I use square cut lacemaker's beads in my spangles (these are the one's that look like they've been made with a cheese grater because a file has been pressed into them) and I have previously bought hand blown squares from the bead shop that used to be in Covent Garden that were Italian and Japanese made. I usually put a small seed bead between each bead to 'mask' the wire but that's just my preference. If I'm going to get a big gap then I use a larger seed bead but again, that's just my preference. As has been said before on this list - how you spangle your bobbins is your own preference. I saw a well known lacemaker at a fair who had spangled every bobbin exactly the same - she thought it was out of this world and I was aghast!!! Each to their own and don't let anyone tell you what is right or wrong. In the words of Rikki Lake ... You go girl!
Kind Regards Liz Baker [email protected] --- On Sun, 23/1/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [lace] Square cuts To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 23 January, 2011, 13:14 Having read all the comments about square cuts etc, I must add that apart from the ones I have on antique bobbins, I don't use them. I don't like them for spangles as they don't sit together as well as round beads do, and they leave a gap of wire between them (do I fill it with a tiny bead? do I leave the wire showing?). Easier just not to use them at all :-) Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
