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haele

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3. I got it for the granddaughter, it's okay for a starter kit.
Tue May 17, 2022, 04:24 PM
May 2022

I'd suggest another pair of needle nosed pliers to do wire braiding if you want to make rings (the kit gives you ring sizers).
She makes a lot of earrings, so I also got her a tackle box, some hypo-allegenic earring findings and a couple $5 - $9 strands of real stone beads to expand her kit to make birthstone earrings or fancier bracelets for her friends and families.
There's no instructions, but the kit itself is pretty decent as a starter kit. The stone beads are of decent size and reasonable quality (we didn't find any broken ones) and are suitable for "chip" type jewelry.
If you want to do fancier jewelry, it would be good to get some of those cheap stone bead strands - I even found a $12 strand of freshwater pearls for her that look good "encased" in wire wrap as dangles for earrings and pendants.
Full disclosure - I already had a nice collection of good findings to supplement this kit.

Haele

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You need more than this. Jirel May 2022 #1
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I got it for the granddaughter, it's okay for a starter kit. haele May 2022 #3
I'm just trying to work with my hands to try and relive the stiffness. Lady Freedom Returns May 2022 #5
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Mountain Fire Gems. Thanks! Lady Freedom Returns May 2022 #7
I've been making assemblage jewelry for a long time hippywife May 2022 #4
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