What are jewelry connectors?

What are jewelry connectors?

Connectors: The best thing about connectors is that you have only one element, but it can be used in many ways and make different jewelry pieces. The same metal element can be used as a pendant, a center element in a bracelet, earrings or make an entire necklace.

What are bead tips used for?

Bead tips are designed to conceal and protect knots and create a secure connection to jumprings and clasps. Bead tips terminate jewelry designs with a clean and professional finish. When finished, bead tips look like small, metal beads at each end of the strand.

What can I use instead of crimp beads?

Screw-Tite Crimps™

How do you use knot covers?

Using Clam Shell End Tips (Knot Covers) Video

1. Tie knots, one on top of the other, in your thread; trim excess.
2. Put the opposite end of the thread (with or without the needle) through the inside hole of the knot cover so that your knot rests “inside” the cover.
3. Close knot cover with pliers.
4. String your beads.
5. Put end of thread through bottom of second knot cover.

What is a crimping bead?

Crimp beads are most often used when stringing a beaded piece (like a bracelet or necklace) which has been strung with beading wire. The crimp beads finish the end of the beaded piece of jewelry and help create a loop for the clasp to be attached to. There are two kinds of crimp beads: tube-shaped and round shaped.

Why won’t my crimp beads hold?

This is either a result of using a diameter of wire that is too small or stringing your beads too tightly. First, check to make sure that you’re using the largest diameter of wire that will pass comfortably through the beads.

Can you crimp with pliers?

You don’t need a fancy tool, crimps are very soft, you can use pliers.

Do you need a crimp cover?

The Importance of Crimp Size If you use a crimp with an inside diameter that is too large for your beading wire, the crimp may not adequately grip the wire, even after you close it with pliers. This makes them more difficult to hide with a crimp cover. It can also make your designs look less professional.

What size crimp cover should I use?

Generally speaking, a 1mm OD crimp tube of any length is great for use with finer strands of beading wire (. 007 to . 014), 2mm OD crimps are ideal for . 019 and the 3mm OD crimps for the heavier .

What is the strongest thread for beading?

polyethylene braided thread