Making A Knotted Pearl Necklace

Your necklace will need be be at least 22 long to slip over the head.

Making a knotted pearl necklace.

Pearls glass pearl beads or glass beads. Now you simply continue to knot the necklace. You will see one end with a needle and one end without a needle. This is ideal when the beads you re using are delicate or expensive.

String on a pearl. The needle is a fine gauge twisted stainless steel wire. Remove bead cord from cardboard holder. How to make a knotted pearl necklace.

In this case the knots between help keep beads from rubbing together. This cord works great with crystals all types of stone beads and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls. Thread on the second bead tip. Tie a knot after the first pearl and continue knotting until all beads are knotted on the strand.

Bead jewelry making instructions how to knot pearls how to chose bead cord to knot between pearls and other beads 1. This continuous strand of pea. Buying a knotted pearl necklace. Tie an overhand knot just against the clamshell then pass the needle through the hole in your first pearl.

Continue to knot the pearl necklace. If you want to make a pearl necklace thread a piece of waxed silk thread onto a needle. First thread the needle through a clamshell clasp then add a dab of glue and close the clamshell tip. Cotton or silk thread.

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. When you are considering buying a pearl necklace looking at its cord can help you evaluate how well the necklace is made. This cord is also great to use when making illusion necklaces. 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 a short strand for demonstration purposes. It s also helpful during the process of actually making the necklace too. 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. Most 16 40 6 cm strands of pearls will yield at least an 18 45 7 cm 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. And if the necklace ever breaks the whole strand of beads won t come spilling off the strand.