Wire bent in half --- Just slide the bent wire around the thread before poking it through the bead and you don't have to open up the bend for the bobbin.
Another thing that works is a Lazy Maid -- a wooden dowel with a needle stuck in the end. It's usually a very fine needle with a small eye and there's often a bend in the needle. Put a fine, but long, thread through the eye and tie the two ends together. (I like to use 25-30".) The Lazy Maid needle eye goes through very find beads. Pull through enough threads to put the bobbin through the double-thread loop (both threads) and pull the threads back, pulling on the LM threads, not the needle. When the bobbin thread loop is pulled through, remove the LM threads and put through the other bobbin. Gently tighten the threads to slide the bead into place. The Lazy Maid is a very useful tool to make sewings in holes too small for the crochet hook. Alice in Oregon ----- Original Message ---- Subject: RE: [lace] Use of beads Forget about a crochet hook, Rhiannon. Just use a piece of wire bent in half, poke it through the bead, open out the bend and pop your bobbin through, then pull wire and thread back through the bead.. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
