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sitproperly on Aug 7th 2008 Gaudia Vaisnava

How do you make your own beadbag? Restringing Beads?

I got myself some pretty awesome fabric from a magical location and I thought that it would be rather fun to make myself a beadbag.

Rather, I thought it would be fun to have a beadbag made from this fabric. I can’t sew.

Is there any such thing as a pattern for beadbags? Any tips or pointers? Anyone out there make beadbags?

I’m also going to attempt to restring a set of really nice japa beads. I’ve done it before and it didn’t turn out all that badly. The beads in question are a bit smaller, but I should be able to handle it.

My first step there will be to bore out the hole and replace the “fishing line” stuff with nylon cord. I’ll have to get a small gauge of nylon though. 18 gauge was too big. Anything else is too small, which means that I’ll have to use several strands of it.

This should be fun.

But yes. Beadbag. Anyone know anything about that?

UPDATE!
I tried to restring my beads. Two problems – I cut the cord too short, so I had to splice two cords together. That made it too thick and I broke a bead in half. It’s being glued back together and I’ll try it again.

When I finally finish this, I’ll post a “tutorial” and pics.

The last time I restrung some beads was maybe 10 years ago. For most folks, it’s just not worth it.

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