Large Hama/perler bead projects

[LilMissFirefly]

Hey guys,

I want to start working with Hama beads, I've found somewhere that sells 10,000 of them for £14 but I've noticed that the biggest Pegboard is 15"x15"

I was just wondering how you therefore create any piece which is bigger than 15"x15", do you do it section by section? Ironing and removing as you go?

[Servotron]

I don't work with perler beads myself, but from what I've seen on the boards, you can get pegboards that slot together in order to make the big pieces.

[LiquidKarma]

Servo is right. They all snap together. Just know that sorting a huge mixed jar is a pain.

I did an 11,000 one once...NEVER AGAIN!!

[dvdwojnar]

A related question: where do you guys find the 15" by 15" boards? I'd rather use those, but the only things I seem to ever see, online or otherwise, are the 29x29 (in pegs) boards that perler makes, which are about, oh... almost 5".

[LilMissFirefly]

This is where I saw pegboards, just realised its 15x15cm not inches =(

http://hamabeadshop.com/hama-pegboard-s ... p-423.html


also i don't intend to sort through the jar of 10,000 just do something more spontaneous

[dvdwojnar]

Oh... they're not actually bigger... Its juts the number of connector tabs. Perler boards have one, Hama ones have two.
Yeah, don't try to sort through a large bucket-assortment. It takes forever to go through a 1500 mix, let alone 10000+. I for some reason got a bucket a while back, and now I just kind of hunt and peck if I run out of black or white. Its kind of a pain, so I like to stick with buying pre-sorted packs or single colors.