| Crimping is the process of securing your wire to a | | | | diagrams. |
| clasp or creating a stop for a bead on wire. When | | | | ----------------------------- |
| beading jewelry you will use the crimping skill all | | | | You can cover a crimped bead with a crimp |
| the time. The best part about this beading skill is | | | | cover. This gives the illusion of another bead |
| that it is very easy to learn.You will need:Crimp | | | | instead of seeing flattened metal. You can also |
| tube | | | | find crimp beads that have a loop already on |
| Stringing wire | | | | them. So instead of looping the wire through the |
| Crimping PliersStep 1. Thread the wire through | | | | clasp, you would crimp you wire, and cover the |
| the crimp tube, through the ring on the claspStep | | | | crimp bead with the crimp cover. Use a jump ring |
| 2. Thread the wire back through the crimp | | | | to hook the crimp cover and clasp together.Happy |
| tubeStep 3. Lay the crimp tube on the back | | | | Beading!Jennifer ThodenDiscover free bead |
| portion of the crimping pliersStep 4. Close the | | | | patterns, beading instructions and an online bead |
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| 5. Lay the flattened crimp tube on its side in the | | | | patterns, detailed step by step bead instructions, |
| front space of the pliersStep 6. Close the crimping | | | | dozens of beading related articles and a growing |
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