abstract |
In accordance with the present invention there is disclosed a tool and method of use thereof in beading hair. The tool comprises a shaft having a needle tip at one end, a center section having bifurcated equal parts which form a convex section of the shaft having an aperture therethrough, and a second end having a tab serving as a bead stop and a hanger for the tool. In the method of the invention, beads are threaded over the needle tip and along the shaft to the tab. Hair is passed through the aperture in the shaft, and then one or more beads are slid upwardly along the shaft over the hair. A free end of the hair is then pulled backwardly through the aperture, leaving the bead(s) mounted on the hair. |