100 Inch Rope Challenge!!
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BeadersSecret
Professional Rethreader
Yup, two words come to mind green and envy.
Imanit, the coin pearls are really sublime, all in all a really lovely necklace.
imanit
Baroque Pearl
Sheri, your rope is something else...and it looks that pearls you used are rather nice. Wearing it long gives you possibility to look at at them constantly... admiring them.. playing with them. WOW !! Dream come through..
Back at home, yesterday, I checked my other ropes. Guess what: 90" seams to be my length. Unaware of it, I made three almost the same length. Other two are 88" and 92"... Somehow it must be the length I like to wear !
Back at home, yesterday, I checked my other ropes. Guess what: 90" seams to be my length. Unaware of it, I made three almost the same length. Other two are 88" and 92"... Somehow it must be the length I like to wear !
pearlrevolution
New Member
The idea of a 100 inch rope is awsome to me. I am rather new to beading as well as this forum. I have tried this type of continuous knotting and just can't seem to get it right. I am using a real silk thread and using the technique seen on many sites where you run the thread back through the last bead and tie a double half hitch knot on either side. Is anyone aware of a good instructional site that gives tips on how to correctly do this type of finishing of the necklace. I must be doing something wrong because the knots just slip right out and untie.
Any help would be greatly appreciated by the newbie.
Any help would be greatly appreciated by the newbie.
kojimapearl
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Dear Pearlrevolution.... mmmm I have missed the double half hitch on either side idea, but I can see how that would be confusing and possibly problematic. I string with doubled thread (one long strand folded in half at the needle). I string on all the pearls, remove the needle, half hitch the clasp where the needle once was. Then I slide each pearl down knotting as I go along. When I get to the end, I leave the last two pearls unknotted. I remove one of the threads from the last pearl, the other thread then doubles around the loop on the clasp and back through the last pearl... where the first thread is waiting to tie a double square knot. (then I use a small tad of hypo tube cement.. just to keep the thread from fraying.. I let that dry and snip).
Hope this helps!
Sarah
Hope this helps!
Sarah
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imanit
Baroque Pearl
Sueki
Pearl Collector & Designer
O.K.
I know these are pearls and will always look fabulous, but Crikey !
Ivona, they don't half look good on you !.....
I know these are pearls and will always look fabulous, but Crikey !
Ivona, they don't half look good on you !.....
imanit
Baroque Pearl
O.K.
I
Ivona, they don't half look good on you !.....
You just killed my illusions....
....and they are not supposed to look good on me - they are supposed th draw attention away from my aging face/ neck/ body... Maybe people will remember just the pearls.....
Sueki
Pearl Collector & Designer
GemGeek
Pearlista
Those are so lavish. I love them, and they do look terrific on you. 
imanit
Baroque Pearl
Mostly Dandyline, sometimes PowerPro. for big pearls .11, for smaller .08, when I have tiny holes in stones, .06. Always double thread. With .06 I make double knots. With very big pearls sometimes double knots even on .11 thread.....And , yes, I knot rather well. I learned a lot reading posts on this forum.
I remember how I started: I was threading one pearl on single thread, making a knot ( sometimes 1mm too far from it), putting second pearl on, making knot....and so on...... I had no idea it could be done differently.....
My strand came up a little short because I was too lazy to knot between all the pearls!
This one finishes at 95". It is made of white keishi, metallic keishi and FW klonkers that range in size from 11-14mm. I knotted between the metallics and the FW, and the entire rope is strung on powerpro.
I haven't named it yet but my husband is quite enthralled by a rope necklace...which means any name given to the piece won't be appropriate to post! LOL.
I wore it tonight for the first time and had 2 strangers ask where they could get one.
This one finishes at 95". It is made of white keishi, metallic keishi and FW klonkers that range in size from 11-14mm. I knotted between the metallics and the FW, and the entire rope is strung on powerpro.
I haven't named it yet but my husband is quite enthralled by a rope necklace...which means any name given to the piece won't be appropriate to post! LOL.
I wore it tonight for the first time and had 2 strangers ask where they could get one.
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la_corsetiere
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Wow, Annie! I can understand your husband's response. Gorgeous!
Sheri
Sheri
Nerida
Member
Annie - that is fantastic!! And looks pretty darned good on you, too... I echo Sheri's comments!!
imanit
Baroque Pearl
I love the metallic keishis beside the klonks !! Beautiful design !!
GemGeek
Pearlista
Annie, you do look hot in those pearls. Your husband is sure to let you spend more on pearls now - an extra benefit.
It makes me wish I were younger and in better shape. Geezerdom has its own benefits, though!
It makes me wish I were younger and in better shape. Geezerdom has its own benefits, though!
la_corsetiere
Super Moderator
...It makes me wish I were younger and in better shape. Geezerdom has its own benefits, though!
Yeah, I do sometimes wax nostalgic for those days of slimmer thighs and an unfurrowed brow, but I must say, I've certainly enjoyed earning my laugh lines and grey hairs! Life is to be lived to the fullest - which is probably why I just bought another 19mm pearl
eekHmmmm...I'm thinking I need to make another rope soon...the husband is away, so the wife will play...with pearls!
Sheri
