G'day all,
I have been spangling with beading wire (we call it tiger tail here in NZ) for some time and Rebecca has pretty much described the method I use. I have been very happy with the spangles done this way. I do put a crimp in between the beads where the ends have been run through ( through a couple of beads down from the hole at the top) and I find this anchors the ends well and have had no trouble with spangles opening. I found they did tend to open up if I only crimped them at the top and cut the wire off close. I don't put all the beads on the spool of wire as Rebecca suggests, but cut off a longer piece than I need and put a small hackle plier on the end and this enables me to put the beads on without fear of them fall off. It is necessary to remove the plier when putting the wire through the hole and the side beads, but I put one on each end of the wire and use them to pull the spangle together and to hold it while I press the crimps together. Hope this makes sense; it works for me!! Sue Fink in Masterton, New Zealand, where the sun is actually shining after 10 days of cold, rain and wind!!! _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> .. SPAMfighter has removed 1120 of my spam emails to date. Do you have a slow PC? <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> Try free scan! - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
