There is a very simple, inexpensive little gadget called a Bead Stopper which I personally think is one of the handiest tools in beading. A Bead Stopper literally stops beads from falling off your stringing material. You just attach it to the end of your stringing material, string your beads, then remove it when you are ready to attach a clasp or add more beads to the end you started from. Gone are the days when you had to restring an entire strand, because
your error was near the beginning, and you had already crimped on a clasp.
One full size bead stopper can hold the ends of several strands at once - its gripping power is limited only by the weight of the beads. So, also gone are the days when you had to fold a piece of tape around the end of each strand of a multi-strand piece, and then deal with sticky residue when you took the tape off.
One full size bead stopper can hold the ends of several strands at once - its gripping power is limited only by the weight of the beads. So, also gone are the days when you had to fold a piece of tape around the end of each strand of a multi-strand piece, and then deal with sticky residue when you took the tape off.
One might ask, with the wealth of amazing beads and complex tools available to me here at Beadaholique, why is a Bead Stopper my favorite pick? It is because of the many moments in beading when I have dropped a strand, and with the Bead Stopper on, the beads did NOT fall off. It is because I now have the flexibility to stop a project midway, place Bead Stoppers on, and know that I can come back to it weeks later and all my beads will be right where I left them. Finally, it is because the Bead Stopper gives me the flexibility to change my pattern midway and not have to restart, saving me time and supplies.
If you are not familiar with a Bead Stopper and how it works, check out this video:
Happy Beading!
Julie
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