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vj 23 years ago

i became frustrated with all the stringing "threads" a long time ago. i tend to pull the tension pretty tight on my work and then when the thread stretched, my design got too loose.

i tried some of the "Soft-flex-type" stuff. didn't like the way it hung, at all.

Fireline is perfect for most of what i do.

until last night. all the pretty seed beads i bought - **sigh** many of them are 15s. including all the golds and browns, which were for my next "Tink-bead". and every "pattern" i've come up with for it requires that the needle/thread go through the bead at least two or three times.

so - what do you use on beads that small????

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Kathy N-V 23 years ago

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:51:10 -0400, vj wrote (in message ):

Fireline.

The smallest size (4 lb) will go through it just fine.

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vj 23 years ago

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]Fireline. ]The smallest size (4 lb) will go through it just fine.

cool! up to now, i've used the heavier stuff! THANK YOU!

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Kaytee 22 years ago

Nymo-- off a spool, not a bobbin. They're different.

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Kandice Seeber 22 years ago

Soft Flex won't drape as well as Soft Touch - you can use Soft Touch in the .10 size - that will even knot as long as you use a little dab of glue. It drapes amazingly well.

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vj 22 years ago

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Kandice Seeber" :

]Soft Flex won't drape as well as Soft Touch - you can use Soft Touch in the ].10 size - that will even knot as long as you use a little dab of glue. It ]drapes amazingly well.

thanks, Kandice - i didn't know that.

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Kaytee 22 years ago

I don't recall ever "prestretching" the spooled Nymo, and haven't had any problem of gapping on peyote st amulet bags. However, I tend to pull tight when I stitch, so perhaps I'm stretching it sufficiently as I work. I use round seed beads-- not Delicas; the one full-sized project I did in Delicas is buckled in spots due to too much tension-- again, stretching doesn't seem to be happening, even though, in this case, it would be desirable. I don't use it for stringing, except for "love beads" type strands. Kaytee "Simplexities" on

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vj 22 years ago

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comnospam (Kaytee) :

]I don't recall ever "prestretching" the spooled Nymo, and haven't had any ]problem of gapping on peyote st amulet bags. However, I tend to pull tight when ]I stitch, so perhaps I'm stretching it sufficiently as I work. I use round seed ]beads-- not Delicas; the one full-sized project I did in Delicas is buckled in ]spots due to too much tension-- again, stretching doesn't seem to be happening, ]even though, in this case, it would be desirable. ]I don't use it for stringing, except for "love beads" type strands.

interesting. thanks.

and Sooz - i've been using Fireline for so long now, i completely forgot i HAD silamide!

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