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          Finishing Methods for Bead Stringing

          Learn popular methods for finishing necklaces and other handmade jewelry with end pieces, crimps, jump rings, split rings, knots and jewelry clasps. Most stringers develop personal favorites. This page is a brief overview with links to more information. If the instructions aren't on the category page, please click into a product's details for more information. For more opinions and examples, you may also want to invest in a couple stringing and beading books, or beading and stringing magazines with good tutorials. Experiment to find the methods that work best for you! 

          Choosing clasps is a mixture of your own personal preference, as well as your customer type, and the size and weight of your jewelry:

          • Customers with fading eyesight often prefer the size and ease of lobster clasps over spring rings. 
          • Toggles and hook-&-eye sets are easy to put on and take off, but are inappropriate for lightweight necklaces. 
          • The security of pearl clasps makes them a likely choice for expensive materials.
          • Inexpensive spring rings remain popular for most jewelry.
          For free tips on choosing cord or necklace wire, see Stringing Materials & Methods.
          For more free tips, see our Updated Choosing Clasps & Finishing Methods page.

          See below for illustrations of tricky parts of a few of the most popular stringing & finishing methods. (Click the titles for more information.)

          This page is under construction. Coming soon (ish): mobile-friendly design and new larger images.
          Knots
          A few of the most important knots for jewelry-making:
          Square Knot
          square knot
          Double Loop Knot
          double knot loop
          Surgeons Knot
          surgeons knot
          Lark's Head Knot
          (front and back)
          lark's-head knot

          Bullet Ends
          great for finishing multiple strands
          finishingbullet ends

          Bullion
          (aka French Wire)

          for protecting delicate cord
          bullion/French wire

          Choker Clamps
          simple and clean, great for wide flat cord
          Choker Clamps

          Crimp Beads
          (and crimp tubes)
          very popular for finishing stringing cable (beading wire);
          can be crimped + rounded with crimping pliers, or simply flattened with flat-nose pliers
          crimp beads

          Crimp Covers
          nicely cover flattened crimp beads
          crimp covers

          Crimp Tubes with Loop

          crimp tubes with loop

          Coil Ends
          use with large-diameter cord such as leather and cotton
          coil ends

          Head & Eye Pin Looping
          use head pins or eye pins for this classic technique
          head & eye pin loops

          Jump Rings
          for "jumping" one piece to the next
          jump rings

          Wire Protectors

          wire protectors
          See Also:
          Free Jewelry Projects
          Free Jewelry Tutorials
          jewelry-making blog
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