I made myself a pendulum with Hemp and various mini stones and glass beads. It works great. It also kind of works as an amulet. I never knew how much you can do with these things until you look it up :D
So far the things I have found it to do on my own is
A) answer yes or no questions
B) Become a talisman
C) Checking your chakras
D) Scrying
E) Find Items such as car keys and stuff.
F) Contact spirits (or so I'm told, not sure how to do this though)
G) Contact spirit guides and angels.
H) Astral Projection (I suppose this depends on the stone you have and what kind of programming you give it but the night I made it I had an astral projection dream from a former lover of mine, was quite intense.)
It's quite fun to play with as well. I also kind of sometimes hold on to it/ play with it when I feel really stressed out. Its like a stress ball :D
It took 5 hours to make it. Mostly it took so long making the holes bigger in the small little gem holes for the gems I put on it. Anyways... hope you like this crafty piece :)