I recently did a complimentary re-stringing of these pearls for my mother's friend and couldn't resist taking a photo of the finished job. Any excuse to get a feel of pearls in another size and to practice more stringing.
I find I love to take close-up shots of pearls and their knots. Took me a few attempts to get the string/ knot size right. The pearls were heavy but the holes were not as big as I expected.
Strangely, the holes seemed smaller than they were for my own 6mm pearls. I thought that holes get bigger as pearls get bigger or maybe that's just an illusion given the larger size of the pearls.
Anyway, they're about 11mm and not round but I think I am developing a preference for pearls that aren't round. I actually like the ridge around the pearls and the luster is quite good. I think they have more character than a boring round strand.
I have to give them back to their owner today. Kind of wish I didn't have to but at least I have the photo souvenir.
I also have another photo of a pearl that fell clean off one of my aunt's strands. Being able to string pearls makes one kind of popular in the family
Everyone is bringing out their secret strands.
Anyway, she asked me to re-string this strand and as I was finishing off, this last pearl cracked clean in half...I was pretty upset because I have to do the whole strand again and tell its owner about the loss but my shock and dismay was put on hold by what I found inside that split pearl - imagine my surprise at finding a pearl within a pearl! There was also a big ridge around each pearl in this strand but the luster and size was not as good as the whole strand you see in my photos.
I thought I would share it on here and see what others might have to say. Is this a common thing at all? I didn't expect this but it was a nice little surprise to see for someone new to pearls. Was the small pearl inserted into the mollusk or did the pearl grow inside it? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I find I love to take close-up shots of pearls and their knots. Took me a few attempts to get the string/ knot size right. The pearls were heavy but the holes were not as big as I expected.
Strangely, the holes seemed smaller than they were for my own 6mm pearls. I thought that holes get bigger as pearls get bigger or maybe that's just an illusion given the larger size of the pearls.
Anyway, they're about 11mm and not round but I think I am developing a preference for pearls that aren't round. I actually like the ridge around the pearls and the luster is quite good. I think they have more character than a boring round strand.
I have to give them back to their owner today. Kind of wish I didn't have to but at least I have the photo souvenir.
I also have another photo of a pearl that fell clean off one of my aunt's strands. Being able to string pearls makes one kind of popular in the family
Everyone is bringing out their secret strands.Anyway, she asked me to re-string this strand and as I was finishing off, this last pearl cracked clean in half...I was pretty upset because I have to do the whole strand again and tell its owner about the loss but my shock and dismay was put on hold by what I found inside that split pearl - imagine my surprise at finding a pearl within a pearl! There was also a big ridge around each pearl in this strand but the luster and size was not as good as the whole strand you see in my photos.
I thought I would share it on here and see what others might have to say. Is this a common thing at all? I didn't expect this but it was a nice little surprise to see for someone new to pearls. Was the small pearl inserted into the mollusk or did the pearl grow inside it? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
