Beats

[hiker]

My wife likes to make Necklaces .
We are coming to the Elounda & Aghios Nikolaos area twice in 2010. We were wondering If there are any shops in the area that sell beats? Any help will be appreciate
Roeland

[metaxaman]

One for you Stefos I think.

[gdlink]

Saw this in Rethymnon

http://www.rethymnon.biz/Buss/Jewel/Jewel6/jewel6_1.htm

good luck

Geoff

[Stefos]

Originally Posted by hiker

My wife likes to make Necklaces .
We are coming to the Elounda & Aghios Nikolaos area twice in 2010. We were wondering If there are any shops in the area that sell beats? Any help will be appreciate
Roeland

I think you may mean beads, zig zag on the main road makes her own jewellery so probably has beads and stones etc.

Ble also on the main road has lot's of beads and stuff.

I will ask the owner of Zig Zag when she gets back from Paris

[hiker]

Stefos
yes it is beads and thank you. If you get get the information please let me know.
Greetings from Belgium Roeland
P.S. I which you it best for 2010

[hiker]

Geoff Thank you for the information
Roeland

[Juke]

Hi,
I like to make my own jewellery too. In Elounda some of the tourist shops sell strings of semi precious 'chips' but I have not seen any other kind of beads for sale. There is a shop in Agios which also sells semi precious beads along with ready made jewellery. Not sure of the name of the shop but it is on one of the main streets leading down to bridge over the lake, at the bottom, on the right.
However ..... they are more expensive than I can buy them from internet stores in UK.
Depending on the cost, I sometimes buy ready made pieces of beaded jewellery and break them up to make my own designs.
I can have hours of fun just looking!
Best wishes.
Juke

[hiker]

Juke thank you for the great advise (about breaking them up). Juke the semi precious 'chips' are those like Agates?Do they have a hole in them to use in a neklace?
Once again that you Juke

[Juke]

Hi again,
Yes, the chips are mostly agate, but I think I've seen amethyst, dyed coral and mother of pearl too. They are small uneven stones, with holes, sold in fairly long lengths. I usually use one or two as spacers between other beads/stones.
Juke