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Bead Craft - Tools Of The Trade: The Greatest Tools Which Are Required To Improve Your Experience
A subject not much discussed in articles about bead craft is what I like to all "optional equipment." Reasonably, most of the articles on beading ideas concentrate on the beading projects, or the beads themselves and several discussions revolving around patterning, color selection and so on, but at least a few concentration should be given to the optional items of tools, since they can make your life simpler and enhance 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 all of these can do for you as it relates to bead craft described below.
Fishing Line - If you are all out of silk thread and needing to crank out a bead craft project, normal fishing line can be subbed in for the good stuff. Or, if you are only making a temporary piece and wish to save your silk thread for permanent creations, 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 needed turning your beading ideas into truth), and prevent eyestrain by bringing those very small, little pieces-parts into better focus. What's not to like about that! If you only have one piece of optional bead craft tools, get it!
Cord Knotter - At around ten bucks, this handy little item is the most costly of the "optional bead craft equipment," but well value the money, particularly if you do any work at all with pearls. It assists with knot tying, and aids you get the knots right up against the beads, where you wish them to be (this could be a frustrating process when trying to get it right by hand). It might take a bit to get the hang of using it, but when you do, you will wonder how you & your bead craft projects got along without it!
Bead Tray - Funny how anything as simple as a tray can make this type of huge difference to your bead craft projects, but it really can! The major advantage of a bead tray is that it is included with grooves for holding beads and the grooves are of regular shapes and sizes! So, while you're making a necklace, just play with your pattern on the bead tray, get it exactly how you want it, and then all of your beads are already laid out in the exact pattern. Simply pick 'em up and string!
Again, while none of the items mentioned here are absolutely important, you will possibly find that you enjoy bead craft a good deal more with these time saving tools, and you can pick up the full set for approximately $25. A small investment indeed for what they can do to improve your bead craft experience, and the ways in which they can assist you execute against your beading ideas!
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