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Beading Blog - thebroadroom.net: EZ Bracelet Sizer
EZ Bracelet Sizer
posted by Colleen Shirazi,
March 29, 2007
at 1:19 PM (Pacific)
I have one of these on order:
I got this tip from the jewelrymaking.about.com forum...because I was at the point where I was trying to make a four-strand, twisted bracelet and I kept getting the length wrong. With the strands loosely twisted, the length was fine, but after wearing it for a bit, I realized it would look so much better were the strands twisted once more...and then, you guessed it, the whole piece became doll-sized.
There is no real way of measuring the strands, because the length is next to irrelevant unless you're talking about a single strand of beads. I contemplated making my own form and even started measuring plastic drinking glasses...but decided to go ahead and buy a readymade one, because it struck me as being practical. If it's as durable as it says it is, and accurate, it'll pay for itself because you need to use it every time you make a bracelet.
This one has 1/4" increments, meaning you would know exactly how much longer or shorter you need to make the piece.
Again you could make your own...looks like you could make it out of stiff paper actually. Hm. Interesting.
There's a bigger one that costs only a dollar more:
I decided on the "travel size" simply because artbeads.com carries it, and it would appear to serve the vast majority of my measuring needs. I don't make ankle bracelets too often and if I did, I could measure the strand (don't foresee making multi-strand anklets!). Likewise I could just measure really small pieces.
I'll post a review when I get the EZ Bracelet Sizer. I did Google it first of course--it is carried by several merchants as well as the inventor. And people have commented on it on beading forums. I got an overall impression of satisfaction with it, some people did say you had to play with it for a while to figure out exactly where you want your pieces to lie.
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