Question about delicas

Hi, I'm new to the group and new to working with seed beads. I've seen
a great sale on size 11 miyuki beeds and would like to stock up for
some new adventures. I'm not sure if this is popular size. They look a
bit small. Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Lisa

Size 11 is the most popular size out there. A ton of patterns are done
using 11's. Frankly when I think of seed beads, the first size I think
of is 11's.

Valerie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.valerie-moore.com
http://valeriebeads.etsy.com
http://valeriesews.blogspot.com



wrote:
Hi, I'm new to the group and new to working with seed beads. I've seen
a great sale on size 11 miyuki beeds and would like to stock up for
some new adventures. I'm not sure if this is popular size. They look a
bit small. Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Lisa

Grab them!! (and then send them to me!)

If you do some bead weaving, you' really want these!

--
Jerri
www.beadbimbo.com
wrote in message
...
Hi, I'm new to the group and new to working with seed beads. I've seen
a great sale on size 11 miyuki beeds and would like to stock up for
some new adventures. I'm not sure if this is popular size. They look a
bit small. Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Lisa

Lisa, size 11 is indeed small, but not the smallest. And they are pretty
useful too, when stringing or especially in fringes. 11's are useful in
Fashion Doll scale as well. Seed bead sizes refer to how many fit in an
inch--11 in an inch are smaller than 4 in an inch.

Hi, Lisa: I'm new, too, so I may give you bad advice, but it worked
for me. Delicas are WEENSY. They say they are 11/0, but I'm certain
they are closer to 12/0, i.e. smaller. I started with 6/0s, quite
large by comparison. It was easy to learn the stitches because you
can easily see how they work. Also, a bracelet or whatever works up
fast, so you get that feeling of accomplishment, and of making
something beautiful, and that all- important positive feedback, much
quicker. After making up a few of these, I graduated to 8/0s. For
about 3 rows of weaving, they felt awkwardly small, then they were
fine. After a few more bracelets, on to the 11/0s. (I'm still not
ready for Delicas.)

11/0s have one great advantage that offsets their tiny size: the
fabulous colors. Thousands of colors. Far more colors than are
available in 8/0 and 6/0. Although....sigh....not as many colors as
those weensy Delicas.

If you follow this plan, you only need a few colors of 6/0 and 8/0. 2
or 3 "mixed" tubes will give you some pre-matched colors and won't be
very expensive.

M

On Oct 5, 8:35 am, Mephistopheles wrote:
Hi, Lisa: I'm new, too, so I may give you bad advice, but it worked
[...]
11/0s have one great advantage that offsets their tiny size: the
fabulous colors. Thousands of colors. Far more colors than are
available in 8/0 and 6/0. Although....sigh....not as many colors as
those weensy Delicas.

If you have my (lack of) manual dexterity (I sometimes joke that I
became
a programmer because computer keys are big enough to hit), 11/0s are
as small as it gets that you (I) can handle. As colors go, you can
find a
lot of colors in the larger beads as well if you go a bit out of your
way.
Only because e.g. FMG doesn't have them doesn't mean they don't
exist. The weight is higher, so transport is higher, so prices are
higher, and some colors are more expensive than others.

Maren
(definitely not a bead weaver)
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
http://www.hilobeads.com/
Blog at: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/

On Oct 7, 5:15*am, Maren at google wrote:
On Oct 5, 8:35 am, Mephistopheles wrote:

Hi, Lisa: I'm new, too, so I may give you bad advice, but it worked
[...]
11/0s have one great advantage that offsets their tiny size: the
fabulous colors. *Thousands of colors. *Far more colors than are
available in 8/0 and 6/0. *Although....sigh....not as many colors as
those weensy Delicas.

If you have my (lack of) manual dexterity (I sometimes joke that I
became
a programmer because computer keys are big enough to hit), 11/0s are
as small as it gets that you (I) can handle. As colors go, you can
find a
lot of colors in the larger beads as well if you go a bit out of your
way.
Only because e.g. FMG doesn't have them doesn't mean they don't
exist. The weight is higher, so transport is higher, so prices are
higher, and some colors are more expensive than others.

Maren
(definitely not a bead weaver)
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelryhttp://www.hilobeads.com/
Blog at:http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/

If you want a whole slew of colors in the larger beads (8/0 and 6/0),
then hark thyself over to
charlene's beads: http://www.cbbeads.com/

She has more colors than I will ever use in the 8/0's, which I use
because some nerve damage makes it difficult for me to use the
littles. Her prices are more than fair (buy the 1/4 kilos or larger
in your most-used colors for a real deal). Charlene is happy to order
a color for you if you need it in the 1/4 kilo size and up (I think
that's the rule). Also, she's a "regular person" not a commercial
enterprise like FMG, which is a huge plus to me. She carries the
little beads, too, but there are many suppliers of little beads, and
not a whole lot who "bother" with the 8/0s and 6/0s.

Tell her Kathy N-V sent you.

I'll second Charlene's beads. She is my go-to gal when ever I want seed
beads. Larger orders or small. Plus she isn't out of everything like FMG
is all the time (argh!).

Valerie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.valerie-moore.com
http://valeriebeads.etsy.com
http://valeriesews.blogspot.com



Kathy N-V wrote:
On Oct 7, 5:15 am, Maren at google wrote:
On Oct 5, 8:35 am, Mephistopheles wrote:

Hi, Lisa: I'm new, too, so I may give you bad advice, but it worked
[...]
11/0s have one great advantage that offsets their tiny size: the
fabulous colors. Thousands of colors. Far more colors than are
available in 8/0 and 6/0. Although....sigh....not as many colors as
those weensy Delicas.
If you have my (lack of) manual dexterity (I sometimes joke that I
became
a programmer because computer keys are big enough to hit), 11/0s are
as small as it gets that you (I) can handle. As colors go, you can
find a
lot of colors in the larger beads as well if you go a bit out of your
way.
Only because e.g. FMG doesn't have them doesn't mean they don't
exist. The weight is higher, so transport is higher, so prices are
higher, and some colors are more expensive than others.

Maren
(definitely not a bead weaver)
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelryhttp://www.hilobeads.com/
Blog at:http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/

If you want a whole slew of colors in the larger beads (8/0 and 6/0),
then hark thyself over to
charlene's beads: http://www.cbbeads.com/

She has more colors than I will ever use in the 8/0's, which I use
because some nerve damage makes it difficult for me to use the
littles. Her prices are more than fair (buy the 1/4 kilos or larger
in your most-used colors for a real deal). Charlene is happy to order
a color for you if you need it in the 1/4 kilo size and up (I think
that's the rule). Also, she's a "regular person" not a commercial
enterprise like FMG, which is a huge plus to me. She carries the
little beads, too, but there are many suppliers of little beads, and
not a whole lot who "bother" with the 8/0s and 6/0s.

Tell her Kathy N-V sent you.

On Oct 7, 9:17 am, Valerie wrote:
I'll second Charlene's beads. She is my go-to gal when ever I want seed
beads. Larger orders or small. Plus she isn't out of everything like FMG
is all the time (argh!).

One problem: I have a customer who insists on Jablonex. - I don't
buy seed beads for myself, really. I use what I have, which currently
is about 50-60 lb of 11/0 and 6/0 Jablonex. -

FMG don't have what I'm currently after either. Good to know that it's
not worth trying for things that they don't have in their catalog if
they
have the reputation to be out of what they do have. I currently have
some
in the mail to my Jablonex supplier to color match.

Aloha,
Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
http://www.hilobeads.com/
Blog at: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/
Artists' Fair at Hilo Art and Glass on Sat., Oct. 18, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

On Oct 7, 9:17 am, Valerie wrote:
I'll second Charlene's beads. She is my go-to gal when ever I want seed
beads. Larger orders or small. Plus she isn't out of everything like FMG
is all the time (argh!).

One problem: I have a customer who insists on Jablonex. - I don't
buy seed beads for myself, really. I use what I have, which currently
is about 50-60 lb of 11/0 and 6/0 Jablonex. -

FMG don't have what I'm currently after either. Good to know that it's
not worth trying for things that they don't have in their catalog if
they
have the reputation to be out of what they do have. I currently have
some
in the mail to my Jablonex supplier to color match.

Aloha,
Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
http://www.hilobeads.com/
Blog at: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/
Artists' Fair at Hilo Art and Glass on Sat., Oct. 18, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.