Today we will talk about the best strings to use for making your own jewelry.
First of all, to decide which string to use, you need to consider what you're stringing. Therefore, we will give you here a list of some of the best types of necklace wire, cording, beading thread and other stringing materials who will work best for your bead stringing creations.
We’ll begin with the genuine leather cord, which is very easy to work with. Leather cord in itself is a big fashion statement and stringing colorful beads on it makes it more attractive and enchanting. Dark brown and black are the most popular picks for leather cords, but you can also choose all kinds of different colors such as red or pink.
Amongst the types of leather cords, the braided leather cord and the round leather cord ones top the list while the suede and barbwire follow after.
Another well-known classic for bead stringing is silk. Many beaders often use silk threads pearls while some others like to use it with stone beads. Although silk tends to fray, it has a higher quality thread than nylon, for example. When you want to hand-knot your pearl strands, it only makes sense to use a good quality thread.
Then we also have nylon, who works very well if you want to knot long, stone bead necklaces. And since Nylon is a synthetic fiber, it doesn't stretch or fray!
Silk and nylon come in different colors and sizes, and both have their advantages to string the jewelry of your dreams !
Probably some of the best products in recent development for bead stringing are the various types of coated wire threads. This cord works great with crystals, all types of stone beads, and even the thinner sizes can be used with some pearls. Moreover, this cord is also great to use if you want to make an illusion necklace !
Wire cables are also used as stringing materials for beading, such as tigertail. This laste one of the easiest stringing materials to use and was the way to go when it came to heavy-weight beads such as hematite, before the coated wire came along.
However, remember that tigertail tends to kink easily and is weakened where it has kinked.
Nymo is also a must-have item in most seed beaders' bead boxes. Nymo bead thread requires a needle and is commonly used with English beading needles for Native American-style bead work.
We recommend you using beeswax to coat the cord, as most of beaders do, because it keeps it from fraying and tangling as much when it repeatedly goes through tiny sharp beads.
The metal chain is also one of the best stringing materials as its used for everything from stringing heavy statement necklaces, to making free form multistrand beaded chain necklaces, to linking delicate filigree findings and crystal beads !
Finally, if you are interested in making your own lovely bracelets and are searching for a great string to use for making it, we recommend you a high-grade polymer string or a stretchy woven floss.
Polymer strings are the best stretch string for bracelets. It is excellent for durability and size variety and is what professionals use. However, tying knots may pose a challenge for novice crafters. But don’t worry, you can always apply some glue on it, it helps a lot you’ll see !
You are now ready to start to bead your dream’s jewelry with the right stringing materials !
