When you find yourself putting too much force on your needle, grab your needle-nose pliers! Hold the needle with the pliers about 1/2" from the tip. Put the needle through the bead or material back...
We carry American turquoise (Arizona turquoise, Nevada turquoise, and New Mexico turquoise) from a variety of mines, including Sleeping Beauty turquoise and Bisbee turquoise beads. Not only do we have turquoise beads, but we also carry one of the largest selections of turquoise nuggets. In addition we also have Chinese Xinjiang turquoise and died or substitute tuquoise beads.