Bead Working And All That The Craft Entails

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Beadwork is a simple thing to learn. To start out you need string and beads.

Done.

At it's most basic, that is really all you need. Clasps on jewelry are nice, but not necessary. You can bead a loop at one end, and a ball at the other. Thus the one loops over the other joining the two ends of your necklace.

Knowing how to tie a good knot is essential. Last thing you want is to finish, hold up the piece, and it fall apart on you. Worse yet, would be to have it fall apart while a customer is looking at it. Because of those fears I use glue. A little glue added to my knots for a little piece of mind. Some say that is cheating, but I don't care. They make glue for beading, and what is more important is that they make it where it has an almost string type tip, letting you get glue just where you need it and not all over everything else. If they sell such a product, then lots of people are doing it. I don't call it cheating, I call it quality. And if knots aren't your specialty, they make devises to help you get a good tight knot up close and personal. Hard to mess that up.

A good set of small pliers is helpful as well when doing beadwork. You can certainly work without, man has for ages, but they make them, and they do help. Often times you are working with really tiny line, and pliers can help you get a hold of it and make things tight and neat.

Another handy thing is a jewelry tray. Again, not a must have, but it lets you lay your beads out as you want them designed. You can play with your design here without stringing and restringing trying to find the right balance. Also, the trays will have measurements on them, so you will know how long the piece you are making is. This little, few dollars tray, can greatly cut your time down.

As a hobby, or business goes, doing beadwork has a fairly small overhead, and can be one of the most rewarding jobs of your life.


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