20 gauge/ 0.81 (usually printed 0.8mm) is good for pendants, charms, items with heavy beads (crystal, glass). Be careful of your fingers with this size it can cut into them. 16 + gauge/ 1.29mm (usually printed 1.3mm) not used to crochet with but for making supports and shapes to crochet on.
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sinister. 1  Archaic on, to, or toward the left-hand side; left. 2  Heraldry on the left side of a shield (the right as seen by the viewer). 3  threatening harm, evil, or misfortune; ominous; portentous: sinister storm clouds. 4  wicked, evil, or dishonest, esp. in some dark, mysterious way: a sinister plot. Archaic on, to, or toward the left-hand side; left. 2  Heraldry on the left side of a shield (the right as seen by the viewer). 3  threatening harm, evil, or misfortune; ominous; portentous: sinister storm clouds. 4  wicked, evil, or dishonest, esp. in some dark, mysterious way: a sinister plot.