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A couple more designs for the craft shop - a bit too fussy for me but the colours work well, I think.
Quality of the kits is ok - for the intended market anyway.
Necklace pen which is quite practical. A strong magnet holds it on the chain.
Hi All,
Recently forum member Lons (Bob) gave me a link to some thread that he uses for fly fishing.
I got some and wrapped it around a 7mm tube. Here are the results.
Cheers Bob for the link. I will definitely try out some of the brighter colours.
Thread & Resin. - YouTube
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