This is a bead stopping component.
Club Creative Studio’s TNT (This-N-That) post today is about a creative solution in bead making.
If you are into stringing, you know that there is nothing worse than spending time with a hand-made item and then experience some degree of failure. When you are involved with the technique of stringing beads, you want the task to be enjoyable and successful. You would even like it to be a bit relaxing or therapeutic.
Stringing beads is a rhythm and a pattern. To avoid a break in that process, any mishaps like a sudden loss of a completed string of beads falling to the ground is heart-breaking. I have found the ideal product that can be used to assure that a string of beads will no longer be unstrung if it is left in an undeveloped state of progress.
My small collection of a useful stringing tool.
The interesting stainless steel coiled clips are small items that have a strong hold onto the ends of stringing thread or wire. Some companies call them “Bead Stoppers” and that is a good name to describe what they do. They stop beads. To use, you gently squeeze both ends to open, and place your strand in-between two of the coils and release ends. The grip allows for the beads to be held until you squeeze the ends once more.
Attaching and end of a beaded strand secures the beads from an accidental spill.
This is used by bead artists who are mid-stream in a project, have many different projects going at once, or want to bundle their beads to a stopping point for storage. I often use these supportive ends to work from one end to the middle, and then adjust the strand to center the design, and string the other end to match.
These bead stopper coils have easy grip ends.
If you have had frustrations in beading strands and do not like dropping it and starting over, then this is something that you can use to give you back some productive time. They come in several sizes and you can either use two per strand, placing one strand in an area or use one clip, and separate the coils, and hold one single necklace end to end.
Happy creating and let me know if you use these when stringing or if you are now considering trying them. I used to use other methods like larger clips or tape but, there is a difference using something that is made specifically for bead-makers, they the (inventors) were really onto something when they created this simple tool for us. It solves a big problem.
