Stringing Homemade Jewelry Using Beading Wire

I regard stringing to be the back bone of jewellery making. It uses easily obtained supplies, and will teach a fundamental sense of coordinating colors along with shapes into an attractive design.

Stringing homemade jewelry using beading wire is also perfect for practicing how to manipulate small items with your hands, using pressure and angle to obtain different results.

Methods for most tasks are interchangeable, so if you discover that youd preferably use a needle and thread for a project calling for beading wire,then go for it.

Deciding On The Length Of Your Necklace

If you are using jewelry beads of the same dimension, you can workout how many you'll need once you've decided on the length. Use a tape-measure around your neck to get a good idea.

Next divide that measurement by the length of a bead (hole to hole). Thus, for a choker of 40cm you will require about 50, 8mm round beads.

Stringing Homemade Jewelry Flexible Beading Wire

Stringing with flexible beading wire is definitely an economical way to string beads of all shapes and sizes plus you don't even require a needle to do it.

 

1. Start by working out the length and pattern of the necklace, a beading board is useful for this, but if you don't have one using a piece of felt to work on will stop your beads rolling about to much whilst you arrange them.



2. Cut the desired length of beading wire. While holding the wire in one hand about 1 1/2 inch (4cm) from the end, slide on a crimp bead. Push the short end of the stringing wire back through the bead, creating a loop.




Slide on a crimp bead



Push wire back through crimp bead creating a loop

 

3. Adjust the size of the loop by pulling the crimp bead towards it, making it smaller, but large enough to let a jump ring move freely then squeeze the crimp bead closed with the crimp pliers. (See notes on crimp beads).



4. Slide your first bead on to the strand of stringing wire. Let the tail of the wire from the crimped loop pass through the hole of the bead if the bead hole is big enough. Trim the excess wire and then string on all the beads for the project.




String on beads for the project

 

5. When you have strung on the last bead, slip on another crimp bead as you did in step 2 followed by a clasp, and pull the tail end of the wire back through the hole of the crimp bead, and the bead next to it, pull the end of the wire, to create a loop as you did in step 3 and secure the crimp bead with the pliers. Finish by trimming any surplus wire.



6. If you think your crimp bead looks a little untidy; Using a crimp cover will give it a more professional look. Just place it over your crimp bead and squeeze it closed.




Stringing With Flexible Beading Wire

 

Lets move on to learn about stringing beaded homemade jewelry using thread

This Silver Pendant Necklace is one of my favourite necklaces. It can be adjusted to any length so it looks great with just about any outfit. You don't need any special jewellery making tools, and best of all it can be put together in a matter of minutes.