endless bracelets?
fergiface
Hi. I was just looking at an ad for "Stretch Magic," formerly known as
"Elastasoft," stretchy stringing material. One of the lines said "great for
'endless' bracelets." Does anyone know what "endless bracelets" are?
Thanks!
CJ
dmsmith
I believe the term is referring to a bracelet without a clasp, beads
strung and knotted at the end to form a circle of beads. Hope this
helps.
Deborah
Artforms
BeckiBead
bracelet without a clasp, which would have to be made on elastic so that you
could get it past your hand to your wrist!!!
"Chip" necklaces are often called endless necklaces, because they have no
termination point. I always point out that they DO end, LOL.
Becki
Nancy Block
>Hi,
>
>I believe the term is referring to a bracelet without a clasp, beads
>strung and knotted at the end to form a circle of beads. Hope this
>helps.
Yes, "power" bracelets being among them, and multiple bracelets made with
5301 Swarovski beads. The ones people are charging an obscene amount for, that
cost virtually nothing to make (less than nothing if they're made in China).
Nancy
>
>Deborah
>Artforms
>
>fergiface wrote:
>>
>> Hi. I was just looking at an ad for "Stretch Magic," formerly known as
>> "Elastasoft," stretchy stringing material. One of the lines said "great for
>> 'endless' bracelets." Does anyone know what "endless bracelets" are?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> CJ
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Mary Shafer
> fergiface wrote:
>> Hi. I was just looking at an ad for "Stretch Magic," formerly
>> known as "Elastasoft," stretchy stringing material. One of the
>> lines said "great for 'endless' bracelets." Does anyone know what
>> "endless bracelets" are?
> I believe the term is referring to a bracelet without a clasp, beads
> strung and knotted at the end to form a circle of beads. Hope this
> helps.
I think that the "endless" part includes pulling the knot inside one
of the beads and gluing it in place, so that there's no easy way to
find the knot. This makes the bracelet look truely "endless". You
go around and around looking for the knot, or end, and don't see one
because it's hidden.
I've been turning out bracelets on Elastosoft, using 6/0 seed beads
and various sizes of clear faceted fire-polished beads, as well as
metal beads from 2 mm on up (the little beads need the fine cord,
which isn't as strong as the medium cord, but the little beads are
enough lighter than glass beads that it seems to work out OK). These
are tremendously popular with girls and young women here in SoCal (and
everywhere else, I think), particularly the ones made with 6/0 beads
for a few cents each.
I've found that if you're using faceted clear fire-polished beads and
you pull the knot into the hole of one and fill the hole with the glue
that comes with a very tiny tube tip on the tube, you can tell where
the knot is because the hole disappears, along with the cord and knot,
when you fill it with glue. All the other beads will have a visible
hole, with the clear cord just visible, but not the one with the hole
full of glue. It's a little uncanny to see the hole, the knot, and
the cord "disappear" as you squeeze the glue in, but it does make it
easy to see that you've got just the right amount.
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RavynnGirl
>5301 Swarovski beads. The ones people are charging an obscene amount for,
>that
>cost virtually nothing to make (less than nothing if they're made in China).
Boy, are you right! I work in a department store, and I laugh when I go into
the jewelry department and see what they're charging for that stuff. I've had
many of my coworkers ask me to make things for them. At least then they know
where it's coming from!
Ravynn
Trish Doran
newsgroup for years, but I saw these bracelets somewhere and want to make
them; any ideas where to get the elastic?
Trish
beeed...@webtv.net
Hilary
dsgnrstdio
black, red, emerald green, bright peacock blue, and medium blue. In the 1mm
size I only have black, but can get other colors. The spool are 25 meters
long, and cost $7.00 US per spool, plus mailing (about .75 US)
Mandy McTaggart
The Designers' Studio Bead Shop - http://members.aol.com/dsgnrstdio/
(but I haven't scanned it yet, so there's no picture!)
Trish Doran <pag...@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:5uOA4.824$SV4....@news.swbell.net...
Jeri W.
stuff too. jeri
Amy Reavey
Stone. It was kind of expensive... I paid $15 for 100 yds at Globus,
which is probably a lifetime supply for me. The elastic is fine enough
to go through very small beads.
Mary Shafer
Things--3 sizes in clear, I think 3 in black, crimp beads in silver
plate, gold plate, and gunmetal (for the black stuff).
The illusion cord was $1.70/50 m in 0.010", $2.10/50 m in 0.016", and
$3.10/50 m in 0.024", and the elastic cord was more, like twice or
three times the cost, but I don't have the catalog supplement or the
invoice to hand and can't quote the exact prices.
I don't understand why more people don't use Rings & Things. Low
prices even for small quantities and great prices for large
quantities, good quality, latest trendy stuff, etc. I love them.
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Lori Sousa
>I don't understand why more people don't use Rings & Things. Low
>prices even for small quantities and great prices for large
>quantities, good quality, latest trendy stuff, etc. I love them.
Mary -
Do they have much in precious metals?
Myself, I try to avoid trendy stuff - every time I do it, I end up being
undersold by the local discount stores with imports - or by the time I get
stuff made, the trend is over!
Lori Sousa
Briarrose Designs
handcrafted jewelry, traditional care, contemporary flair
Mary Shafer
> >
> >I don't understand why more people don't use Rings & Things. Low
> >prices even for small quantities and great prices for large
> >quantities, good quality, latest trendy stuff, etc. I love them.
>
> Mary -
> Do they have much in precious metals?
A fair amount, all the usual findings and beads and a about six pages of cast
sterling charms. Admittedly, it's not like Rio Grande, with a
quarter-inch of pages of precious metals, including good aluminum and
niobium beads, rings, and wire. But they've got a wonderful
variety of beads, including the best assortment of contemporary
Swarovsky crystal I've seen in a general catalog, and a good
assortment of gemstones. I find their quality to be quite good.
I really like their little designer bead assortments, which are made
up in almost 20 colorways, with a 4-dram vial of 11/0 seed beads in
two or three colors (which you can buy separately), a small handful of
varied glass beads, and a smaller handful of 6/0 beads. I can get a
nice, not skimpy, pair of earrings and a multistrand necklace at least
24 in. long out of each bag.
They also have a fair amount of non-precious metal charms and findings
and some nice trade beads. Good to great BTSB, furnace glass,
crystal; limited SB, lampworked, and dichroic; not much in delicas.
The prices are very good, particularly in quantity.
> Myself, I try to avoid trendy stuff - every time I do it, I end up
> being undersold by the local discount stores with imports - or by
> the time I get stuff made, the trend is over!
One of the nice things about Rings & Things is that they keep an eye
on the market and get trendy stuff to the craftsperson quickly. They
put out a quarterly update to their big catalog, with the latest style
materials and other new items. The big catalog doesn't have the
stretch cord but the supplement does, for example, and the new catalog
that comes out in April will have it, of course.
I'll admit they're not high-end; we're not talking AA+ gemstone beads
and pages of 18K gold. On the other hand, they're not low-end; we're
not talking pages of plastic beads on plastic lace or safety pins.
Their BTSB selection is about as good as I've seen.
Lori Sousa
I did have a slightly lower-end mental picture than you are descibing.