| Sorry, I think we are both writing at the same time. Plated tends to break down. Personally, I prefer the smaller jump rings. No, I don't like the bigger rings. You're using 1/4" of gimp. I generally use 1/8". I wouldn't know why a larger amount would cause such tremendous grief. Gimp is so inexpensive, I have a couple of boxes of silver and I think just one of vermeil. Keep different sizes around for kicks and giggles.
Ok, just thinking here. Could it possibly be your thread? You gimp one end, knot the strand, then gimp and backknot. Right? If you aren't allowing your thread to relax and untwist after you finish knotting the strand, when you corner around the jump ring to begin to do your backknots, the gimp will be influenced (for lack of a better word) by the kinks in the thread.
Without seeing it, it's really hard to guess.
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