Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Broken Bead


TIP: What do you do when a bead breaks in a necklace or bracelet
What do you do when a bead breaks in a prominent place on your necklace? Use crimp covers to create a new pattern! 

First, use chain nose pliers to carefully close a crimp cover over the space created by the broken bead. Then, take a look at your pattern. In order to even things out, you may need to break selected beads. You can use the pliers to break each selected bead a put a crimp cover in their place.


Be sure to check the opposite side of the necklace to make sure it matches!