How to secure your super short thread

Good morning, and happy Friday, dear beaders!

📌 I love to have things finished and in order. Those who know me longer might smile when reading this, as they know that for a while I was often guilty of making half pairs of earrings and take pictures of partially made bracelets. ⌚️ Lack of time, putting lots of pressure on myself, or just simply getting distracted easily didn’t have an effect only on my mental well-being, but also on my jewellery.

💪 For the last few years I’m doing my best to change this. Sometimes it goes better, sometimes I fall behind a bit. The Themes of the Beadingschool Academy and how we all work together on the same jewels in the same time helps me to keep my focus a lot. Today, my goal was to finish the AMATHEIA earrings. Unfortunately, I ran out of thread by the end. The pretty netting on top eats a lot of Fireline, however, I didn’t want to add a new piece so close to the end.

🧵Here’s my little trick: I remove the needle every time when I’m trying to make a stitch. I push it through as many beads as possible, thread it again, and pull the thread through. I do it as many times as I can, until I have only so little that I really can’t go on. It is a bit harder to thread the needle so many times, but still, at the end it saves a lot of time compared to having to add a new piece of thread just for the last few stitches!

Happy beading! Do you have a trick about threads and needles that you’d like to share?