Preciosa Ornela, the manufacturers of beads in the Czech Republic, has just released a new seed bead called “twins.” They’re a two holed, 2.5X5mm oval seed bead.
Currently, the only colors available in the US are crystal, crystal matte, jet and jet matte… and Dancing Beads has them! They arrived today, and they’re wonderful. We’ll have them packaged for sale next week in 10 gram tubes. Unlike other two holed beads the cost of these lovelies is quite reasonable.
There will be 80 colors after the first of the year. I’m looking forward to orange!
What are you going to do with them? Hmmmm? How big are they?
What am I going to do with them? Well, my first thoughts are to hand some to you and see what you’ll do with them!
They’re about the size of a small grain of uncooked rice, and the same shape. They’re pretty consistent size, and shape wise.
I have herringbone on the brain and am wondering if there might be some way to use them for that stitch. Otherwise, I think they’ll be fun in cross weaves. You know how much I love me some cross weaves.