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Thank you!! I just discovered I have birthday wishes :o) I should look here more often! lol

It was Inge's lesson, I just tried it out. "Clasps with tie bars", sorry, not sure what you mean.

I could have left the gold beads off, but I thought, better the edge of the cone rubs on them rather than the pearls.

I have placed a rolled gold cone over the head pin so you can see. After I knot another strand I'll put the cones on for real. Make a loop outside the narrow end to attach to my clasp.

Okay... I used a headpin, made a ring and wrapped the end. I , so far, have 4 strands of pearls attaxhed, planning on one more. All in coffee and cream shades but you can't really see

I'm afraid my neck is no longer photogenic :o(

I wish I had a neck I could borrow for pics. Lucas (son) won't model and definitely no pics!! lol

Sueki, that is GORGEOUS!!

Oh Blaire, they are GLORIOUS!! I can see I'm lagging way behind!

Ha! Take more than pearls lol Imagine all the knotting in a curtain!

I throw the pearls that didn't make the cut into a plastic crate. I gave a bag full each to a couple of the girls at my sons school, they were so excited! lol I think they would look great in a brandy balloon or other nice glass container, you could fill it with water to really bring out the...

Thank you for this Inge, I just bought some sterling and gold filled cones and want to try them out. Yours are the best instructions I've found.

Those circle pearls are luscious!!

When I started I tried gold plate. I turned brown in a matter of days (the stuff I was wearing) so I moved on to rolled gold.

I live in the tropics and wear my gold filled earrings day and night, only taking them off to wash my hair. I haven't had any discolour.

Try different silk thicknesses too I most often use F or FF, occasionally E (that's all Guderbrod) The main thing is use the thickest thread you can comfortably get through the drill holes twice.

Guderbrod on the reel

My favourites are Beadalon fine collapsible eye needles, packets of 50. 2 1/2 inches. I went looking and found them: http://www.greatcraftworks.com/index.php?sid=98b88f224e1ef644bd9df1a49d94ae74&item=573 I recently got some with a round eye but they're like trying to work with a hair!

Oh I love knotting with silk. I occasionally use synthetics, like superlon, and just got some powerpro. I haven't had silk break... just knot itself in an inconvenient place or get into a snaggle, but mostly it's fine (might be me when it misbehaves eh?)