[Nfb-krafters-korner] bead holders Re: Fw: To All the Beadersinthe Group
Lauren Merryfield
lauren1 at catliness.com
Sat Jul 10 23:32:30 UTC 2010
Hi,
I also put the center bead on first and do each side as I go, but I have to
hold onto the one end while I am working on the other end or my wire seems
to snap out of place and beads go everywhere. I haven't tried bead stoppers
yet.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] bead holders Re: Fw: To All the
Beadersinthe Group
> Lauren, hi there! It's great to see you on here. I am very strange. I
> don't use bead stoppers. Should I tell you how I string? Hmm, should I?
> Should I? Should I? I really must stop telling people about my
> weirdnesses. Oh well, I'm forty, and I haven't stopped yet. Anyhow.
> Here's what I do. I tried bead boards and such, and my designs always got
> unstrung. It didn't occur to me when I started in the late nineties that
> there would be such things as bead stoppers. I flew by the seat of my
> pants in the beginning. Is that the right expression? Well, anyway, what
> I do is wear a robe or long house dress. I cut my wire, and I lay it on
> my lap. My hips and not so small stomach hold each side, and I string the
> center bead first. See, I don't just crimp one side and string all the
> way from end to end. My designs don't work that way. I don't design a
> complete piece and then string it; that never works for me. I design as
> I'm going. So, I string the center bead, and then I decide what goes
> next. I string both sides at the same time. That is, I put the design on
> one side, and then match the other side right away. Then, at the end, I
> crimp the two sides and put the clasp. The way I design, it would be
> difficult to string the whole necklace from one side unless I'm stringing
> just a simple necklace of all the same beads, which happens when someone
> orders something like that, and they usually have to hold a gun to my
> head. *grin* I hope that makes sense. They do though have these plastic
> stoppers you can get to hold your beads. I used to put a knot in my wire
> when I wanted the beads not to fall, but you don't want to do that because
> the wire kinks, and even if you have good wire that doesn't, it will still
> have a curl in it, and your piece might lay funny. Best of luck to you.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lauren Merryfield
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:51 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] bead holders Re: Fw: To All the Beaders
> inthe Group
>
>
> Hi,
> Where do you get bead holders to hold your place while you are stringing,
> so
> that beads don't fall off and go everywhere?I try to hold both ends of my
> string but now and then, one end has come loose.
> Thanks
> Lauren
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