I am pretty new to bead weaving and am using a Ricks Loom. I had wanted to use 6.0 but they were sold out, so I got these. These work so well! They are very uniform and I reserved a few of the pail pink beads and when I got near the center, I loaded them to spell out HOPE for a friend who is going through treatment for breast cancer. One bag made a 6 1/2 inch bracelet with beads to spare. Luckily I bought 2 bags so I can make another since they sold out so fast. You almost do not see the word and that is what I was aiming for! I did not want it to be an obvious thing. I had tried to make the bracelet earlier with white and turquoise and all you saw was the word hope. This just looks like a pretty spring bracelet and you have to look close to the see the word. I used 11 beads across to fit the little tube things Beadaholic sellts to finsish it off and made the letters 5 beads high. I have watched many of your youtube videos but never purchased much. That is about to change, so far everything I have purchased has been wonderful!