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How to Set Up Your Bead Loom Super Easy Steps!

August 11, 2025

In this beginner friendly tutorial, learn how to prep your Beadalon Jewel Loom for your next jewelry making project with Julianna C Avelar. Learn all the tips and tricks to getting the perfect warps to give you a great start to your beaded projects. Julianna also shows how to warp the Baby Loom, which is a little different, since it does not involve a removable rod. Watch the tutorial below.

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Transcript:

up. And I'm going to take

the wildfire and I'm going to make a

little loop in the air. It just makes it

easier for me to attach it to that back

button. Now, I want to make it really

clear that this is how I warp my loom.

You are going to see other people who

maybe use the other buttons to start

with. All right? And they may start with

this closest to their body. They may

start with it most furthest from their

body and there is no wrong way. Okay? I

just want to teach you how I do it. That

way if you come across problems I can

better speak to helping you because it

will be the way that I taught you. So so

far I have two two knots. And just for

giggles I'm going to do another one. And

all we're trying to do right now is

really make sure that our beading thread

is attached to that back button.

And so what we're going to do now is I

the other thing I really want to point

out is like really pay attention to my

hands. The way that I hold my loom, the

way that I maneuver it. Again, it's the

way I do it. It may be in the end that

you figure out a different way, but as

long as you still get to a good warp,

it's all good. So, this is my left hand

and this is my right hand. And I come in

and I grab the loom with my left hand

and I'm I'm putting it like in the

middle upper upper middle I would say.

Okay. And then I'm going to grab

the beading thread. And can you see how

it dances around the the button there?

This is really important. So, I'm

grabbing the beading thread and I've got

it really nice and taut. Can you see how

with my right hand I'm really pulling on

it? And I'm going to lay it down into

one of the grooves. I'm going to bring

that up to the camera. Can you see that?

It's just laying in one of the grooves.

And and what's even more important right

here is I'm going to try to do this.

Okay.

the knot that we made that I made, it's

right there. That knot needs to follow

you. In other words, let me back up.

Like, say for giggles,

the knot was all the way over here and

then you just kind of casually came over

here and you laid you laid your beading

thread into

the groove and that knot did not move

with you. And so what's going to happen,

believe it or not, that little bit of

lack in tension could actually make that

first warp thread not be as tight as it

needs to. So when I do this first warp,

because this is always the first warp is

where everybody

usually loses their tension, I make sure

that I'm really pulling it nice and taut

and that that knot is staring at me.

Okay? Like here's the button. Here's the

knot. Here's my right hand. And I'm just

going to tell you as I point my face is

this way. Okay. So, I'm staring at it.

I'm holding it. I lay it into the

groove. And then again, you see my four

fingers over here. My thumb is under the

jewel loom. And now I'm going to turn it

over. So now the top of our Jewel Loom

is facing up to the ceiling. And you see

how I still have a grip, right? I still

have a nice grip on that first warp. And

I'm going to lay it down.

And I'm just doing an eyeball. Okay?

Like I'm not going to get so crazy

because I'm just doing my warp in the

middle of the loom. I'm not using all

30ome grooves. And so I could tell that

the space on the top up there is very

very very similar

to the space on the bottom. And so while

I still have while I still have the

tension, I'm going to see how I just

walked my four fingers. My hand now is

holding the belly of the top of the

loom. And I'm gonna turn it and wrap it

around that back button. All the while

I'm keeping it nice and tight in my

right hand. I'm gonna go ahead and I'm

going to skip a groove. Now, how many

grooves you skip

determines it's determined by what size

bead you're going to be working with. If

I'm working with size 11 O's, it's no,

you're not going to skip a groove. If

I'm working with an 80 O, which I'm

going to in the next series, I want to

skip

one groove. All right. So, then I'm

going to flip it over again.

And I'm bringing the wildfire back up.

And you see how I'll bring in my pointer

right here. And I'll press down.

And I'm going to get that spool out of

the way. And I want to get back to where

I have I have it all nice and tight. And

I can Let's see for giggles. Yep.

So, you see how that first warp

looking pretty good. Looking pretty

good. Okay. So, again, turn the loom.

Wrap it around that back button. Come

back up.

Is that one? Yep. That's one groove.

Flip it over.

Come back down.

Skip a groove.

Turn it around.

And what we want to do is we want to

create one more warp. Then we are going

to be using beads.

Okay. I got my fingers a little tied up.

There we go. And

skipping.

And I think I'm just going to do three.

So that means I need four warps, which

is exactly what I have right now. One,

two, three, four. All right. And then

I'm going to flip it over. And I'm going

to continue to keep that tension. All

right. And we're just going to wrap it

around the back button a few times. And

we'll lay it down. We'll come over here

and we will

wh cut.

And then what I like to do is watch my

pointer finger. I'm going to push it

down. And then I'll take the end

the wildfire. That's very dancy.

Okay, there we go.

And then I went so I I took the end and

I came under those warps.

And then I'm going to come under that

loop. And basically all you're trying to

do is get a really nice knot. Okay. And

I just did. If if you figure out how to

tie off differently, that's okay. Like

I'm just showing you what I do. And

again, ultimate goal, keeping the

tension, making a knot. Let's just do

another one for giggles

under the warps

through the loop. Pull up. Awesome. And

then I'm going to go ahead.

All right. And I'm going to trim those.

And our let our We're looking good.

Okay. Like I'm I'm pretty happy. Usually

what happens if somebody loses their

tension, it's on this first warp and

it's going to be really kind of loosey

goosey.

But here's the magic and this is the

cool part. We're going to remove the

rod. Okay? And so again, it's a flexible

plastic. We want to be really careful

when we remove it. And what happens is

that the jewel loom can spreads out a

little bit more that flex, right? And

that's what creates,

right? The best warp around. And so that

is pretty good warp, right? That's

really great warp. And let me give you a

little secret.

the distance between the bottom of your

loom. So, I would just like call like

this the little belly, right? It's where

the jewel loom, let's turn it this way.

The jewel loom is stamped into the um

plastic here. You can see my name. You

can see the patent. So, the distance,

let me bring this a little bit better

into the camera, between the bottom here

and the warps should never be more than

2 in. All right? In fact, I want to give

you that visual. So, hold hold a second.

Let me bring in my sewing tape measure.

And what I'm going to do

so we can see. Let's turn it this way. I

think the the warps are a little closer

over here. So, we've got Yeah. 2 in.

Okay. So, you never want to pull your

warp so incredibly tight that you're

putting all this crazy pressure on your

jewel loom. Um, you know, because it if

it's more than 2 in, that means that

you've really bent it very very tight.

And again, it's a flexible plastic, not

a bendable one. So, from the uh warps to

the belly here of the jewel loom should

never be more than

2 in. And

whether you're warping the jewel loom or

you're warping the baby jewel loom, it's

going to be the same process except for

that the baby loom does not come with a

metal rod.

And you know what? I think we have time

to warp one. Let me come over. Let me

find a baby.

I happen to have a baby. There she is.

Okay. So, if you've never done any

jewelry making at all, like I I had

somebody ask the other day, is this

really something that I could do? I'm a

total, you know, newbie. And my question

is always, well, do you mean that you're

a newbie newbie? Like, you have never

made a piece of jewelry ever, or do you

do um bead work like, you know, peyote

stitch and other type of stitches? you

know, always let me know like like

here's what I've done. You know, even if

it's not jewelry making, like if you've

done sewing or quilting, you might the

connection might be there. And um I

think that you would probably have a lot

of success. But buying the baby jewel

loom, like if you just don't even know

if this is going to be something you

enjoy, starting with the baby jewel loom

is like the way to go really. Like if

you just don't know if you're going to

love this or not, I would buy the baby

jewel loom. And by the way, just a

little plug right now. When you buy the

baby jewel loom, it comes with a free

bag of check beads. So, they're fun.

They're colorful. They're round. Um

they're just they look like ginormous

well, they're small seed beads and large

seed beads. They're really cool. So,

let's let's warp the baby. Okay. Because

we have we have time to do that. Again,

you've got buttons on each end. And if

you turn the baby loom over, you've got

buttons on the back. But what's missing

is that there is no rod. Baby jewel loom

is always in its warped position, which

makes it really, really easy for you to

learn. So, let's do this. We'll go

ahead. Same materials. You're going to

need beading thread.

working from the spool.

And I'm going to create a little loop.

We'll put that around that back button.

And we're going to do that again.

Okay. And two is fine. You don't have to

do three. All right. And so it's pretty

much the same process in which I use my

hands. Um, baby Juloom is in front of

me. This is my left hand. This is my

right hand. And this is my body. Okay.

So, we're going to pick up the baby.

We've got the wildfire in our right

hand. And what I'm going to do is again,

you want that knot to follow you. And

then I'm going to lay the wildfire right

into the groove. And then I'm just going

to bring it down.

Okay. And I'm just going to eyeball it.

All right. Just eyeball. Looks good. And

then I'm going to flip the baby over.

And then I'm going to skip a groove.

Okay.

And then I'll bring it up to the top.

And all the while I'm keeping the

tension. Wrap it around the back.

Okay. Okay. And if I'm going to do

something with three beads across, three

size 80 o seed beads across, then I'm

going to want four grooves.

Okay. And then we're going to come up,

lay that down. And you can see how fast

that went, right? Because it's half the

size of the of the original jewel loom.

And then I just wrap around a couple of

times. again. Take my pointer,

bring my scissors in.

Whoop! Imaginary cut. And then I'm going

to slide that under all the warps

and bring that through.

And then scooch that up. Making sure

that I didn't lose any tension.

And then we'll come under again.

Bring it back up.

Give it a little bit of a trim.

Flip it over. And you can see how

incredibly quick it is.

And that's really great warp. Really

great warp. Now, you can't warp this too

tight because it does not move. It It's

the baby jewel loom. It's got the warp

built into it, so there's no rod. It's

such a great way to learn. And it it's

so good too like if you want to do some

fiber projects, if you want to weave

with yarns or sorry ribbons or something

like that, it's really a great way to

test the waters to see if creating on a

loom is something that you want to to

do. And I do believe that the baby jewel

loom is under $10

and plus shipping. So, I mean, you're

not investing a tremendous amount to try

a new craft.

So, we've got the baby jewel loom. We've

got the original jewel loom. Both

warped.

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