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SEED BEADS JAPANESE MIYUKI
Japanese beads are sold loose in tubes. Different companies in Japan make seed bead and related small glass beads. These include, Miyuki, Toho and Matsuno. Most of what we carry is Miyuki.
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SIZE 11/0 SEED BEAD
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SIZE 15/0 SEED BEAD
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SIZE 8/0 SEED BEAD
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Delicas are very tiny sliced tubes, and are somewhat like working with blocks, instead of balls. |
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Miyuki Tila beads (TL) are flat, square, 2-hole seed beads. Tilas feature two stringing holes, a smooth surface, and are perfect for multi-strand designs, bead-weaving (especially flat cuff style bracelets), and more. Tila beads measure 5mm x 5mm x 1.9mm with a hole size of .8mm. Count is approximately 11 beads per gram. |
SIZE 6/0 SEED BEAD
In some pattern books, 6/0s (along with 5/0s) are referred to as "E-Beads". |
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Japanese bugle beads are narrower, more consistent in size, and have much smoother holes, relative to Czech bugle beads.
The "numbering system" to label "sizes" is different for the Japanese than for the Czech. For example, a size #1 Japanese bugle is noticebly longer and thinner than a size #1 Czech bugle.
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Japanese Miyuki Mini-Drops or fringe beads are very small teardrops, with a centered hole. |
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What Size Are They?
Seed beads sizes are listed as "11/0" or "6/0" and the like. These very loosely refer to how many beads per inch it would take, if you lined a particular size up against a ruler. Thus, "11/0" means that there are 11 beads per inch. "6/0" means that there are six per the inch. Thus, the smaller the size-number, the larger the size of the bead. 6/0 seedbeads are apprx. 4mm
Carol Wilcox Wells, in her book THE ART AND ELEGANCE OF BEADWEAVING, gives a well-researched answer to the question How Many Seed Beads? Using black opaque seed beads from one particular manufacturer, she came up with these numbers: BEADS PER GRAM BEADS PER LINEAR MEASUREMENT BEADS PER SQUARE AREA
An amulet purse that is 2" x 2 1/2" in size, would be 2*2 1/2*2 in area, or 10 square inches. (2 sides of 2x2.5 inches). 10 square inches would use, for example, 2850 delica beads (15 grams). NOTE: The sizes and weights for seed beads with different finishes and/or from different manufacturers will vary considerably, so you should take these numbers as a guide, not an absolute. What is it? -- 11/0 Delicas or 12/0 Delicas?
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Japanese seed beads are perfectly consistent in size from bead to bead, and have more durable finishes than Czech beads. They are also more expensive. Some projects, like beaded pouches, are enhanced by the perfect size match of Japanese beads. Other projects are enhanced by minor imperfections in size, that you would get from using Czech seed beads.
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E-BEADS
E-beads in the 5/0 - 6/0 size are often referred to as E-beads, while other sizes of seed beads are not. This is probably to differentiate these from perfectly round beads -- which are not often available in sizes smaller than 2-3mm. If a pattern calls for an "E-bead", with no other delineation, it usually wants a size 5/0 or 6/0 seedbead. |
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