THE BEST SIDE OF HOW TO START A BEADED BRACELET

Just questioning if I’m incorporating the crimp far too early, In case the crimp is just too smaller, if it’s far too sharp for that elastic, or if I only tried using over the bracelet far too early (it hadn’t been 24 several hours still)… any strategies? I’ve designed 24 bracelets and want to make absolutely sure I’m not making a cruci