RitzyToo! August-September 2014 | Page 51

Q. Is bead stringing with knitted wire as easy as with other products? What are functional limits of knitted wire, if any? A. If you are using SilverSilk products for stringing you need to keep in mind the diameter of the product being used. Three Needle Round has the smallest diameter at 1.5mm, so any bead with a 2mm hole can be strung on it. Capture, Pearlesque, Hollow and Leather require beads with a 3.5mm to 4mm hole where Eight Needle Flat would accept a bead with a flat 5mm hole. Bead stringing is just one technique you can use with SilverSilk knitted wire. You can also embellish it, braid it, loop it or knot it. Thanks for sharing, Nina! Color Chart www.silversilkonline.com Capture Knit - 3mm Antique Brass Antique Copper Golden Solid Gold Hematite Shoreline Amethyst Baby Blue Holiday Red Khaki Silver Style Tangerine Black/Silver Metallic Copper Two Tone Burgundy Mocha Urban Black/Gold Olive Vintage Bronze Caribbean Purple Chocolate Rose Gold Chartreuse Emerald Green Rock Star Shimmering Copper Fall Smokey Capture knit is created by knitting (6) 34 gauge non tarnish, permanently enameled wires, around a 2mm ball chain, into a tubular mesh. It can be finished using the single, double or triple strand capture end caps. Pearlesque Capture Knit - 3.5mm Antique Copper Silver Style Black Emerald Green Two Tone Urban Golden Vintage Bronze Hematite Holiday Red Metallic Copper Mocha Purple Rose Gold Shimmering Copper Solid Gold SilverSilk’s Pearlesque knit is created by first knitting 6 AB Silver Metallic threads over the top of a 2mm ball chain. A third layer of wire is then knit over both the threads and chain using 8 permanently enameled non tarnish copper wires into a tubular wire mesh. This creates a very soft, almost fabric like supple shimmering chain. It can be finished using the single, double or triple strand Capture end caps. Three Needle Round Knit -1.5mm Antique Copper Black Bronze Copper Gold Hematite Purple Red Rose Gold Silver Vintage Bronze Eight Needle Flat Knit - 4.8mm Antique Copper Black Bronze Copper Gold Hematite Holiday Red Purple Rose Gold Silver Vintage Bronze Three permanently enameled, nontarnishing copper wires knitted into a 1.5mm chain. Finish with 1.4mm crimp ends. Eight permanently enameled, nontarnishing copper wires knitted into a tube and then rolled flat. Finish with 5mm flat crimps. Hollow Knit - 3mm Antique Copper Black Bronze Copper Gold Hematite Holiday Red Purple Leather - 3mm Rose Gold Silver Vintage Bronze Eight permanently enameled, nontarnishing copper knitted into a 3mm tube. Finish with 5mm flat crimps or 4mm pinch ends. SilverSilk leather is created by knitting 6 strands of permanently )