Making A Knotted Pearl Necklace

You will see one end with a needle and one end without a needle.

Making a knotted pearl necklace.

Pearls glass pearl beads or glass beads. Buying a knotted pearl necklace. Thread on the second bead tip. Unravel the bead cord from cardboard holder.

Most 16 40 6 cm strands of pearls will yield at least an 18 45 7 cm pearl necklace. Continue to knot the pearl necklace. This is a short strand for demonstration purposes. The needle is a fine gauge twisted stainless steel wire.

Tie a knot after the first pearl and continue knotting until all beads are knotted on the strand. And if the necklace ever breaks the whole strand of beads won t come spilling off the strand. If you want to make a pearl necklace thread a piece of waxed silk thread onto a needle. Remove bead cord from cardboard holder.

Your necklace will need be be at least 22 long to slip over the head. Cotton or silk thread. This cord works great with crystals all types of stone beads and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls. This is ideal when the beads you re using are delicate or expensive.

In this case the knots between help keep beads from rubbing together. First thread the needle through a clamshell clasp then add a dab of glue and close the clamshell tip. This continuous strand of pea. When you are considering buying a pearl necklace looking at its cord can help you evaluate how well the necklace is made.

How to make a knotted pearl necklace. The thread has to be thin enough to pass through the bead or pearl but thick enough so that the knot is bigger. String on a pearl. Choose a thread in the same color as the pearls and of sufficient thickness so that the doubled thread fits snugly through the pearl hole.

Do not tie a knot between the large holed bead and the first pearl. The smaller sized cords can be knotted on the end to be used with bead tips clam shells but they are most often finished off with crimp beads. It s also helpful during the process of actually making the necklace too. This cord is also great to use when making illusion necklaces.

Bead jewelry making instructions how to knot pearls how to chose bead cord to knot between pearls and other beads 1. First of all a pearl necklace should have knots for the reasons already mentioned above especially if the pearls are natural and expensive.