Bead Craft - Instruments Of The Trade: The Finest Tools Which Are Essential To Improve Your Experience

A topic not much discussed in articles regarding bead craft is what I like to all "optional equipment." Understandably, most of the articles on beading ideas focus on the beading projects, or the beads themselves and many discussions revolving around patterning, color selection and so forth, but at least some attention must be given to the optional items of equipment, since they can make your life easier and enrich your enjoyment of bead craft in general.

The items I have in mind are:

Fishing Line

Magnifying Glasses

Cord Knotter

Bead Tray

I'll outline what each of these can do for you as it relates to bead craft below.

Fishing Line - If you're all out of silk thread and requiring to crank out a bead craft project, simple fishing line can be subbed in for the good stuff. Or, if you are only making a temporary piece and want to save your silk thread for permanent creations, yet again, fishing line to the rescue! No bead craft toolkit should be without it!

Magnifying Glasses - This handy item will save you both time (reducing the time spent turning your beading ideas into reality), and prevent eyestrain by bringing those tiny, little pieces-parts into better focus. What's not to like about that! If you just get one piece of optional bead craft tools, get these!

Cord Knotter - At around 10 bucks, this handy little item is the most expensive of the "optional bead craft equipment," but well worth the money, especially if you do any work at all with pearls. It helps with knot tying, and helps you get the knots right up against the beads, where you wish them to be (this can be an annoying process when trying to get it right by hand). It might take a bit to get the hang of using it, but once you do, you'll wonder how you and your bead craft projects got along without it!

Bead Tray - Amusing how something as simple as a tray can make this type of large difference to your bead craft projects, but it truly can! The main advantage of a bead tray is that it comes with grooves for holding beads and the grooves are of typical shapes and sizes! So, when you are making a necklace, simply play with your pattern on the bead tray, get it exactly how you want it, and then all your beads are already laid out in the exact pattern. Only pick 'em up and string!

Again, while none of the items mentioned here are absolutely essential, you'll probably discover that you enjoy bead craft a good deal more with these time saving devices, and you can pick up the full set for approximately $25. A little investment indeed for what they can do to improve your bead craft experience, and the ways in which they can help you execute against your beading ideas!

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