I used a black cable and pushed it through the center when the beadwork was completed, however no matter how many rows of cubic raw I completed it still had a tendency to slide down and leave 1/2' to an 1' of exposed cable on either side of the threaded clasp.
Aha.....a dot of super glue could keep it in place......um...not a good idea. As careful as I was it spread into the clasp which then of course could no long turn, and the beadwork could not turn, it was kind of a mess. One I wish I had seen coming.
I cut it apart and took the beadwork back down to where it was glue free, and rebeaded from there. Solution this time? I took a metal bead and forced it open wide enough to thread onto the cable by pushing it down onto an awl. I then threaded it onto the cable and squeezed it tight with pliers. Perhaps there is a crimp big enough to do this with, but I didn't have one, so the metal bead did the job. I did this on both sides of the clasp. Then I beaded one additional row up over the stationery metal bead, and put a size 15 between each 11 and pulled tightly closed. Now the bead work stays put and the cable does not show.
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There are crimp beads made large enough to do this, however they would wind up flatter I think then what you're looking for here. I think your solution of opening the hole of the metal bead was perfect. Another option might be using a crimp bead cover which winds up looking like a round bead once it is closed.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, Marcia, I was wondering how to solve this problem, too! And Beki´s comment made the solution even clearer, so thank you, both of you!
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