Hi Folks!   Can anyone tell me a good place to go on line to get instructions on how to add thread to a seed bead bracelet.   Generally I start with as much as I need but this project would have required too much to do that...thus I need to add some to finish it.  

Thanks

It may be necessary to tell us what stitch of beading you are completing. Many techniques require different means to cut off and add more thread.

Erin

Erin, thanks for the question.   I am very very new to bead weaving and trying to teach myself since I live in an area without bead shops, thus no lessons available.   So, the project is a bracelet done in Right Angle Weave. 

Welcome, then. to the crazy world of beading! Weaves, such as the right angle, can have the original thread 'woven' through what you have already created. If you make many twists and turns, threw woven beads, the thread will be secure and you will notice that you cannot see it pull tension from where you finished. Then, cut that thread very close to where you last existed and pull taught while cutting. Any small piece of thread left should shrink back into a bead if you pull taught when cutting.

Cut another comfortable length of thread and basically do the same thing, weave in and out, up and down threw woven beads till you can see it is taught then exit out where you ended.

Because many seed beads can only handle a few number of passes through its hole, I would suggest trying to keep the two woven trails separate from themselves. It's no fun to try and squeeze a needle through a bead that will not allow it and have the bead break!

 This is only my way of cutting an old thread and starting new. Every beader has their own comfortable way to complete the same task, but they are all very secure.

 Erin 

 I have found that doing a slip knot is the best for every type of stitching. Tie a knot with the new thread around the old thread, and tie a knot with the old thread around the new thread. Then, simply pull the two threads and the knot is secure.

 I usually"backstich" a bit, then tye a knot in a location that I wont be using to thread the new thread through.  *thinks*  But I do Japanese-style two needle RAW, so they're always two threads to knot.  That may not be an option if you've only got one end. 

I don't do RAW (yet) but have learned from my LBS for peyote and other weaves a good rule:

 3 knots in and 3 knots out

I generally take my needle off the the current thread, cut my new thread, start back in the piece so that i've made 3 knots in the existing work, pulling to hide the knot in an bead expected not to take more passes and come out where the current thread comes out.  Then switch the needle to the current thread and weave it back into the work, making 3 knots then trimming.  When I say 3 knots I mean, knot it - weave it through a few beads - knot it - weave - knot it, trim.  This has always worked for me.

Hope this is helpful.