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Beading - Finishing Your Piece

When you're planning a piece of jewelry, helps to keep the strands separate in the
it's loads of fun to choose the right middle of the piece, and the end bar is
beads and work out how you're going to used to finish off the ends of the rows.
put them all together for the final You can also buy fasteners that are
result. But there's another element you specifically designed for multirow
need to consider - how are you going to jewelry. If you don't want to keep the
finish off your piece?The bits and pieces strands separate at the end of the row,
that are used to finish off pieces of you can pass them all into an end cap or
jewelry are commonly known as findings. cone to finish off the
This general term covers all sorts of strands.EarringsDepending on the design
fasteners, connectors and spacers that of your earrings, you might need earwires
you can use to give your jewelry the or ear studs for pierced ears, or screw
finishing touch. There are an enormous or clip ear findings for non-pierced
variety of findings available, so I will ears. You can also buy ear posts and a
just cover the main types that are matching scroll or butterfly and use them
reasonably common in shops.Findings are to hold earrings in pierced ears. To
generally available in either gold or make drop earrings you will need eyepins
silver colors; sometimes as pure metals, or headpins to support the beads, and you
sometimes as gold or silver plating. If can also buy chandelier earring findings
you're making earrings, it's a good idea for more complicated designs.CrimpsCrimps
to use either sterling silver or gold for can be used for a couple of different
earwires. Also, if you choose a magnetic purposes, including attaching fasteners
clasp, remember that this can cause to beading wire or thread, and also to
issues for someone with a help keep beads in place in the design.
pacemaker.FastenersUnless you're using You buy metal crimps for use with wire
some sort of stretchy cord or making a and tiger tail, and you can buy leather
very long piece, you will need a fastener crimps or spring ends to use with leather
to put on or remove bracelets and and cotton. You can use metal crimps
necklaces. There are plenty of fasteners with thread or elastic, but you must be
available, very careful that when you squash the
including:- Trigger- Screw- Hook and crimp you don't cut the thread.RingsJump
Eye- Magnetic- T-barShop around until you rings and split rings can be used as
find one you like. These are just links, and for joining other items, such
generic categories, and the range as fasteners, onto a piece of jewelry.
available in each category can be quite Jump rings are a single circle of metal,
varied and interesting.Spacer and End and split rings are a double circle to
BarsThese are used for multistrand provide extra strength and security.
necklaces or bracelets. The spacer bar




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