Seed beads are the most versatile of beads, waiting for your creative touch to make your ideas transform the seed bead into stylish and individual seed beaded creations. Czech seed beads are the most common seed beads in size 11/o followed by Japanese seed beads from Miyuki, which are terrific for bead weaving and loomwork. We are a wholesale supplier of Miyuki Delica beads, round Japanese seed beads, that are completely different from the Czech beads. The Japanese expertise in the mechanization of the bead-making process creates beads that are as close to perfect uniformity as it gets.

Carol Wilcox Wells, in her book "The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving", gives a well-researched answer to the question How Many Seed Beads? Using black opaque seed beads from one manufacturer, she came up with these numbers:

6/o seedbeads are apprx. 4mm, 8/o delicas are approximately 3.3mm, 8/o seedbeads are apprx. 3mm, 11/o seedbeads are apprx. 2.2mm, 12/o delicas are apprx. 1.8mm, and 15/o seedbeads are apprx 1.5mm.

BEADS PER GRAM 15/o seed beads 290 beads/gram, 12/o delicas 190 beads/gram, 11/o seed beads 110 beads/gram, 8/o seed beads 38 beads/gram, 6/o seed beads 15 beads/gram.

BEADS PER LINEAR MEASUREMENT: 15/o seed beads 24 beads/inch 9 beads/centimeter, 12/o delicas 20 beads/inch 7 beads/centimeter, 11/o seed beads 18 beads/inch 7 beads/centimeter, 8/o seed beads 13 beads/inch 5 beads/centimeter, 6/o seed beads 10 beads/inch 4 beads/centimeter.

BEADS PER SQUARE AREA: 15/o seed beads 330 beads/sq. inch 54 beads/sq. centimeter, 12/o delicas 285 beads/sq. inch 42 beads/sq. centimeter, 11/o seed beads 216 beads/sq. inch 35 beads/sq. centimeter, 8/o seed beads 108 beads/sq. inch 20 beads/sq. centimeter, 6/o seed beads 70 beads/sq. inch 12 beads/sq. centimeter.

Please note that shipping costs will be recalculated for seedbeads, rocailles or delicas, if the shipping method chosen during the check out process of your order does not cover actual shipping costs.

All seedbeads, rocailles or delicas are sold in 10 gram increments, 1 - 4 peices means 10 - 40 grams. We will put the total ordered amount into 1 bag. Should you wish to have more small product bags the SKU is : ENV-CL-60 or ENV-CL-80.