Beading Wire & Thread
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Beading wire and thread are required for different types of beadwork:
- Tigertail & monofilament are used for stringing beads into necklaces, bracelets, and other stringy bits
- Craft wire is available in different materials and thicknesses
- KO thread is higher strength & prewaxed alternative to Nymo thread for beadweaving
- Memory wire is beadable wire that springs back into its original shape, be that a bracelet, an necklace or a ring
Wire can be measured in two main ways; American Wire Gauge (AWG) or millimeters (mm). Below is a conversion chart for checking AWG against mm and vice versa. Highlighted and underlined values are the sizes we stock:
| AWG | mm |
| 1 | 7.35 |
| 2 | 6.54 |
| 3 | 5.83 |
| 4 | 5.19 |
| 5 | 4.62 |
| 6 | 4.11 |
| 7 | 3.66 |
| 8 | 3.26 |
| 9 | 2.91 |
| 10 | 2.59 |
| 11 | 2.30 |
| 12 | 2.05 |
| 13 | 1.83 |
| 14 | 1.63 |
| 15 |
1.45 |
| 16 |
1.29 |
| 17 | 1.15 |
| 18 |
1.02 |
| 19 |
0.912 |
| 20 | 0.812 |
| 21 | 0.723 |
| 22 | 0.644 |
| 23 | 0.573 |
| 24 |
0.511 |
| 25 | 0.455 |
| 26 | 0.405 |
| 27 | 0.361 |
| 28 |
0.321 |
| 29 | 0.286 |
| 30 | 0.255 |
| 31 | 0.227 |
| 32 |
0.202 |
| 33 | 0.180 |
| 34 | 0.160 |
| 35 | 0.143 |
| 36 | 0.127 |
| 37 | 0.113 |
| 38 | 0.101 |
| 39 | 0.0897 |
| 40 | 0.0799 |
