It is not the beads that resides from Greenland but the embroidery that referres to the Greenland national costume. The beads where broad to Greenland by whaler or merchant ships. The people in Greenland then had the possibillity to trade for art peaces like beads.
The Greenland national costume (like the doll Olivia ) is all different but embroide after famely recipes going from generation to generation by mothers teaching daughters and often not written down. Often you get your national costume as a gift at the confirmation or other milestones in early age. The national costume is for life - but of cause you have to make changes throughout the years. Leather and beads are allways a part of the nation costume but fabric and other materials are also used.

If you want to make your own beads, here is how to do it.

Beads on fabric is like thread on fabric. You can use the same kind of fabric (aida) for bead embroider. It is easier and the result is nices. The aida fabric comes in different colours and fineness. For 11/0 and 9/0 beads you must use different types.

To JM-Perlen quality comes before price. Bead projects demand a lot of time and effort to finish. The material must be of a god quality to ensure the products can be of joy and pleasure for many years.

The Needle has to go through the same beads several times and must be thin and strong. The needles must be a point type for sewing beads around a subject, but it must be ball point type for sewing on fabric.

Patterns are made by different artist. In Denmark and Sweden Stenboden and Elisés have been steady designers of patterns for - beads around subjects - for many years now. Embroidy with beads on fabric is in new and on the way. JM-Perlen is designing patterns for beads on fabric. Old patterns from e.g. Oehlenschläger, Permin, ... can be changed to bead instead of threads.
PS! Pattern from Elisés are in Swedish, but a small and limited dictionary is made, to help translating to different languages.

Toho 9/0 beads:
9/0 is the size. It means approx 9 beads per. inch. One inch is c 2,5 cm. Same quality as 11/0 beads below but bigger.

TOHO Round Beads:
These beads are round in shape. The holes are made slighty large to make it easy to insert needles or wires. Small and Large Round Beads are the most popular and have a large variety of colors. [SIZE approx] 15/0(1.5mm), 11/0(2.2mm), 9/0(2.6mm), 8/0(3.0mm)
The official Toho website

Facet beads comes in different types. The different normally has to do with the way they are manufactured. Facet beads are broken glass pressed together again in a the wanted shape.
MC Facet beads are cut and polished into the wanted shape and sheen.

11/0 is the size. It means approx 11 beads per. inch. 11/0 beads therefore is smaller than 9/0 beads.
Toho beads are made by forming the hot class material into pipes (like straws). The straws are then cut and rounded into beads. The beads are sorted to ensure that only perfect ones are delivered.

TOHO Round Beads:
These beads are round in shape. The holes are made slighty large to make it easy to insert needles or wires. Small and Large Round Beads are the most popular and have a large variety of colors. [SIZE approx] 15/0(1.5mm), 11/0(2.2mm), 9/0(2.6mm), 8/0(3.0mm)
The official Toho website

15/0 is the size. It means approx 15 beads per. inch. Same quality as 11/0 beads above but smaller.

Bigger Wax and Glass beads is called Roman Beads. The quality has to do with the number of times they are put in the colour bath. Roman beads from JM-Perlen, are er immersed in colour 5 times - the normal quality only 2 times - and therefore more resistent to graft.

9/0 beads from Czechia the same size and colour as 9/0 from Toho - cheaper - but the quality is not the same. We only have the most common colours in stock. Quality difference is typically size, size of the hole and colour variations.

Jewellery made of genuine stones and gold/silver are of cause more durable and resistent to the "skin acid". and will hold for year.
Jewellery made of e.g. Roman Beads and not that resistent and will not hold for the use in years but will be fine for a limited use.

There are only a few precious stones like Diamants, brilliants, safire, rubin, smaragds but a large number of semi precious stones. Semi precious stones are the most common for necklages and bracelets may be because of the price issue. Semi precious stones are resistent to "skin acid" and will hold for years

The Thread is and important part of every beadwork project. It is important that the thread is strong and hold for years.
For making jewellery you must use a stronger thread og wire/silver thread.

To make jewellery with beads and stones we recomment:
- for fresh water and culture beads/pearls: silk thread
- for necklace and bracelet: wire thread og silver thread.