Making A Knotted Pearl Necklace

Thread on the second bead tip.

Making a knotted pearl necklace.

The needle is a fine gauge twisted stainless steel wire. How to make a knotted pearl necklace. First of all a pearl necklace should have knots for the reasons already mentioned above especially if the pearls are natural and expensive. This is ideal when the beads you re using are delicate or expensive.

Most 16 40 6 cm strands of pearls will yield at least an 18 45 7 cm pearl necklace. 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. Continue to knot the pearl necklace. And if the necklace ever breaks the whole strand of beads won t come spilling off the strand.

Pearls glass pearl beads or glass beads. 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. Remove bead cord from cardboard holder. Your necklace will need be be at least 22 long to slip over the head.

Buying a knotted pearl necklace. You will see one end with a needle and one end without a needle. Unravel the bead cord from cardboard holder. If you want to make a pearl necklace thread a piece of waxed silk thread onto a needle.

This cord is also great to use when making illusion necklaces. Now you simply continue to knot the necklace. Tie a knot after the first pearl and continue knotting until all beads are knotted on the strand. This cord works great with crystals all types of stone beads and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls.

This continuous strand of pea. String on a pearl. It s also helpful during the process of actually making the necklace too. When you are considering buying a pearl necklace looking at its cord can help you evaluate how well the necklace is made.

Do not tie a knot between the large holed bead and the first pearl. First thread the needle through a clamshell clasp then add a dab of glue and close the clamshell tip. Cotton or silk thread. Repeat steps 16 through 20 until you have knotted the pearls to within 1 2 5 cm of your desired finished length of the pearl necklace.

Bead jewelry making instructions how to knot pearls how to chose bead cord to knot between pearls and other beads 1. In this case the knots between help keep beads from rubbing together.