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They're GLORIOUS!!!

Sometimes I use double knotting if the hole in the pearl needs it. Occasionally the thickest silk that will go through the hole twice is a touc too thin, but the silk size up is too thick. Double knots will stop the pearl slipping over the knot.

Looks to me like that page has freshwater pearls, dyed and undyed with the mother of pearl at the bottom of the page http://www.jtcbeads.com/display.asp?entityid=2348 Impossiblre to see the quality of the dying from the photos. I've had not-so-good (you could see patchy colour on the pearl...

wow! that's just spectacular!!

I hammered some 10-11mm bead nucleated, they all had 6mm nucleii inside.

First you take a hammer.....

Most definitely NOT!!

I too prefer a mix of overtones (which are especially good on lavenders). Each pearl shows up the colour of the next and makes my heart go pitty pat.

Inge you're being cheeky. Do you have made in Sweden on your bottom? I can't see mine lol

Oh well done! They look marvellous! With practice it won't feel awkward. I've dropped half knotted strands too, usually most of the pearls fall off. Once I was knotting outside while Lucas was broadcasting at radio and I knocked the tray of sorted pearls. They went everywhere, in amongst dead...

Carol, it's beautiful, Im so glad you bought it. I'm getting rather partial to bracelets, I always have pearls on my wrist now, and enjoy the feeling. I used to wear a rather ornate gold bracelet all the time till i caught it on the clothes dryer and bent the heart padlock. I;m finding my left...

I knew there was a reason I buy loose pearls like a mad thing.

I've noticed a definite rise in quality (price too, but worth it). My last parcel was all untreated metallics. All gloroius.

There's always a chance someones rich granny died and whoever cleared her things didn't realise they were real. I took a photo of my Madre Perla earrings in case its any help. They didn't feel gritty to my teeth but I know the feel of real pearls These measure 13.9mm and are absolutely gorgeous!

they remind me a bit of madre pearla pearls (which are pretty pricey but very nice fakes)

Oh DON"T! You're making me laugh and that makes me cough and it HURTS!

They are very round. Have you rubbed one against your teeth?

Nope didn't work :o(

Thank you all :o) I got a parcel of pearls today and would love to be getting in to them, but just haven't the energy. I've spent most of the day lying down trying to read a really irritating book. I was afraid to sleep in case I forgot to get Lucas from school.. I still hear from him about the...

Please don't smash any good ones lol. I pick out the ones with blemishes, they're the ones that get the chop. My supplier told me that in China they're calling them Chinese South Sea Freshwater Pearls, but I renamed mine Moonglow. Just felt more comfortable with it. Oh and if I'm not making...