Today I tried it with both lampwork beads and a jumble of other beads, which The Dixon Chick calls Bling Rings. The ones I made weren't too fancy in the bling department but I did make two rings that will go nicely with my new glasses, with blue and green beads and silver wire. Then I made a couple with gold wire, which I also liked. Stephanie recommended 22 gauge and that seems to work really well. Dwyn tried it with 24 gauge last night and found that she preferred the 22 overall. I was having a lot of fun experimenting with different colours and types of beads and varying the wrapping method. I ran out of time before I ran out of ideas.
Funny thing though - so far, all of the rings seemed to turn out just the right size to fit my own fingers. I have a ring mandrell and I did try to make them larger but they all just seemed to end up a size 7, no matter what I did. Wonder if that means I get to keep all of them??
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They look amazing! Congrats! I think I'm going to get new glasses now....just to make more jewellery!
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