Bead Tip Tips?

Tie the knot around a needle and use that to snug up the knot inside the cup. Kind of like pearl knotting, if that makes any sense.

Are you thinking of using just the bead tips and then hooking the two ends into interlocking rings? Often when I use those tips what I do is double thread and at the end of the last end, I separate the two thread. By tying them into each other, they get right to the edge of the bead, and by tying them over a few times they build up a big enough knot.

Another option would be tiny barrel clasps. You could take out the wire that makes the loop to tie onto and make the knots inside the clasp.

Tina

Actually, I found some excruciatingly small lobster claws. Well, just big enough for small hands to handle, but small enough so that they shouldn't weigh more than the necklace. Barrel clasps are too fiddley for children, or even for me; I stopped using them years ago. (I considered magnetic clasps, but they're too heavy.)

The double thread sounds like an excellent idea. I won't have to use the 30lb. Spider Wire.... :o)

Arondelle

< This may sound tacky, but... have you considered fishing swivels? They come in some very small sizes and maybe could be made with SS or gold filled wire?

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I don't think you'd want to use fishing swivels for kids... the ones I have have a warning on them about their lead content...

Kar>

Think: pearl and crystal bracelets. So far, I'm only in the design and engineering phase. :o)

However, when I *do* get something accomplished, Miheala

has loaned me one of her beautiful dolls as a photographer's model.

Arondelle

I am happy you told me that, because I have been thinking of doing jewelry items for Barbies and was thinking of using them. Thank you so much!

Harry

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Yep, that's what I was going to say - that's what I learned in a pearl knotting class years ago. Works every time!

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I like the necklace for Josefina. That's the sort of thing I'll be doing. I see that she's put little lobster claws on the necklace, but the picture isn't clear enough to show how she did it. I've done Barbie jewelry in the past (with 15/0's), but it was not designed to be removable. :o)

Arondelle