Thread beads on elastic thread to make a bracelet. Post 302.
I was looking for beads to add to the elastic string which had only half a dozen tiny red beads and one larger star on an elastic thread. In my sewing box I found a packet of small pearl beads which are made in New Zealand. At first threading them was difficult, in poor light at night. I could not easily find and see the hole. When I found the hole, the thread would not go through. i was trying to push the thread through from the right with my right hand. I wet the end of the fraying thread. One success. Now it was a matter of persisting. I discovered that it was easier to thread if the hole was on top of the bead. You pshed the thred downwards. tie the elastic with a secure knot. You can push the two ends back inside the bead if te hole is large enough. Or buy a bead designed to conceal thread knots. You can use the bracelet to hold down a loose cuff. Now I had red beads on one side, for daytime. The smaller, subtler pearly beads on the ...