Clay, your "tool" is also useful for holding one end of a bobbin wire (I use tiger tail) when spangling, to stop the beads falling off while you handle the other end. I've recently discovered tiger tail and crimps for spangles, and am in the process of respangling all my early attempts with ordinary beading wire, and my hackle pliers are put to very good use.
Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] > couple of years > ago, we talked about "Clay's tool", which is a swivel-hackle plier made for fly-tying. I > discovered that this could be used as a "clip-on bobbin" when you broke a thread, or if you > reached the bitter end of the thread when the lace was almost finished. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
