Re: [lace] Lace and beads

2008-10-11 Thread Sue Babbs
Size 0.4mm hook works fine in most beads other than sizes 14 or 15 beads. You have to be careful not to split the thread but it is possible, and probably the fastest approach Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For h

[lace] Lace and beads

2008-10-11 Thread Jenny Brandis
I have been using suture needles - they come with pre attached silk thread and I put them in the end of my pin vice (the same tool I use for my pin pricking using a sewing needle with the eye inside the vice). I use the same suture needles for sewings - what few of them I have tried. Jenny B K

[lace] Lace and beads

2008-10-10 Thread Susie Finlay
Hello All! I don't use a hook or wire. I use a beading needle with a short length of thread. I put the needle through the bead letting about 2 inches of thread hang out of the bead. Take the beading needle around the lace thread and back through the bead, pulling a loop of the lace thread thr