Pearl Jewelry Making - Stringing and Knotting Pearls

Pearl jewelry making made easy...If you love pearls and making beaded jewelry, learn how to make bead jewelry by stringing pearls!

Jewelry Making Techniques
for Making Pearl Jewelry

You can use many beading techniques for making beaded jewelry with pearls...

• String pearls onto beading wire
• Knot pearls with bead cord
• Thread pearls onto jewelry making wire

Stringing Pearls on Beading Wire

Stringing Pearls with Wire

If you're short on time stringing pearls on wire is the way to go. Here, get tips for stringing pearls with wire. Learn what size beading wire to use and more!

String an Easy Pearl Necklace

We all know that pearls make great wedding jewelry. Here, string an easy biwa pearls necklace for the bride or bridesmaids.

Endless Pearl Necklace

Sometimes we want a long necklace and don't want to fiddle with a clasp. One way to remedy this is to string a claspless or endless necklace. Here, learn how to make an endless necklace. It's an endless pearl necklace bead jewelry project!

Pearl Torsade Necklace

If you like multi-strand necklaces try making a torsade. Learn how to string pearls to make a torsade necklace.

Knotting Pearls Into Jewelry

Knotting jewelry is another jewelry making technique for stringing pearls.

Hand Knotted Pearl Necklace

In Part 1 of the How to Knot Pearls Tutorial for hand knotting pearls you will find out:

• Jewelry making supplies you will need to buy
• How to determine what size bead cord to use
• How to tie an overhand knot

In Part 2 of the Pearl Knotting Tutorial for knotting pearls by hand will show you:

• How to tie knots between pearls
• How to attach clamshell bead tips (calottes)
• How to a attach clasp to make a necklace

Pearl Jewelry Making With Wire

Make Easy Pearl Earrings

Looking for an easy wire jewelry project? Here, make easy biwa pearl earrings using head pins and eye pins.

Types of Pearls for Making Pearl Jewelry

There are basically two categories of pearls: saltwater and freshwater.

Today, most of the available supply of pearls for bead jewelry making comes from the farming or cultivation of pearls in freshwater. Hence the term freshwater pearls.

Because they are cultivated or farmed, freshwater pearls are relatively inexpensive for jewelry making.

Freshwater Pearls for Making Jewelry

Freshwater pearls are plentiful and come in many shapes and sizes.

Most pearls for making jewelry are dyed to produce many, many colors. For sizing, pearls are measured in millimeters (denoted as 'mm').

Baroque, biwa, button and keishi are a few of the more common types of pearls for lots of pearl jewelry making.

More Making Jewelry with Pearls

Looking for more inspiration for using pearls to make jewelry? Check out this book, Create Jewelry: Pearls with instructions for making twenty (20) beautiful pearl jewelry creations in classic, special occasion and fashion forward designs.

Have fun with the many types of pearls available for making beaded jewelry.

Use your imagination and creativity to make gorgeous pearl jewelry!

Wanda

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