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I recommend round wooden toothpicks which are just under 1/8" thick. These are perfect for also holding the beads when you are glazing the beads. Of course there are several different types of toothpicks but the ones I think are best for actually rolling the beads, are toothpicks that are round. As you may know, knitting needles come in several different sizes and you should be able to make almost any size bead on these but they can be hard to use if you are making small beads. I really do recommend using a mechanical bead roller for actually rolling the beads. The knitting needles would be a good tool to use when drying beads with different sized holes. Just cut notches in shoe box to fit the thickness of each knitting needle and place the knitting needle across the box in the notches with the beads on the needle. Then glaze the beads. When the beads are dry, you can cut them apart with a sharp razor blade while the beads are still on the knitting needle. This drying method works best if the holes in the beads are bigger than 1/8" in diameter.
Now that you have a bead roller, here is how you use it.
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