No beads to crush today to make the finishing touches to your necklace. We'll show you how to use knot covers. In this case, these adorable little shell bow covers, which you can find at the bottom of the page in the list of materials, will go perfectly with a summer and marine style necklace. This very chic necklace in white and gold mixes several natural materials: round heishi moonstone beads ,white tinted lava stone, and arealshell pendantwith golden edges. The whole set off by different golden beads.
The knot covers are small shells soldered on one side, in which we insert the knot of our jewel. This allows to make a more beautiful finish. Some knot covers also have a loop that allows you to attach a clasp. It can therefore replace the finish with beads to crush in some cases. In particular when the thread is not too fine, which makes it possible to obtain a knot large enough to block the thread inside the knot cover. If the node is too small, the wire would slip out of the node cover.
That's why in this tutorial, we will use thicker silk thread than fireline thread. The advantage of the thread we have selected is that it is very strong, it is a natural material and a flexible needle has beenattached to the end of the thread, which makes it easier to thread the beads. So there is no need to buy an extra needle.
Another advantage of the knot cover is that we don't have to thread the beads twice as with a crush bead finish, so we can use a thicker thread which is also stronger.
Know that with the material purchased to make the necklace, you can also make a bracelet without buying a complement.
Here is a zoom on the golden shells knot covers and the clasp. As you can see the finish is clean and the little shells go well with the lava stone beads. If you don't like T clasps, you can also use a large spring clasp or a lobster clasp.
View of the bracelet made with the remaining beads and thread. You will also have some thread left for another project. Remember to unwind the entire thread from the plate and use the end of the thread first so you can keep the needle soldered for the remaining thread.
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