Hints & Tips - How to Make a Pendant from a Bead
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In addition to the bead, you will need a headpin, beadcap and stopper beads. Other designs of headpin may not need a beadcap and the choice of bead stopper is only limited by your imagination. | |
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Thread the headpin and beadcap onto the bead. | |
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Add the stopper beads. | |
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Holding the wire in a pair of snipe nosed pliers start turning the loop, leaving enough wire on the bead to bind the loop.. | |
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Start binding the loop. | |
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Using a second pair of chain nosed pliers completely bind the remaining wire and tighten onto the stopper beads. | |
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Straighten your work. | |
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The finished pendant. | |
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There are many other choices of headpin and beadcaps. | |
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