Miyuki has come up with replacements for DB502, and DB509 through 513. These were made with a rhodium plating. Miyuki stopped producing them a few years back when price of rhodium became too high. They have now come up with the same colors in a palladium plating. View Miyuki's color scans: http://www.miyuki-beads.co.jp/english/seed/12.html

As soon as the new colors become available, we will start replacing the original rhodium colors, with the new palladium ones.

The numbers will change, here is a list of the old and new numbers:

DB502-->DB541
DB509-->DB542
DB510-->DB543
DB511-->DB544
DB512-->DB545
DB513-->DB546

They are also replacing DBC-502 with DBC-542 for the same reason.

Another brand new size in Delica Beads (DBS) .... Size 15/0

Several of you have asked if we will be carrying this new size, and the answer is yes! Please be aware that the prices are over 2 times the cost of the size 11/0 Delicas due to the high cost of manufacturing them. On the bright side, because of their smaller size you will receive approximately 300 beads per gram compared to only 200 of the regular size Delica's.

DELICA Actual Size Comparison
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