I'm sorry if you guys feel put upon. It's been a long journey for many of us, and sometimes we get irritated with misinformation that continues to re-surface on a regular basis. You don't need a kiln to make beads, but any un annealed or poorly annealed bead will crack eventually, so even if you are keeping them for your own use you should be aware of this.
I think it was Pam (very experienced beadmaker) who kept a bunch of unannealed beads in a jar. She would check them periodically and after 10 years or so, almost all of them had cracked.
For those who don't have kilns, there may be someone near you who would be willing to batch anneal for you
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cRlyn, cause Traci says so
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