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The Basic Usage and Loop Skills of Headpins & Eyepins

The Basic Usage and Loop Skills of Headpins & Eyepins

Summary: Headpins is one of the most common used accessory while beads DIY progresses. It can easily cut off for the ideal length. When use the headpin, you should pay attention to the following three aspects.

Date : May 01, 2012

Headpins

Headpins is one of the most common used accessory while beads DIY progresses. It can easily cut off for the ideal length. When use the headpin, you should pay attention to the following three aspects:

  1. Make use of them according to their different thickness and length. It can help the details achieve high coordination with the whole design; in addition, it can also save the materials used.
  2. Choose the right head size. The size of the “T” part should depend on the diameter of the beads.
  3. Select the proper materials. Different materials present various results in bending test. The type can easily bend may need extra care while keeping or applying.

Jumping rings

The jumping rings always used to connect separate pieces. A round circle with a small gap on it, this makes it more popular in earring produce progresses. When open the jumping rings, you should pull up and down, only in this way, the rings can close entirely. Eyepins

The pins with one tip end of the shape like number “9” can be called eyepin. After stringing the beads, you need to make another “9” as finish step. At this moment, good skills become more important. In this step, the round nose plier is most suitable.

After understanding all these suggestions well, you will get rid of the query that why your handcrafts cannot be as same as the images in the book!

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