Have you ever done bead weaving, working with tiny seed beads?
If so, you know the importance of using the right beading needle.
In today's video I'm going to go over the different types of needles there are out there
that you can use in your bead weaving.
Hi there, Sandy here.
Welcome to another Friday Findings video at KeepsakeCrafts.net.
So these are just a few of the bead woven bracelets I've made lately.
I was actually on kind of a bead weaving kick last winter.
I knew it wouldn't last long.
I had fun while it did and made some bracelets that I wear all the time.
And one of the things that struck home with me is the importance of having a good needle
that suits you and does the job well.
Now before we look at the needles, what you need to think about are the seed beads that
you're going to be using.
Here I have a sampling of several different sizes and you can see they vary very widely.
Seed beads are measured in terms of a number and the smaller the number, the larger the
bead.
So these ones are 6/0s and these ones you can find often in tubes like this at your
craft store.
They're definitely the easiest to find and also pretty easy to work with because they're
so big.
Then we have 8/0s, which are nice size.
In fact, this bracelet, these are 8/0s right along here.
These are 11/0s.
And these are some of the smallest you're going to find, these are 15/0s.
They're really tiny and it can be very tricky to string them, not just because it's difficult
to find a needle that will not only fit them, but...yeah, that one isn't going anywhere...but
go over the eye, also you need to remember that with a design like this, you're going
to be going through the bead many, many passes.
So that's important to keep in mind.
So you really need a very fine and strong needle and it's helpful if it's easy to thread.
So the first question that often comes up is, "Why can't I just use regular sewing needles
to do my beading?"
And the answer is sometimes you can, but usually it's not a good idea and let me show you why.
Here are some sewing needles.
These are ancient!
These were in either my mother-in-law's or my grandmother's sewing kit.
Look at that, it's got linen for the backer that's holding it and these are some pretty
nice, fine needles and I've left out some 15/0s for demonstration.
And it goes over just fine.
Now if you want to test a needle like this for working with a particular size seed bead,
don't just test one bead because they tend to be a little bit inconsistent, so you can
find that one will work and the next nine won't and really drive yourself crazy.
So make sure you test a bunch.
Actually, these look, they're sharps.
They're pretty small, they've got a small eye.
So they probably would work if you can get your thread through that eye.
That's another issue, but most of the time, and here's some big ones.
You can't see it so much on these, but the eyes generally flare out a little from the
point and that causes a problem with beading and you can see it better with these.
It's exaggerated with these where you can see how much thicker the eye is than even
just the shaft, never mind the point.
So the thing about beading needles is that they've taken the time to make sure that the
eyes are small as well as the shaft and that they don't flare out so you don't have those
problems when you're beading.
One type of beading needle that I don't have, but is often used by beaders, are English
beading needles.
They work great with the tiny beads and there's also Milliner's needles.
They are very thin.
Just use the thinnest size that you feel comfortable handling.
What's nice about the English beading needles and the Milliner's is that they're stiff and
yet flexible.
One of the types that I like to use are big eye needles or you can call them all eye needles.
Here's a tube I just purchased and I'll have links to these on my blog post.
And you can see it's a big eye, the whole needle is one big eye.
It's just two wires that are fastened together on each end and of course that makes it super
easy to thread and they're quite flexible, which can be a plus and it can be a problem.
And depending on what you're doing, in this tube I've got two sizes of needles.
It depends on the type of work that you're doing if you need a particularly long needle
or not.
I really love this tube.
I think I'm going to store all my needles in here.
Because most of my needles look like this, these are also big eye needles and you can
see they are round, long and used and most of my needles end up looking like this.
They're just bent all to heck, but they still work great.
And it's good to have extras because sometimes you'll pull a little too hard and you will
break this join here.
So it's good to have extras so you don't end up without a needle in the middle of a project.
Most upsetting.
What's nice about these big eye needles is that you can usually find these at craft stores,
Joann's and such.
Another type of needle if you need something that's very flexible are these twisted beading
needles.
Don't know how well you can see it.
You can almost hear it.
Can you hear that?
This needle actually consists of two pieces of very fine wire that have been twisted together
and then they left this big end untwisted.
Again, mine is just bent into some crazy shape.
And this makes threading really easy.
Sometimes it's called a collapsible eye needle.
Sometimes they look like that one and sometimes they look more like this one with a loop at
the end, but once you've pulled it through a bead, I'll just show you here, that loop
just flattens right out.
And these come as you can see in really long.
It depends again on what you're doing.
These are really floppy.
These ones are very fine and kind of floppy so it depends on the work you're doing.
Sometimes you'll want something really flexible.
Sometimes you want something more stiff.
That's why I really like the big eye needles because they're kind of in between.
They're flexible, but not too floppy and they're not too stiff.
These ones are nice.
These are extra fine beading needles and I have a couple different lengths again.
Bent into crazy shapes and these are very fine.
There we go.
No problem with the 15/0s, but they have a pretty small eye.
I don't know if you can see that.
They eyes are kind of tricky.
So often when you give up the big eye, you gain in stiffness.
You really have to know what it is that you need for the particular project you're working
on.
Most of the time for projects like this, I want something with a little bit of flex because
maybe I'm going around this line and I'd like to scoop 4-5 beads on at once instead of having
to go through one at a time.
So I would definitely want a needle with a little bit of flexibility so that I can do,
see there, I can get four beads on at one time.
The tricky thing by the way about these is they can be a pain to reuse once you've collapsed
that eye, but it's really not that big a deal.
I usually just go in with another needle and kind of tease it open if I need to.
I don't know why I bought this.
I have to turn it sideways to show it on camera.
This is one large big eye needle.
This thing is what, 5`" long.
I don't really do loom work, maybe that's what this is for, but just to show you that
you can get these.
Yeah, this is one long big eye needle.
So you can get them in all different lengths and flexibilities and types of eyes to suit
the kind of work you're doing.
If you haven't done much bead weaving, usually the directions that the pattern maker gives
you will suggest the type of needle to use and I would suggest using their suggestions.
And then you can always branch out and try something new on your own if you find you
don't love it.
So be sure to go to my blog post that accompanies this.
I'll have links not only to all of these needles here, where you can find them, but I will
also have links to all of the bead weaving patterns for the bracelets that I showed at
the beginning.
That way, if you want to give bead weaving a try, jump in and see how you like it.
Like I said, just follow the instruction's recommendations for everything to begin with
and then once you're done, you can go ahead and strike out on your own.
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Rewards like bonus videos and even some of my jewelry pieces for free.
Happy creating!
Bye bye.
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