Learning to knit with jewellery wire

Using knitted jewellery wire to create designs is not for the faint hearted. You will of course need knitting skills and a selection of small beads to create your own knitted jewellery project.

Check out these really dainty earring made by ceramic artist Amanda Robbins. Amanda explains how to make these earrings in her knitting with jewellery wire article on the new information website dispenseinfo.com

Amanda helpfully includes a little tutorial and pattern so that you can make your own.

Using colour

I recently came across this  fantastic article on using colour written by someone who has studied interior design. Its well worth a look on seeing how to best make use of colour in your designs

http://crystalvelvetweddings.blogspot.com/2010/01/working-with-colour-rules-of-colour.html

Assembling your Dremel Project Table

Julian examines and assembles a Dremel Project Table…

Our Project Table arrived in a box that was 17 inches by 11.5 inches by 3.5 inches in size and so would be easy to carry if I had bought it from a hardware or hobby store.  It was a nice afternoon, so I thought I would assemble the new tool in the garden.

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Selling your jewellery in the run up to Christmas (Video)

The essential guide to selling your jewellery in the run up to Christmas

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Jewellery Cleaning Resources

The following are useful resources that may help you effectively clean your jewellery.

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Tips

Make the perfect loop on your headpin, time after time.

Take your round nose pliers and mark with an indelible felt tip pen about halfway along the round nose jaws. This way you will have a mark to guide you and your loops will always be the same size.

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