My Thing a Ma Jig thingie
May. 27th, 2007 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
purpleponyartI went to an annual bead show for the first time on Friday afternoon and I was in heaven! I found some wonderful buys on lampwork and met a lot of local artists. I'm still buzzing a little from the excitement :-) Maybe next year I'll take one of the classes there too.
I bought a starter Thing a Ma Jig by Darice for $6. It came with some pins and sample wire. They're also called Wig Jigs, or Jigs. I have always wanted to try wire wrapping, and for $6 it couldn't hurt. I wish now that I had bought some other gauges of wire while I was there! The craft wire I already had at home was too thin, the sample wire was just right, and I was also able to coax some sterling silver eyepins into shapes. Ooh, the possibilities!
I think the sample wire ones would be good for paper crafts, I can't see them holding up to daily wear.
I bought a starter Thing a Ma Jig by Darice for $6. It came with some pins and sample wire. They're also called Wig Jigs, or Jigs. I have always wanted to try wire wrapping, and for $6 it couldn't hurt. I wish now that I had bought some other gauges of wire while I was there! The craft wire I already had at home was too thin, the sample wire was just right, and I was also able to coax some sterling silver eyepins into shapes. Ooh, the possibilities!
I think the sample wire ones would be good for paper crafts, I can't see them holding up to daily wear.
