Bead-Stringing For Charming Jewelry Making

If you need informations on bead-stringing :
what kind of threads or needles should you use?
How to finish a necklace or a bracelet ?
Do you need specific tools?
Please keep reading.


Bead-stringing with

Stainless steel wire

• Nylon covered wire, size from (.012 to.024 inch-diameter ) is used for any type of beads and must be finished with crimp beads on each part of your jewelry. Crimp beads are only used for nylon covered wire(softflex or tigertail, accuflex...).
• For tiny gemstones , you can use .012 inch diameter, for bigger and heavier beads, you can use.019 or .024 inch diameter for example.
• No needle is needed.
• Tools: a flat nose plier, a bead crimping plier, a flush cutter.

Click here for a simple necklace design idea.

From the left to the right:
The first picture shows different colors of nylon covered wire.
The picture in the middle shows different crimp- beads and a flat nose plier.
The last picture shows how to use a bead crimper plier.

bead-stringing with

Nylon thread

• Nylon is used for any type of beads and must be finished with a bead tip or french wire.
• Comes in many colors and sizes (#00,0, A,B, C, D, E, F, FF, FFF), 00 being the smallest size. Very convenient because does not stretch, less expensive than silk.
• Finishes: bead-tip, french wire, knot and glue.
beads strung with a twisted needle or a big -eye needle.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

silk (precarted or not)
We love pre-carted silk because a needle is already added to the thread.
For silk sold by the spool, beads are strung with a twisted beading needle.

• Sizes (#00,0, A,B, C, D, E, F, FF, FFF), 00 being the smallest size.
• Finishes: bead tip, french wire and knot and glue.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

silky soft is a new kind of thread, stronger than regular thread, few sizes and colors.

• Beads strung with a twisted needle, a big -eye needle or no needle.
• Finishes: bead tip, french wire and knot and glue.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

From the left to the right:
The first picture shows different colors of nylon threads.
The second thread shows a bead tip.
The third picture shows a jewelry finished with french wire(clean finish).
The last picture shows how to use a jewelry finished with a double knots and glue. No need to use french wire if you are using a cone for example to finish your jewelry.

Bead-stringing with

powerpro strong thread, different sizes, few colors.

• Beads strung with a twisted needle,a big -eye needle or no needle.
• Finishes: bead tip,knot and glue.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

Bead-stringing with
Transparent thread

• No needle is needed.
• Finishes: bead tip, knot and glue.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

Elastic

Serpentine

• different finishes (copper,antique gold, plated gold or silver).
• Finishes: flat cord tip.
• Cotton, leather cord, cotton waxed, polyester.
• No needle is needed.
• Finishes: cord -tips ( and glue), cord-caps, cord-coils with loop, flat cord tip.
• Tools: pliers, a flush cutter.

If you are using serpentine, finish your piece with a cord tip.


Beading

• Nymo is THE thread used for beading. It comes in a huge choice of colors and sizes go from 00 (the smallest to D). Beaders usually work with size B or D with beading needle #12 and 13 for seed beads 15° and 11°.
• Is used for off-loom stiches.
• Beading needles's sizes: #10 to #16 ( the smallest).
You may want to wax the thread.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

Bead- stringing with
Particular beads (like felted beads) .

• Beads are strung onto a thread with a tapestry needle.
• Tools: thread clipper, glue.

The picture shows nylon nymo and a beading needle for beading work.

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