[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with wire and beads on a loom update

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

What does the chord feal like that we need for the beading class.  I need to get some and have no idea what it is like.

Terry P.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:59 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with wire and beads on a loom update

Hi all,

 

Well, here is an update. 

This project involved attempting to use 4MM glass gemstone beads, seed beads, wire, and a wonder knitter loom to make a bracelet. 

Last night I spent a couple of hours stringing seed beads and 4mm glass gemstone beads onto a 26 gauge wire twelve feet long following my instructions on the pattern, in preparation to knit on the wonder knitter.
The bead stringing went well except for one huge snag! The snag was that the wire would not stop tangling and crimping up in places. Finally at one point when I had perhaps fifty beads on the wire, I tried to get a few beads over one of the crimps and the wire broke. there is no way to knit anything with such a small bit of wire, perhaps only a foot long if that. Now my wire is too short to make the bracelet on the loom unless I get more wire. This is possible, but I am not sure I want to do that because I will still have the problem with the wire.  The wire actually came with crimps already in it, it was not just my doing. I will next try to thread the beads onto some magic cord I purchased for the gemstone  bracelet class, but I'm not certain if these small beads will even fit onto the 1mm gauge cord. I do have a beading needle which might help with the process. I will let you all know how that goes.

 

So that is the update. First I have to sort all of the beads again!

 

 

Cathy

 

 

 

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