Door County Jewelry by Wendy Carpenter

Exclusive handmade gifts in Door County are soulful pieces perfect for every occasion. The authentic jadeite gemstones featured are hand-cut and polished from jadeite roughs or slabs in the Motagua River valley of Guatemala. To the Pre-Columbian people of Mesoamerica, jadeite represented breath, life, fertility, and power.  The hand-cutting and polishing stonework is created through Wendy Carpenter's fair trade/skill-building mission project. Her "Creating Revenue through the Arts" project helps the artisans of Guatemala and the Mayan communities. The featured necklace is handmade by Wendy Carpenter with hand-cut and polished faucet jadeite beads. Her unique hand-knitted design with sterling silver wire wraps around the precious jadeite gemstones. The necklace measures 18-22 inches long and has a unique handcrafted sterling silver book-clasp design. The light sage necklace is 22" long, and the olive sage necklace is 18" long. Article by "Fred C. Brendecke" about the unknown value of Gu