Can someone who makes beaded necklaces help me?

31 May 2009

31 May, 2009 jewelry making necklaces

I love the semiprecious stones I see at the craft store for making jewelry, they come already on a string maybe about six inches long. But how do you turn that into a necklace? Do you have to take the stones off the string and restring, or is there some way to use that string as it is? Because you would have to somehow knot another string to it, I can't understand how that would hold.

Yes, you have to restring the stones. Right now, they are strung on cheap string that is just strong enough to keep them together. If you don't restring the stones onto stronger material, the cheap string will break sooner or later.

Instead of knotting the permanent thread, you use a crimp bead or two. You can use fasteners, lobster claws, or screws, or the pinch fasteners, but I always make my necklaces long enough to put over my head without any fasteners. I put two crimp beads on the string, about an inch or two apart, and overlap the string for that inch or two and cover it with the beads or stones. This way, if one crimp bead fails, then I still have the other one to hold the necklace together.

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3 Responses

sibylspider
2009 Jun 01 1

Yes, they are beautiful but you will need to take the stones off the string to put them on your necklace. Try adding accent beads every so often if it is going to be too heavy or expensive with just the stones.
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gitane'
2009 Jun 01 2

Hi - you would actually need to restring them onto tiger tail. This is probably also available from the same shop that you are finding the stones in…..

you will need:
2 x crimps (one for each end)
length of tigertail for necklace
1 x clasp to do the necklace up
pliers to squash the crimps….
some cutters to cut the tiger tail wire

but i do warn you…..it can get very very very addictive!!!
hope this helps
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lynnbodoni
2009 Jun 01 3

Yes, you have to restring the stones. Right now, they are strung on cheap string that is just strong enough to keep them together. If you don't restring the stones onto stronger material, the cheap string will break sooner or later.

Instead of knotting the permanent thread, you use a crimp bead or two. You can use fasteners, lobster claws, or screws, or the pinch fasteners, but I always make my necklaces long enough to put over my head without any fasteners. I put two crimp beads on the string, about an inch or two apart, and overlap the string for that inch or two and cover it with the beads or stones. This way, if one crimp bead fails, then I still have the other one to hold the necklace together.
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