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swirlyarts
30-08-2007, 06:49 PM
The little round circle bits that fit between the earring wire and whatever you are trying to attach to the wire (the bit that goes through your ear for dangly earrings)
Hope that makes sense - they are only about a mm wide.
Thanks
I can only think you mean fishooks as that is the bit that goes through your ear. or are you thinking of eyepins?
Better description needed!
:p
swirlyarts
30-08-2007, 07:48 PM
I've got the fish hooks (the bit that goes through your ear) and they have a little circle bit on the end. I need another little circle bit that will attach to what is going onto the earring but that will also attach to the little circle that is on the bottom of the fish hook bit.
That any better? :D
Ok. You need a headpin - slide this through the bead, bend the pin 90 degrees and then cut it at about a finger width. Using round-nose pliers you need to bend the pin into a circle, putting it through the circle before closing it.
Does that make sense?
swirlyarts
30-08-2007, 07:55 PM
I'm not attaching a bead though!! It's a bit of thin plastic - all will become clear as soon as I get them made! Are they called jump rings? Sudden inspiration - I'm off to look at BBD shop and I'll let you know what I find!
swirlyarts
30-08-2007, 07:58 PM
Jump rings is indeed what they are called!! Right, off to place an order now then!
jewelelegance
31-08-2007, 07:54 AM
Jump rings is indeed what they are called!! Right, off to place an order now then!
good discussion but it would have been better had you posted an image and then asked.
swirlyarts
31-08-2007, 08:06 AM
good discussion but it would have been better had you posted an image and then asked.
But I didn't know what they were called and therefore couldn't post a picture as I didn't know what they were called. I could have tried searching for round circle things that attach to earrings but I probably wouldn't have found them.
MrSwirl
31-08-2007, 08:33 AM
But I didn't know what they were called and therefore couldn't post a picture as I didn't know what they were called. I could have tried searching for round circle things that attach to earrings but I probably wouldn't have found them.
Should have asked your husband. He knows everything.
swirlyarts
31-08-2007, 08:37 AM
Should have asked your husband. He knows everything.
Yeah! I forgot that!
Should have asked your husband. He knows everything.
Who moves my car keys?
Why does the washing machine always eat one sock?
How do children know from another room that you've just parked your bum on the sofa?
Why do men think their own farts are funny, but then if us girls do one, we get "the look"?
That's a few of life's mysteries for you
Peter
31-08-2007, 09:44 AM
good discussion but it would have been better had you posted an image and then asked.
It would also have been better to have thought out this entry before posting it - when you have 6 posts, it is not a good idea to bait moderators. ;)
MrSwirl
31-08-2007, 12:49 PM
Who moves my car keys?
Why does the washing machine always eat one sock?
How do children know from another room that you've just parked your bum on the sofa?
Why do men think their own farts are funny, but then if us girls do one, we get "the look"?
That's a few of life's mysteries for you
1 - Children, or slugs
2 - Two is too many, it's not that hungry
3 - Coincidence, or magic
4 - Because ours smell of perfume, whereas girls smell.
MrSwirl
31-08-2007, 12:50 PM
It would also have been better to have thought out this entry before posting it - when you have 6 posts, it is not a good idea to bait moderators. ;)
Good on you - didn't want to have to dish out a virtual http://forums.contractoruk.com/images/smilies/extras/spank.giffor being nasty to my wife!
swirlyarts
31-08-2007, 03:01 PM
Good on you - didn't want to have to dish out a virtual http://forums.contractoruk.com/images/smilies/extras/spank.giffor being nasty to my wife!
Awwww - he's sticking up for me!!
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