Twisted
Wire Needles - Flexible,
twisted wire with a large collapsible eye that fits through beads.
Often used with silk or nylon when knotting pearls.
Beading
Needles - Small eyed
needles that will fit through most beads. Often used with nylon
thread for bead weaving.
Big Eye Needles – Flexible wire needles with an
extra large collapsible eye that fits through beads. Often used
with larger stringing materials like leather and genya.
Needle
Threaders - Flexible
wire with an extra large collapsible end that fits through the
eye of most needles. Used to thread small stringing materials
through small eyed needles.
Thread
Conditioners - Beeswax
and Thread Heaven (a synthetic wax-like polymer) may both be
used to treat thread, making it easier to work with when weaving
and embroidering with beads.
Bead
Stopper - A metal spring
with end loops that can be squeezed together to clip onto bead
wire. This eliminates the risk of beads falling off of an unfinished
project.
Adhesives - Various adhesives such as E600, Zap-A-Gap,
Hypo Cement and Super Glue are used for reinforcing knots and
gluing items to metal findings. Check the manufacturers packaging
for the right kind of glue to use with your project.
Polishing
Cloth - A soft cloth
impregnated with metal polishing chemicals that remove tarnish
from sterling silver and other metals.
Pearl Reamer - A small file that is used to enlarge
and smooth out the drill holes in pearls. Smoothing the holes
prevents the pearls from cutting the silk they are knotted on.
Oxidizing
Chemicals - Silver Black
and Liver of Sulphur are corrosive chemicals that are used to
create a patina on copper and silver items.
