Comments on: Helpful Item for Jewelry, Borrowed from Knitting and Crochet

By: Sarah de Larrinaga

Sarah de Larrinaga — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:51:43 +0000

Dianne – I make tiny silver components for my jewellery and then tumble them. It used to take ages to then sort through the shot to discover my bits of silver. Now I thread my silver components onto a bit of old wire, twist the ends, pop into the tumbler and they all come out perfectly.

By: Dianne H.

Dianne H. — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:20:35 +0000

I am just starting to use a tumbler and I have many small pieces I want to tumble and was thinking of using safety pins to hold them so it would be easier to fish them out at the end but your suggestion got me thinking. I have some knitting stitch holders that I don’t use anymore and they look like big safety pins so I am going to try those to hold the small pieces. Thanks for the idea!

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:49:12 +0000

Would love to see some photos of how people have used these fun findings!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 14:06:29 +0000

Hmmmm, I’m wondering if there is anyway these can be used in jewelry making as a clasp? Looking at the pic, I really can figure out the size. Any ideas on this?

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:20:38 +0000

Dirah, thanks so much for sharing this cool tip! I love using tools and supplies from other arts / crafts in jewelry making. Great ideas for using these little goodies.