Crimpping101

Beading is easy. Get a piece of string and string beads onto it. Finishing the project especially finishing the project professionally is the tricky part. The easiest form of making a bracelet without using clasps is the elastic stretchy bracelet. Even then there are different ways of completing the project. Some may just tie the ends together and hope for the best. I say hope for the best is because elastic chords over time will stretch out including the knotted part ... then BAM it falls apart.



The best way is to use a crimp bead and some flat crimping pliers.

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Once the crimp bead is in place properly. Pinch it with the flat head pliers then tuck the left over string into the beads on either side (hiding the lose ends).