Something new and different for you to play with. These are called knotlets because they look just like little knots of glass. They are heavily textured.....think of a loosely woven ball of wool...and are etched to give that heavenly soft glow. They are about 15mm in diameter so half as large again as fritetts.

They are a nice solid bead and according to my testers can take anything you throw at them even dropping them onto a tiled kitchen floor.....not advised though!!