[Nfb-krafters-korner] crafting essentials to have on hand, relating to beading

[Lillie Pennington]

Thanks for the description of the cord. Those bracelets sound cool. My sister asked me to make either some bracelets or earrings for her college roommates for Christmas, so I will probably make a few stretch bracelets myself, so that should be interesting.

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> On Dec 7, 2013, at 9:50 PM, "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lily,
> 
> The cord is thin but not stretchy. It is like fishing line but stronger and
> sometimes has a waxed or plastic coding on it. it knots well and you can
> make a necklace say 24 inches long to slip over the head without a clasp, or
> attach a clasp using the bead caps that Maria mentioned.
> 
> My beading needles came in a plastic sleeve, and I try to remember to put
> them back inside the sleeve when done. However, this last time I must have
> temporarily placed it in one of my bead bags. Now I'll have to dip around in
> the bead bags till I find it, ouch!
> 
> 
> Meanwhile I have some fairly rigid plastic coded stretch cord that I can
> thread through my 4mm and 6mm beads without a needle. I am making my
> daughter a set of six different colored stretch bracelets for Xmas so she
> will have one for every outfit or she can wear more than one to look extra
> cool.
> 
> Cathy
> 
> 
> 
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