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Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com
I want to show you the different sizes of Griffin Silk
that is available. This is a question that comes up a bit and
it's a logical one. It's well what does the different sizes mean?
and in beading the smallest number is not always the smallest size
like for seed beads an 11/0 seed bead is much smaller than a 6/0 seed bead
but with Griffin Silk the smaller the number the smaller the thread
now here's an example of what you might do with Griffin Silk before I get into it. So
here one of our designers Kat has pearl knotted some Swarovski Crystal
faux pearls and this is a really nice application for it. You often see real
pearls knotted because
they're little knots between the pearls helps to cushion them
and keep them from rubbing against each other. It creates a really nice
beautiful look and strong design. On the Beadaholique website we currently offer
five different sizes. You have
starting at zero which is point .3 millimeters
and that's gonna look like, take this apart
now the wonderful thing about Griffin Silk is that comes with a needle
already attached. It's a flexible wire needle which is very nice
so this is what size 0
looks like and then we move up to size
2 which is point .45 millimeters. So not quite half a
millimeter
it to you has a fixed needle already attached
see what this looks like. I'll start
laying these side by side. Whenever you purchase a card of Griffin Silk you're
gonna get
approximately 2 meters and I would have preferred not to of pulled white
for this video. I know it's white on white but in that smaller size it's
really
only is available in white. The next one is a size 4 which is .6
You'll notice the needles are getting a little bit bigger
as the actual cord gets a little bit bigger as well
then we move up to number 6 which is .7
besides doing
a traditional pearl knotting with Griffin Silk you can also do
Kumihimo with it. I have a couple projects on the Beadaholique.com
website where I've used it to Kumihimo. It's actually really nice having that
needle
already attached and the fifth size is a
very much larger size which is size 16
and this is just over 1 millimeter
thick. It'll be good for some braiding and cording type projects
and this needle at this point is quite thick
so there we go
so we have five different sizes ranging from the very small
which 0, size 2, 4,
6
and then 16 so quite a leap
when we get up to 16. So I hope that this video,
I know it's a quick one, just I wanted to answer couple questions that we've got
about the different sizes. So hopefully
you'll be able to see them here all laid out together. Gives you a better
understanding of the different sizes
and in terms of which size do you want to choose look at the size of your beads
if you're using some natural pearls I'd use some of the smaller sizes. I go with a 2 or
a 4 just because those holes can be really small sometimes
you know you might even need a size 0 if it got really small holes
and then if you can go a little bit bigger and you want a little bigger knot
consider jumping up a little bit
but really it's all gonna be dictated by your bead hole size
so those are the different sizes of Griffin Silk, all available
on the Beadaholique.com website
Go to www.beadaholique.com to purchase beading supplies and to get design ideas!