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Thanks jeg. I wore it yesterday and got many compliments, as well as a job to do a friend’s pearls. She has 2 strands that need restringing. Looking forward to seeing them.

That’s very encouraging, thank you Pattye! That posted video really helped a lot. Especially, the last few pearls. Great idea, taping them down so you have that “3rd hand”.

Thank you!!

Just checked - the gold vermeil is 0.7mm, the silver is 1mm! Guess I’ll be buying new silver gimp. 0.7in the gold should be finer than 0.8 but it looks big. Is there smaller?

Aha! I wasn’t sure if there were different sizes. Thank you! That will help. It seemed large to me. And yes, sterling would be good with white metal clasps. I bought some at the same time. I hope it’s not too large, as well. I already got a job from a friend! LOL! When I showed her my pearls...

I think my gimp work needs a lot of work.

Here they are. The first pearls…

Yipes! Glad I ordered the card and not the spool. Here I go again….

Woops again! I ordered the fine. I think it will be OK, won’t it? Thank you so much for your support - I am totally out of my element in this!

I’m a total idiot! I got my Pattye’s Serafil thread but I guess it’s too thick. #2 silk is 0.45mm thick so I ordered #20 serafil, that said it also was 0.45mm. But when I threaded my needle and strung the pearls according to the video, I could not get the needle back through the hole with the...

Thank you for your responses, both here and in conversation. I have posted my answer and further questions there. Its easier for me to find. Yes, I did try to finish but still have 32 pearls to go and 3” of thread on the needle side. I blooped pretty bad.. 😂 I‘m learning it all up front...

Hi! I’m new to the forum and also all things bead. I started restringing a necklace and ran out of thread. (NONE of the tutorials I found explained where to start with the clasp.) now I am almost finished and don’t have enough thread. I left about 20” free on tha back end, which MAY be enough...