Michaels in the US has colored 28 gauge wires too, but I thought they were too thick for lacemaking... They don't have anything finer than 28.
Weronika On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 04:49:17PM -0000, Jean Nathan wrote: > Lorri wrote: > > <This is not an item found > at your typical craft or hardware store -you must 'think outside the box'.> > > This is where I must mention that dreaded H word again - Hobbycraft in the > UK. They sell 28 gauge coloured enamelled copper wire in copper, purple, > red, green, blue and black intended for making wire coil beads for > jewellery. I'm surprised that a UK craft shop stocks something that isn't > readily available in US crafts shops because you're usually able to get all > sorts of things that we can't. > > http://www.wires.co.uk sell a whole range of different wires - coloured > enamelled copper, woven cloth mesh, knitted - as well as a spiral beadmaker > and wire craft books, including 'Copper wire lace', and will supply by > internet order via credit card anywhere in the world - see their Info page. > > Wires.co.uk quote thicknesses in mm, where Hobbycraft quote the gauge of the > wire. Somewhere on the web, there's bound to be a conversion chart. > > Jean in Poole > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
