Guide To Making Jewelry With Beads Apr 2026

A soft fabric tray that prevents beads from rolling away. 2. Choosing Your "Core" Material

Arrange your beads on your mat or a "bead board" to check the pattern and length (7" for bracelets, 18" for standard necklaces). Guide to Making Jewelry with Beads

For a clean, flat cut on wire or stringing material. A soft fabric tray that prevents beads from rolling away

Slide a crimp bead and one half of your clasp onto the wire. Loop the wire back through the crimp bead and use your pliers to squash the crimp bead firmly. Guide to Making Jewelry with Beads

The only tool that can create smooth loops for earrings or clasps.

Before you start, make sure your wire/thread fits through the smallest bead in your pattern.