I busted my wife's beaded necklace - what wires are used?

[Bill Powell]

I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads.
Where do you get that wire from?

[rbowman]

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire

https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014

You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*

A millions years ago (1975) I dated a guy who went into the
dry goods store for a couple of inches of ripstop nylon to make
something-or-other for a model.

My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me. It's
just another power tool.

*Rustler's Rhaposdy (1985).

[Racheal Madcow]

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*
A millions years ago (1975) I dated a guy who went into the
dry goods store for a couple of inches of ripstop nylon to make
something-or-other for a model.
My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me. It's
just another power tool.
*Rustler's Rhaposdy (1985).

No!
We all know this is part of the left's evil plan to turn manly-men into beta-male girlie-men.
Next thing you know, the libtards will be putting Tampon machines in the little boy's room.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by Racheal Madcow

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*
A millions years ago (1975) I dated a guy who went into the
dry goods store for a couple of inches of ripstop nylon to make
something-or-other for a model.
My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me. It's
just another power tool.
*Rustler's Rhaposdy (1985).

No!
We all know this is part of the left's evil plan to turn manly-men into beta-male girlie-men.

Yeah, tell my hunting, DIYing, hanging-out-of-helicopters husband he's
a girlie man. He'll laugh in your face.

Post by Racheal Madcow
Next thing you know, the libtards will be putting Tampon machines in the little boy's room.

Even if nobody who goes in there needs one, I approve of accustomizing
boys to the idea of tampons. You never know when you're going to
have to ask your boyfriend to pick some up on the way home from work.

[rbowman]

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do
you get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/

stringing-

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-

wire/

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place.
It's as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*

I don't have a problem with Michaels but it is a different world. I try to
conceal my ture intentions. "Do you have any bright, neon colored acrylic
paint for the front sight on my .357?" "Do you have any earth tone
pastels for weathering a model Panzerkampfwagen V?"

HobbyLobby opened here a couple of months ago. I did a walk through last
week and was disappointed. I didn't see anything useful for the sort of
hobbies that interest me.

https://throwflame.com/products/thermonator-robodog/

Post by Cindy Hamilton
My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me.

My wife had a sewing machine that, iirc, was a prize for selling Rainbow
vacuum cleaners. I bought a pair of pants that the store was going to hem
to length but she volunteered to do it. Despite hanging around with me i
don't know where she learned some of the language that ensued. Then she
stormed down the stairs and threw the pants at me. "Hem them yourself."

https://www.speedystitcher.com/#speedy-stitcher-made-in-america

That's my version of a sewing machine and it's served me well.

[micky]

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:45:14 -0000 (UTC), Cindy

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*
A millions years ago (1975) I dated a guy who went into the
dry goods store for a couple of inches of ripstop nylon to make
something-or-other for a model.
My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me. It's
just another power tool.
*Rustler's Rhaposdy (1985).

Don't mind him. He can't help himself.

I learned to use a sewing machine watching my mother when I was 12 or
14. She didn't sew that much, mostly repairs, and Long after there were
electric machines, after we moved, She bought a treadle machine for a
dollar. ($15 or 20 in today's money.) It didn't zigzag but it did
straight stitching fine. And good exercise now, if you believe those tv
commericials for devices that just exercise your ankles.

When I was 34 my girlfriend's roommate found a sewing machine on the
street in NY and even though she had a volkswagon bug, she managed to
put the machine and the table into her car for me. It also didn't
zigzag but it works well. I still have it. (I have a fancier machine I
got from Freecycle also. It came with a serger, but I gave that to a
friend of a friend who had an upholstery shop.)

I don't sew much, mostly repairs, but I made a cover for the trapezoidal
6 foot long** bolster at the top of my bed. And the house I bought came
with four 6' curtain panels that only went 2/3rds of the way across the
window. I cut off a third of each and sewed them together to make 6
panels 4" high and sewed them into two wide curtains that fit the window
well.

**They don't come 6' long. I called a foam rubber store next to
downtown and asked if he had what I wanted. He said he'd make it, but
when I got there he tried to sell me something more like what he had. I
insisted and he did it. Had to glue 3 pieces together. It stayed glued
for 35 years.

I bought all the parts to make a comforter, but found one I liked for
sale before I did it. They let me return the fiberfill, even though they
shouldn't, since it was clear I hadn't fiddled with it. I still have the
cloth and might still make one. I think I did one other project I
can't remember now.

[Manlee Mann]

Post by micky
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:45:14 -0000 (UTC), Cindy

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*
A millions years ago (1975) I dated a guy who went into the
dry goods store for a couple of inches of ripstop nylon to make
something-or-other for a model.
My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me. It's
just another power tool.
*Rustler's Rhaposdy (1985).

Don't mind him. He can't help himself.
I learned to use a sewing machine watching my mother when I was 12 or
14.

Sewing is probably OK but men doing artsy-fartsy needlepoint might need to have their testosterone checked?

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by Manlee Mann
Sewing is probably OK but men doing artsy-fartsy needlepoint might need to have their testosterone checked?

Well, Alex Karras isn't with us anymore, so you can't check his
testosterone.

[Ketanji Kornrows]

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Manlee Mann
Sewing is probably OK but men doing artsy-fartsy needlepoint might need to have their testosterone checked?

Well, Alex Karras isn't with us anymore, so you can't check his
testosterone.

Hollyweird, California.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by Ketanji Kornrows

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Manlee Mann
Sewing is probably OK but men doing artsy-fartsy needlepoint might need to have their testosterone checked?

Well, Alex Karras isn't with us anymore, so you can't check his
testosterone.

Hollyweird, California.

He was a professional football player before he was an actor.

You seem pretty insecure. Anything you want to tell us? Something
you should come out with?

[Manlee Mann]

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Ketanji Kornrows

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Manlee Mann
Sewing is probably OK but men doing artsy-fartsy needlepoint might need to have their testosterone checked?

Well, Alex Karras isn't with us anymore, so you can't check his
testosterone.

Hollyweird, California.

He was a professional football player before he was an actor.
You seem pretty insecure. Anything you want to tell us? Something
you should come out with?

Your Alex Karras evidence is anecdotal.

Do you think Joey Diaper's pup handler luggage thief is a quart low of testosterone?

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by Manlee Mann

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Ketanji Kornrows

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Manlee Mann
Sewing is probably OK but men doing artsy-fartsy needlepoint might need to have their testosterone checked?

Well, Alex Karras isn't with us anymore, so you can't check his
testosterone.

Hollyweird, California.

He was a professional football player before he was an actor.
You seem pretty insecure. Anything you want to tell us? Something
you should come out with?

Your Alex Karras evidence is anecdotal.
Do you think Joey Diaper's pup handler luggage thief is a quart low of testosterone?

Is that supposed to be English?

[Carlos E.R.]

Post by micky
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:45:14 -0000 (UTC), Cindy

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do you
get that wire from?

https://www.michaels.com/shop/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/stringing-
wire
https://www.hobbylobby.com/beads-jewelry/stringing-materials/beading-wire/
c/2-102-1014
You might want to identify as a woman before going into either place. It's
as bad as going into JoAnn Fabrics to get naugahyde to recover a
motorcycle saddle. Walmart might have it and you could sneak over from
sporting goods.

Bah. It's no big deal for a confident heterosexual.*
A millions years ago (1975) I dated a guy who went into the
dry goods store for a couple of inches of ripstop nylon to make
something-or-other for a model.
My husband owned a sewing machine when he moved in with me. It's
just another power tool.
*Rustler's Rhaposdy (1985).

Don't mind him. He can't help himself.
I learned to use a sewing machine watching my mother when I was 12 or
14. She didn't sew that much, mostly repairs, and Long after there were
electric machines, after we moved, She bought a treadle machine for a
dollar. ($15 or 20 in today's money.) It didn't zigzag but it did
straight stitching fine. And good exercise now, if you believe those tv
commericials for devices that just exercise your ankles.

I also learned from watching my mother. I can do a straight line, that's
it. A hem? Too difficult. I can do a button by hand, though, but I
usually pay someone instead. I still have the machine, though. Foot powered.

Bought a curtain at Ikea. It was too long, and they don't cut it for
you. They tell you to cut it yourself (they sell you the scissors), and
tell you to fold and glue the remainder with a special tape and ironing.
It was at a different city than the sewing machine was located, but even
if it was available I wouldn't dare try.

I have much respect for people that can sew properly. It is a skill like
any other, and it is useful.

[Carol]

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads.
Where do you get that wire from?

Ouch! All the silly jokes aside, you have 2 sources.

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/blood-run-tackle-stainless-trolling-wire

If you build trolling lures (small fine ones, freshwater usually) you
may have some bits already. Don fixed a bead necklace that I broke
with that. Worked great and had just the right flex. Stuff from
jewlrey sources was too weak.

<https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/941C5939-7C7A-4175-9433-20988ED438D8/?_encoding=UTF8&store_ref=SB_A02312232703JAWMRFGNN-A04690241SS3KMDOZ3DQQ&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aaxitk=52877c4a8e6a99c6ab91cdd031178a08&hsa_cr_id=6341927800801&lp_asins=B09TSLYX33%2CB0B4VXC7VK%2CB0B4VWWN6G&lp_query=fine%20soft%20flex%20beading%20wire&lp_slot=auto-sparkle-hsa-tetris&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_lsi4d_bkgd&pd_rd_w=FDdUc&content-id=amzn1.sym.8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942%3Aamzn1.sym.8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942&pf_rd_p=8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942&pf_rd_r=2GX8QZ6RHWD5M29EEJVA&pd_rd_wg=hTmtL&pd_rd_r=63489a20-ac15-4074-9a3c-b0759054635a>

Amazon has many choices too. You need to know the original size and
color.

There are also tiny chains but they may be too weak. Jewery stores can
repair it but it won't be cheap.

[Bob F]

Post by Carol

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads.
Where do you get that wire from?

Ouch! All the silly jokes aside, you have 2 sources.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/blood-run-tackle-stainless-trolling-wire
If you build trolling lures (small fine ones, freshwater usually) you
may have some bits already. Don fixed a bead necklace that I broke
with that. Worked great and had just the right flex. Stuff from
jewlrey sources was too weak.

And if you buy it at a tackle shop, that solves the seroius "manliness"
problem for those wusses that have it.

[micky]

In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:40:12 -0800, Bob F

Post by Bob F

Post by Carol

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads.
Where do you get that wire from?

Ouch! All the silly jokes aside, you have 2 sources.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/blood-run-tackle-stainless-trolling-wire
If you build trolling lures (small fine ones, freshwater usually) you
may have some bits already. Don fixed a bead necklace that I broke
with that. Worked great and had just the right flex. Stuff from
jewlrey sources was too weak.

And if you buy it at a tackle shop, that solves the seroius "manliness"
problem for those wusses that have it.

Yes. I gave my girlfriend a necklace strung on fishing tackle, a set of
beautiful fishing lures. I also gave her a big box of bandaids and a
3-month membership at Urgent Care.

[Bob F]

Post by micky
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:40:12 -0800, Bob F

Post by Bob F

Post by Carol

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads.
Where do you get that wire from?

Ouch! All the silly jokes aside, you have 2 sources.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/blood-run-tackle-stainless-trolling-wire
If you build trolling lures (small fine ones, freshwater usually) you
may have some bits already. Don fixed a bead necklace that I broke
with that. Worked great and had just the right flex. Stuff from
jewlrey sources was too weak.

And if you buy it at a tackle shop, that solves the seroius "manliness"
problem for those wusses that have it.

Yes. I gave my girlfriend a necklace strung on fishing tackle, a set of
beautiful fishing lures. I also gave her a big box of bandaids and a
3-month membership at Urgent Care.

[Bob F]

Post by micky
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:40:12 -0800, Bob F

Post by Bob F

Post by Carol

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads.
Where do you get that wire from?

Ouch! All the silly jokes aside, you have 2 sources.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/blood-run-tackle-stainless-trolling-wire
If you build trolling lures (small fine ones, freshwater usually) you
may have some bits already. Don fixed a bead necklace that I broke
with that. Worked great and had just the right flex. Stuff from
jewlrey sources was too weak.

And if you buy it at a tackle shop, that solves the seroius "manliness"
problem for those wusses that have it.

Yes. I gave my girlfriend a necklace strung on fishing tackle, a set of
beautiful fishing lures. I also gave her a big box of bandaids and a
3-month membership at Urgent Care.

Don't women wear earrings like that.

To catch a man.

[rbowman]

Post by Bob F

Post by micky
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:40:12 -0800, Bob F

Post by Bob F

Post by Carol

Post by Bill Powell
I busted it. She's mad. I said I'd fix it. She's still mad.
It seems to have a very fine wire going through the beads. Where do
you get that wire from?

Ouch! All the silly jokes aside, you have 2 sources.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/blood-run-tackle-stainless-trolling-

wire

Post by Bob F

Post by micky

Post by Bob F

Post by Carol
If you build trolling lures (small fine ones, freshwater usually) you
may have some bits already. Don fixed a bead necklace that I broke
with that. Worked great and had just the right flex. Stuff from
jewlrey sources was too weak.

And if you buy it at a tackle shop, that solves the seroius
"manliness"
problem for those wusses that have it.

Yes. I gave my girlfriend a necklace strung on fishing tackle, a set
of beautiful fishing lures. I also gave her a big box of bandaids and
a 3-month membership at Urgent Care.

Don't women wear earrings like that.
To catch a man.

https://www.glamour.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hoop-earrings

That must hurt like hell when somebody in a cat fight grabs the hoops and
pulls.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by rbowman
That must hurt like hell when somebody in a cat fight grabs the hoops and
pulls.

Are cat fights common in the dive bars where you hang out? I've
neither seen nor participated in one.

[Snag]

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by rbowman
That must hurt like hell when somebody in a cat fight grabs the hoops and
pulls.

Are cat fights common in the dive bars where you hang out? I've
neither seen nor participated in one.

Bet you've had your share of bitch fights though .

[rbowman]

Post by rbowman
That must hurt like hell when somebody in a cat fight grabs the hoops
and pulls.

Are cat fights common in the dive bars where you hang out? I've neither
seen nor participated in one.

You've got to get out more. You've just missed you chance for the yearly
cage match at Walmart to find out who gets the last SuperVertigo Bullet
Blender for the all time low price of 14 cents below the MSRP.

Personally, I spent the day in the woods. With the sun low in the southern
sky and a bit of mist the sunbeams slanting through the stands of
Ponderosa pines looked like something that should be on a postcard.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by rbowman

Post by rbowman
That must hurt like hell when somebody in a cat fight grabs the hoops
and pulls.

Are cat fights common in the dive bars where you hang out? I've neither
seen nor participated in one.

You've got to get out more. You've just missed you chance for the yearly
cage match at Walmart to find out who gets the last SuperVertigo Bullet
Blender for the all time low price of 14 cents below the MSRP.
Personally, I spent the day in the woods. With the sun low in the southern
sky and a bit of mist the sunbeams slanting through the stands of
Ponderosa pines looked like something that should be on a postcard.

Yeah, I'd rather do that. What I did was my regular Friday run to
the grocery store and my somewhat more irregular run to the bakery.

There's nothing on sale for Black Friday that I want, even online.