Beading

[tankgirl]

Hay , can anyone help me?
im doing my first project with some beading in it , but my needles wont go tho the beads! im useing mill hill seed beads , any one know why they wont fit?

thankies

[Squirrel]

Often the tapestry needles we use have too big an eye for beads. Try a size 26 needle it might work but I usually use fine embroidery needles with small eyes or a special beading needle which can be bought from most habberdashery stands/ embroidery shops.



Sally

[skitzzzzz]

i use john james bead embroidery needles size 10 there great with clear fishing line to attach works for me used this idea on my TW 12 days of xmas

[tankgirl]

ok thanks, time to pay my local shop a vist then and see what needles i can find!
thankies

[Nachstenliebe]

I have beading needles.. but what a pain! They are so thin I am constantly stabbing myself with them
Faith

[Mystonique]

I use a beadalon needle - it has an eye in the centre and is pointed at both ends and it'll go through anything =}

[Ingahaim]

I'm doing beads now on my Summer Fairy from Joan Elliott, and I absolutly hate it. I used those long flexible beading needles, and believe me, with a thumb that only does half of the job it's not easy.

Are there small beading needles aswell, the size of a normal embroidery needle?

[skitzzzzz]

yes those what i use there just like a ordinary needle but for beading ill try and look for the link to the page brb
try this
http://www.jjneedles.com/categories/TRA ... ing/Short/" target="_blank
i found them great i have both size 10 and 12

[franacropan]

I struggled for a long time to attach beads because I have nickel allergy and I couldn't find gold beading needles. I even had some plated but it soon wore off. Eventually I found that a size 28 cross stitch needle will accomodate most seed beads. You get the occasional one that has too small a hole. I also find that some brands of needle have a smaller eye than others.

[Mabel Figworthy]

a 28 needle is OK for most seed beads, although some simply won't fit over the eye. As others have said, traditional beading needles are a pain because they are too long, but there are shorter ones, sometimes they are simply called "beading needles (short)" or something like that, but it's also worth Googling "bead embroidery needles", which is what some sites call them.

[Becca]

I have a beading needle which goes through all the tiny beads.