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Step 3Add glue
I chose fabric glue from the craft store so the necklace would stay flexible and hold up to sweat and oils from skin.
Apply glue thoroughly with a paintbrush; it works well if you dilute the glue with some water and soak the string.
Make sure to squish the strings against each other on the pegs; you'll want them as close as possible so they adhere to each other. For this one, I slid a bamboo skewer under the string and pushed the bottom up while pushing the top down.
I'm impatient. I use a hairdryer to dry the glue and help heat set it.
When it's dry, gently scrape each point up from the peg using your nails. Be careful; you may have to scoot the points up slowly and go around the circle more than once to get it all the way off.
Once it's off, note where the overlapping strings need more glue. Add more glue.
Once it's off the jig, don't just turn the hairdryer on. The string will fly off the table and onto the floor. Don't ask me how I know this. Hold it down with a skewer or something else that pins the string down, and THEN turn on the hair dryer. Squish the overlapping strings together with your fingers.
You'll want each string link to be flexible but strong enough to hold its shape.
Apply glue thoroughly with a paintbrush; it works well if you dilute the glue with some water and soak the string.
Make sure to squish the strings against each other on the pegs; you'll want them as close as possible so they adhere to each other. For this one, I slid a bamboo skewer under the string and pushed the bottom up while pushing the top down.
I'm impatient. I use a hairdryer to dry the glue and help heat set it.
When it's dry, gently scrape each point up from the peg using your nails. Be careful; you may have to scoot the points up slowly and go around the circle more than once to get it all the way off.
Once it's off, note where the overlapping strings need more glue. Add more glue.
Once it's off the jig, don't just turn the hairdryer on. The string will fly off the table and onto the floor. Don't ask me how I know this. Hold it down with a skewer or something else that pins the string down, and THEN turn on the hair dryer. Squish the overlapping strings together with your fingers.
You'll want each string link to be flexible but strong enough to hold its shape.
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Aug 13, 2010. 7:51 AMKayakChickee
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Could you use spray starch instead of glue? I wonder if you used it at least for the first part before you took it off the pegs. I'm going to have to investigate this option. Great tutorial!
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