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It always takes me 3 tries to restring my pearls, because my hands forget the right tension to do the knots.

Nice double strand of akoyas with a nice clasp. No, it's not worth getting them appraised or x-rayed. But definitely give them a gentle wash to clean the gunk off and bright them up. I don't think they need restringing yet, unless you see pearls slipping up and down between the knots. The...

Fascinating! I'm a hand weaver, and that looks like a knotting technique to me. But from a distance, it definitely gives a crochet vibe. I find it interesting that there's a light thread running across the top of the pearls that holds everything in place, and then the pearls are threaded...

Just lounging around the house and weaving today, wearing pearls, as you do. Dyed freshies with jade and gemstone beads, from Kojima. I feel very Pompeii in these earrings.

Those are lovely!!! Enjoy! I love a good clasp.

JEG, I don't think I've seen your BBA ring before, or the dangle necklace. Love them. And I love what you did with the Fijian keshi. I'm feeling BLUE today. The blue baroque Tahitian bird ring from SeaBeauty Shop. Dyed freshwater and akoya pearl earrings and necklaces with aquamarines are...

OOOO, SurfnSci, love the blue ombre' necklaces. Visiting Dad today. Blue baroque akoya pearl rings from Takahashi Pearl. Earrings are jade and freshwater drop shaped pearls. Pendant is freshwater pearls. The rope of tiny white pearls and jade links and the rope of greenish pearls with oxidized...

JEG, love your pieces, as usual. Not visiting Dad today. And it's too hot to step outside, so I'm going for my coolest pearls. I call this pendant the Hamentashen because it looks like the triangular pastry eaten during Purim. I bought the pearl from Pacific Pearls and had it set as a...

OOOO, I love a good ombre'.

They have NOTHING. That's the point, hahaha. Well, I assume they have nothing. I've never made it all the way there, myself.

I've been trying to get to Ban Island, but I just can't seem to make it there.

Yens, those are gorgeous. They definitely give Hanadamas a run for the money.

Here's a few. Real gold on the left is still bright shiny and yellow. Pinchbeck on the right looks "antiqued." Pinchbeck may have been a brighter gold color when the pieces were new. They don't exactly tarnish, but they do get darker as time goes on. England only allowed 18K or higher...

Wow, how did I miss this thread? My mother collected cameos when we lived in England in the 1960s, and I have them all now. MintyFresh: It's also possible that the gold colored metal is Pinchbeck. Christopher Pinchbeck was a watchmaker and he created a gold colored alloy of copper and zinc in...

SurfnSci: Those Kasumis really glow on your skin. JEG: Gorgeous Tahtian's as usual. The pendant necklace is so unique. I remember that one. It really caught my eye. Tahitians for me today, too. Earrings and Planet Berna necklace from Kamoka. Memory wire bracelet from OceanRhyme. I...