Beading Techniques
How to Measure for Jewelry: Wrist, Neck and Finger
How to measure a wrist, neck, ankle and finger with a tape or paper strip, how much ease to add for each bead size, and how to turn the final length into a bead count.
Tutorials
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Beading for Beginners
How to Organize Beads: Storage, Sorting and Labeling
A simple system for sorting beads by type, size and color, choosing containers, labeling them usefully and keeping leftovers under control.
Beading for Beginners
Stringing Materials: Elastic Cord, Beading Wire, Thread and Cord Compared
Elastic cord, flexible beading wire, nylon thread and thicker cord compared side by side: diameters, what each suits and how each is finished.
Beading for Beginners
Bead Size Guide: Millimeters, Seed Bead Sizes and Beads per Inch
How beads are measured, how seed bead numbers work, and how to turn any length into a bead count, with beads-per-inch tables for both.
Beading for Beginners
Types of Beads: Glass, Seed, Wood, Stone, Metal and More
A plain guide to bead materials and shapes, what each one is good for, and why hole size and weight matter as much as color.
Beading for Beginners
Beading for Beginners: What You Need to Make Your First Piece
The handful of supplies and tools a first beading project really needs, the three ways beaded jewelry is held together, and a sensible order of first projects.