From the North Woods

Jan 10, 2004 6 Replies
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Another pinecone necklace:



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I'm really beginning to love french wire for connecting findings to seed bead pieces. Because it's a tiny coil of very fine wire, you can pass the needle right up through it to make those otherwise darn near impossible 180 degree turns... Arondelle


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Wow, beautiful work.

The only trouble with french wire is that after a while, it starts to look dirty and yucky and needs to be re-done, it bends out of shape, body greases get trapped in it and, well, eeww! I have a pearl bracelet that my sister returned to me for restringing for this reason. I've restrung many pearl pieces when I worked in a pearl shop and the french wire was always disgusting.

I still use it as it's very good in certain applications, but I attach it seperately especially in a woven piece. This way I can replace it without too much drama.

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That is very pretty. Shirley

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I've always suspected that of the french wire.

Tina

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