Making A Knotted Pearl Necklace

If you want to make a pearl necklace thread a piece of waxed silk thread onto a needle.

Making a knotted pearl necklace.

And if the necklace ever breaks the whole strand of beads won t come spilling off the strand. Your necklace will need be be at least 22 long to slip over the head. 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. Do not tie a knot between the large holed bead and the first pearl.

How to make a knotted pearl necklace. It s also helpful during the process of actually making the necklace too. In this case the knots between help keep beads from rubbing together. The thread has to be thin enough to pass through the bead or pearl but thick enough so that the knot is bigger.

This cord works great with crystals all types of stone beads and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls. Remove bead cord from cardboard holder. Most 16 40 6 cm strands of pearls will yield at least an 18 45 7 cm pearl necklace. First thread the needle through a clamshell clasp then add a dab of glue and close the clamshell tip.

Thread on the second bead tip. Bead jewelry making instructions how to knot pearls how to chose bead cord to knot between pearls and other beads 1. 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. String on a pearl.

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. Pearls glass pearl beads or glass beads. Cotton or silk thread. When you are considering buying a pearl necklace looking at its cord can help you evaluate how well the necklace is made.

Tie an overhand knot just against the clamshell then pass the needle through the hole in your first pearl. This continuous strand of pea. Tie a knot after the first pearl and continue knotting until all beads are knotted on the strand. Buying a knotted pearl necklace.

Continue to knot the pearl necklace. This is a short strand for demonstration purposes. Now you simply continue to knot the necklace. This cord is also great to use when making illusion necklaces.

This is ideal when the beads you re using are delicate or expensive. First of all a pearl necklace should have knots for the reasons already mentioned above especially if the pearls are natural and expensive.