I think it was Achim in Germany who first started this debate on
spangling, so to him and all other Spiders, my tuppence worth on spangling:
As my husband is a bobbin maker, I spangle between 50 and 80 bobbins a week.
I used to spangle the "Winslow way", but found several drawbacks:
- the hole in the bobbin needs to be at least 1mm for the wire to go
through twice
- over time the hole will get larger through wear of the bobbin and
- the twisted wires will become undone and start to catch on the thread
- I do not like the look of twisting the wire around itself either side
of the hole in the bobbin, nor twisting it around the bottom
end of the bobbin.
For all these reasons, I now use Stuart Johnson's way of spangling,
which looks neat and tidy. Just hope I can describe it in a clear manner!
- My husband makes a hole 0.55 mmm through the bobbin end.
- I use 0.5mm brass wire: loop this through the central bead, and back
through again, leaving a small loop sticking out at one end, and the
wire at the other.
Thread on other beads for one side of the spangle, put through hole in
bobbin, thread on remaining beads for other side of spangle.
Put wire through loop in central bead, loop back onto itself, and put
through last bead you put on wire.
Using two pairs of pliers, grab both wire ends, and gently pull tight.
This is the tricky bit, as brass wire breaks easily.
Twist or cut off any wire still sticking out.
I mainly use brass wire of 0.5mm or wire gauge 25 UK - 24 USA, but when
using Swarovski crystal pearls or other beads with smaller holes, I use
0.375mm stainless
steel wire, wire gauge 28 UK or 27 USA, which is much stronger. The hole
through the bobbin will be 0.4mm in this case.
UK supplier of all kinds of craft wires is: www.wires.co.uk
I'll try to make a little drawing of this method, so if anyone is
interested, I can send it privately.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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