Closing your bracelet

Your beads are on, now all that is left is to close it. Two ways to do it depending on your thread: the surgeon's knot for elastic, the clasp for cotton.

The surgeon's knot

Recommended for elastic thread

1. 01Leave 5 to 6 cm of free thread on each side of your beads.
2. 02 Cross the two ends and wrap one around the other twice, like a simple knot with one extra loop. Pull lightly.
3. 03 Tie a second, identical knot on top of the first.
4. 04 Pull hard on all four strands to lock the knot, then trim what sticks out.

The clasp and crimp bead

Recommended for cotton thread

1. 01On one side, thread on a crimp bead, pass the thread through the clasp ring, then back through the crimp bead.
2. 02 Pull tight, then flatten the crimp bead with the crimping pliers.
3. 03 On the other side, do the same with a crimp bead and the ring.
4. 04 Check that everything holds by gently pulling on the clasp.