Making A Knotted Pearl Necklace

The needle is a fine gauge twisted stainless steel wire.

Making a knotted pearl necklace.

This is a short strand for demonstration purposes. And if the necklace ever breaks the whole strand of beads won t come spilling off the strand. Thread on the second bead tip. 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. In this case the knots between help keep beads from rubbing together. If you want to make a pearl necklace thread a piece of waxed silk thread onto a needle. The thread has to be thin enough to pass through the bead or pearl but thick enough so that the knot is bigger.

Buying a knotted pearl necklace. String on a pearl. Tie a knot after the first pearl and continue knotting until all beads are knotted on the strand. Continue to knot the pearl necklace.

Remove bead cord from cardboard holder. 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. Unravel the bead cord from cardboard holder. This continuous strand of pea.

First thread the needle through a clamshell clasp then add a dab of glue and close the clamshell tip. Tie an overhand knot just against the clamshell then pass the needle through the hole in your first pearl. Now you simply continue to knot the necklace. 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.

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. Cotton or silk thread. Bead jewelry making instructions how to knot pearls how to chose bead cord to knot between pearls and other beads 1. Pearls glass pearl beads or glass beads.

When you are considering buying a pearl necklace looking at its cord can help you evaluate how well the necklace is made. 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. You will see one end with a needle and one end without a needle.

It s also helpful during the process of actually making the necklace too. This cord works great with crystals all types of stone beads and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls.