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Beading Instructions

Glass Bead Jewelry

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Start with a length of bead stringing wire that is approximately six inches longer than the piece of jewelry you intend to make.  Slide on a crimp bead, then half of the clasp set. Bend approximately two inches of the wire, going back through the crimp bead, and draw it snug against the clasp.
• Use your needle-nose pliers to flatten the crimp bead against the clasp so that it cannot slide up or down.
• String all of the beads onto the wire (the first few beads should be strung over both thicknesses of wire).
• Slide the second crimp bead onto the wire, then the other half of the clasp, then go back through the crimp bead and several other beads.
• Pull the wire until all of the beads are snug against each other.  Then, flatten the crimp bead.  Use a pair of wire cutters to cut off the remaining wire as close to the beads as possible.