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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:32 PM (Eastern)
Okay, so say you wanted to use the Stretch Magic.
While I was at it, I tried out bead-stringing wire, the 7-strand one by Beadalon. This is actually easier to use...it's fine, steel wire coated with clear nylon. Supposedly if you kink it, you have to throw out the piece, but I think it depends...if you're making something with stations, then yeah, you can't kink it. But if you're making a string of beads, the kink doesn't seem to matter as long as it's not that bad a kink.
The wire can be cut with plain old scissors (don't use ones that you care about; use an old pair) and works well with crimping beads or tubes (also by Beadalon).
While we're at it, I'm still squashing my crimp tubes with a plain old pair of pliers. According to the Beadalon folks, that's ugly. It works but it's ugly; you get a plain flat square shape. You are to use the Beadalon special crimping pliers, to produce a more pleasing, round shape.
I dunno? Is it that different? I'm planning on pricing the crimping pliers anyway. I will post here how much they are. If it's reasonable, I might go for it.
I decided against the wire for my children's pieces though. It's probably more durable than the elastic cord, but that itself could be a problem. i.e., if a children's piece gets stuck on something, you want to be able to break the piece. You want it to snap, or to be able to make it snap.
So I tested out a piece of the Stretch Magic. Pulling it with my bare hands, it didn't break. But putting the cord around something and pulling it, you could make it snap.
I'm still in the process of fiddling with this actually. I firmly believe that the materials stage is the most difficult and time-consuming...figuring out exactly what works, what you want to use, how to use it. Again I will stress that I'm not looking to spend tons of money. I don't believe that the most expensive option is necessarily the best one.
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