Pearls are easily accessed by you, but making pearl jewelry is not such a simple thing. The reason is obvious; pearls are more expensive and precious than average costume beads, which means when beading pearl jewelry you need to take measures different from the method you treat other beads. Many details will be paid attention to, even a tiny thing like knotting.

Knotting matters much to the process of stringing pearls, here we take an example of pearl necklace, and show you the technique of knotting.

Materials you need are: pearl beads, strings, beading needle, clasp, and scissors

Therefore, how to knot pearls? Instruct you step by step.

How to knot pearls Step 1: prepare the strings

First, generally measure how long your common necklace is, and decides the length of this pearl necklace.

Second, cut a strand of string twice or three times long as the desired necklace, and thread this string through the beading needle.

Third, pull the string, making it form a large loop and get the ends of string tied together as a double knot. Then the string becomes a closing loop.

How to knot pearls Step 2: prepare beads on

First, add one part of clasp to the double strings, make the needle back through the loop behind clasp and pull the needle until the clasp move to the end.

Second, thread all the pearls you’ve prepared one by one and with beading needle you can thread several at once. But remember to straighten the strings when pearls group stands on; do not tangle the strings together, which would cause messy troubles, trust me.

How to knot pearls Step 3: tie the knots

First, pick the pear nearest to clasp as first one, consider them as a unit, and make a double knot under this unit.

Second, move the second one to the unit closely and still double knot the strings under the pear, then repeat the step, till all the pearls knotted. So every pearl is positioned by two ties

How to knot pearls Step 3: finish the pearl necklace

Slide the rest of strings through the other side of clasp, pull the strings tightly and close the pearl necklace loop with a double knot at that point.

Now your pearl necklace is done. You can make best use of our project “how to knot pearls”, and create other pearl jewelry with this useful technique.