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Bead Craft - Instruments Of The Trade: The Most Excellent Tools That Are Necessary To Improve Your Experience
A topic not much discussed in articles regarding bead craft is what I like to all "optional equipment." As expected, most articles on beading ideas focus on the beading projects, or the beads themselves and various discussions revolving around patterning, color choosing and so on, but at least a few attention must be given to the optional items of tools, because they can make your life easier and enhance your enjoyment of bead craft in general.
The items I have in mind are:
Fishing Line
Magnifying Glasses
Cord Knotter
Bead Tray
I will outline what all of these can do for you as it relates to bead craft described below.
Fishing Line - If you're all out of silk thread and requiring to crank out a bead craft project, normal fishing line can be subbed in for the good stuff. Or, if you're only making a temporary piece and want to save your silk thread for permanent creations, again, fishing line to the rescue! No bead craft toolkit should be without it!
Magnifying Glasses - This helpful item will save you both time (reducing the time needed turning your beading ideas into truth), and prevent eyestrain by bringing those tiny, little pieces-parts into better focus. What's not to like about that! If you just have one piece of optional bead craft equipment, get these!
Cord Knotter - At around ten bucks, this helpful little item is the most costly of the "optional bead craft equipment," but well value the money, especially if you do any work at all with pearls. It helps with knot tying, and aids you get the knots right up against the beads, where you want them to be (this can be a frustrating process when trying to get it right by hand). It might take a lttle bit to get the hang of using it, but when you do, you will wonder how you and your bead craft projects got along without it!
Bead Tray - Amusing how anything as simple as a tray can make such a large difference to your bead craft projects, but it really can! The main benefit of a bead tray is that it is included with grooves for holding beads and the grooves are of ordinary shapes and sizes! So, when you are making a necklace, just play with your pattern on the bead tray, get it just how you want it, and then all your beads are already laid out in the exact pattern. Simply pick 'em up and string!
Again, while none of the items mentioned here are very important, you will probably discover that you enjoy bead craft a good deal more with these time saving tools, and you can pick up the whole set for around $25. A small investment indeed for what they can do to enhance your bead craft experience, and the ways in which they can assist you execute against your beading ideas!
Bead Craft - Instruments Of The Trade: The Most Excellent Tools That Are Necessary To Improve Your Experience
A topic not much discussed in articles concerning bead craft is what I like to all "optional equipment." Understandably, most bead craft articles focus on the beading projects, or the beads themselves and various discussions revolving around patterning, color selection and so forth
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