Making A Knotted Pearl Necklace

This cord works great with crystals all types of stone beads and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls.

Making a knotted pearl necklace.

Pearls glass pearl beads or glass 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. 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.

Cotton or silk thread. Tie a knot after the first pearl and continue knotting until all beads are knotted on the strand. If you want to make a pearl necklace thread a piece of waxed silk thread onto a needle. In this case the knots between help keep beads from rubbing together.

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

This is a short strand for demonstration purposes. The needle is a fine gauge twisted stainless steel wire. Remove bead cord from cardboard holder. It s also helpful during the process of actually making the necklace too.

Do not tie a knot between the large holed bead and the first pearl. Continue to knot the pearl necklace. Unravel the bead cord from cardboard holder. 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.

How to make a knotted pearl necklace. Tie an overhand knot just against the clamshell then pass the needle through the hole in your first pearl. Bead jewelry making instructions how to knot pearls how to chose bead cord to knot between pearls and other beads 1. First thread the needle through a clamshell clasp then add a dab of glue and close the clamshell tip.

This continuous strand of pea. This is ideal when the beads you re using are delicate or expensive. Buying a knotted pearl necklace. Thread on the second bead tip.

String on a pearl. This cord is also great to use when making illusion necklaces.