<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 31, 2025, at 1:15 PM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Terry’s idea is interesting, but my wire is too thick for my crimping beads. But I’ll give some thought as to something like a branch my penguin could be sitting on. Ice, right?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 31, 2025 1:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> hosbornejr@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Pony bead question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Crimping bead is the word that she is looking for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Terry Powers via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 31, 2025 11:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:terrypowers59@gmail.com">terrypowers59@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Pony bead question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">How about adding some green or brown beads and making a branch and then at each end, use a clamp bead on the edge of each piece of wire.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I can not think of the right name for the bead. You use a beading tool and squeeze the wire inside the bead, like when you end memory wire bracelets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hope someone else can explain it better. I never learned how to do it!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Terry<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 30, 2025 3:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Pony bead question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I just remade my pony bead penguin using wire instead of string, and it came out nice. However, the bead holes will only take 2 strands of wire, so I can’t tuck the ends of the wire into the beads. Can I twist the ends together to hold them, then curl up the ends, or is there a better way?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/blindhands%40aol.I usually use 24mm wire. Are you using pony beads?</span><br></div></blockquote><br><div>Joyce</div></body></html>