Bracelet Elastic

Robm1955

I'm hoping any jewellery makers out there can help me. I have a tigers eye beads bracelet, which is held together by elastic. There were two strands from what I can see, but it can't have been that good, as one of them has broken. I don't want to wear it, and risk loosing the beads when the other one breaks. I want to repair it, but don't know exactly what to look for, that's why I need advice. I've searched for jewellery makers elastic, and there are multiple choices out there. As I said, this was made up of two strands which were thin. Would I be better getting thicker, and use one strand? And what thickness? Any advise gratefully accepted.

asset2004

maybe try a haberdashery store?

jfdi

Think you probably want shirring elastic, it comes on a reel. You'll need a decent fabric shop, haberdashers to find it I'd think.

DomRavioli

Take the bracelet to hobbycraft, they can identify it and offer alternatives.

kingfisherblue

The Range usually have jewellery elastic. So do Crafty Crocodiles.

Robm1955

Thanks for all the advice.

Brynsam

Shirring elastic isn't strong enough to hold an adult bracelet (beads are too heavy, for one thing), even with several strands. Might be worth a go with cheap plastic beads, but if you have pretty tigers eye, you may not want to take the risk. What you use rather depends on the size of the holes - how thick can the elastic be? The advantage of user several strands of thinner elastic is that if one breaks, the other(s) should still hold, giving you time to repair the damage by adding another piece of new elastic before any beads are lost. Thicker elastic is normally stronger, but you need to be quite sure it is fully secured - if the knot comes undone, you could lose your beads.

Buy some decent quality elastic from a specialist shop such as Hobbycraft (or ebay/Amazon if you're happy to choose from there).