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Try using a mandrel spinner to pull them! 
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One of my pet peeves with twisties is all the glass you end up with that isn't really good for anything after you pull the twistie.
I made a twisty from this tutorial for the first time last night. I was SO impressed! I loved that you can make 2nd and 3rd pulls after your first one has hardened and it looks just as good. So little waste of glass this way! They look gorgeous on beads also.
(edited to add) The one thing I did differently is that instead of using pliers to pull, I used a mandrel on the other end also. Makes it easier for me to twist quickly.
Thanks Kimberly!
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Thank you!
Thank you so much, I am hoping to try this tonight. The cone shape makes so much sense! I hate wasting the big glob that gets left over at the bottom of my water jar.
Oh, and I like the hiss sound too.
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It's been over a year since reading this and I must say I can make pretty good twisties now thanks to Kimberly. And I love using them for organics and encased stripey beads.
I need more twisty recipes though. I have a few written down that people have shared. The ones I try to come up with usually don't work out so well incorporated into a bead. 
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2008-09-20, 9:32am
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Thanks for sharing this Kimberly - I have been twistie impaired but you have made me hopeful again - I missed this thread and I am glad it was bumped!
Love those seahorses!!!!
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I can't wait to try out your technique, Kimberly. Thanks!
(*crossing my fingers and toes...*) I'll post pics of how they turn out!
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I'm awfully late to the party, but wanted to thank you for providing such great instructions for something I am eager to try. So, THANK YOU!!!
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Possible you could do a tutorial on the sea horses...mine look so pathetic 
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She did do a tutorial - it is in The Flow magazine.
http://www.theflowmagazine.com/pdf/Affleck-Seahorse.pdf
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Well thank you Kimberly for SHARING! Way too generous! Thank you Squidly for the link!
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Thanks so much Kimberley. I needed an "aha moment" and was so surprised when my first twisty flowed out so smoothly, almost by itself, that I dropped the tweezers!
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2009-10-18, 1:20pm
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I tried...
Long time lurker, first time posting to LE. Found this tutorial by Kim and had to try it!
Attempt the first
Attempt the second
Attempt the fourth (the third one cracked, that's what I get for mixing Lauscha and Morettii)
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Wow - those are gorgeous.
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Okay, so I made some twisties today using this technique, and they turned out GREAT! My question now is, how do you get the glass off the end of the mandrel? Should I have had bead release on the end? I feel dumb for not asking befor I began, but I have about 6 mandrels with little, but pretty and colorful, blobs of glass on the end, without bead release. Do I use a hammer and smack them to get the glass off? Can I use the mandrels for regular bead making again? Thanks!
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Those are GREAT!
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2009-10-31, 7:09pm
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I just heat the glass on the end real hot and stick it in my water jar. The glass cracks right off just like if you were making homemade frit. But just the glass on the end tho don't go up to far on the mandrel or when it hits the water it might bend a little. Try it you will know right off the bat what I'm trying to say  . Theirs probably better ways but that's fast and easy for me and you can do it at the same time your done with it.
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Fanny, as soon as you are done pulling your twistie, superheat the pretty blob and dunk it into water. The glass will shock, shatter, and fall off the mandrel. Make sure you keep it under water 'til it's done or some of it might shoot across the room (not a good thing)- don't ask me how I know this, LOL.
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LOL Acid, we answered at the same time!! Great minds think alike. 
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Okay, now that I know how to do it, I CAN'T STOP!!!!!!! I am so in love with this technique! It is amazingly easy. The first time I tried to do it, I made a GREAT twistie!!!!
Kimberly, you're my hero!!!!!!
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Bumped for Katie Gee's twistie give away thread. Thanks, Kimberly!  Angelique
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Thank you so much for doing this tutorial. It is the best.
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Thank you !!
Kim, you and this FREE tutorial of yours is how I learned to make
twisties. If it weren't for you, mine would still look worse
than crap, LOL !! THANK YOU !!
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Kimberly - I also make all of my twisties based on your tutorial. Thank you!
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I can't believe this is still helping people after 5 years! Thanks for your generous nature Kimberly! I know when I first joined the forum in 2005 this helped me too.
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I have a ton of shorts I can use in this--thanks a bajillion!
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Thank you for sharing this.
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I wish I could find your free tutorial for the seahorse. I've looked everywhere for it, but can't find it.
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Hi Kimberly,
Do you know when you might put the Twisted seahorse tutorial back on? I really would like it. Thanks.
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