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As you learn to bead, everyone makes discoveries that
make life easier for them or improve existing practises. We want you to share
some of those helpful tips with us on these pages. All aspects of beadwork
are covered, so no matter what your expertise,
contact us with your hints and we will post them here to help
everyone along! It is almost second nature to lick a strand of thread that won’t
thread through the eye of a needle, but nymo tends to fray when wet, so
licking it will only make the problem worse! A small rectangle cut out of an old household rubber
glove makes an excellent grip for pulling a needle through a tight piece of
beading, so don’t just throw away your old rubber gloves. How many times has a clasp fallen off your work because its closure
has opened a minute amount and allowed the thread to pass through? Here are a
couple of ways of attaching a clasp to avoid this problem 1. Attach your beads to a split ring (the thread is unlikely to slip off this) and then attach |
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1. the clasp to the split ring. An added advantage is that
this method allows you to change your clasp if it breaks or if you simply
want a different variety of clasp. 2. At the end of your beads, thread a size 8 bead (or
bigger) to match your work. Open up a jump ring, thread it through the size 8
bead and close it again. Turn the ring around until the closing is inside the
bead and attach a clasp to the jump ring. Even though the jump ring may
separate slightly as the jewellery is worn, it is unlikely to open enough to
fall off the bead. When you have bought seed beads, sort them by width:
narrower beads can be used for off loom increases and wider beads for
decreases to create a flatter look to your beadwork. |
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