Linda's Lowly Beading Adventures

[Katbran]

lovin the purple! You are definitely on a roll !!

 

[linda.wald]

Well, I ordered 2 more strands from Li. One of them was a good match for the first one I ordered, so I took apart the first strand and strung them together. I really like the result. The third strand is lighter, and I think will look nice with silver beads.'
Here are the 2 first strands:

 

[Marianne]

Those are really lovely pearls, Linda and a great length!

 

[Charlotta]

Very pretty rope Linda

 

[BeadersSecret]

Those purple pearls really have depth- gorgeous!

 

[CathyKeshi]

Anyone else want to see that beautiful new rope of Linda's "right side up? Yep, me too

 

[Rianne]

Wow! Love the colours from your pearls. Are these the 10 mm pearls she offers?

 

[pattye]

Your purples turned out lovely, Linda.

 

[Audrie013]

Linda I’m loving the longer strand of purples

 

[linda.wald]

Thank you Cathy, for turning the picture, and everyone for the nice comments! I have been searching for nice purple pearls for quite a while now. I love pearls, and purple and Purple Pearls!

I think the sizes are in the 10-12mm range. They are baroque, so hard to measure.

 

[SydK]

They look quite round on your neck - a lovely strand and a great length.

 

[jeg]

That’s a great rope, Linda!

 

[BWeaves]

Wow! Gorgeous.

 

[Katbran]

Oh that turned out great ! Beautiful rope , well done !

 

[Charlotta]

So pretty. I love ropes, it's easier to see the pearls. And if not-husband wants to watch some boring show at netflix then I can play with the pearls instead...and someone might say that I could do something else. Well we always watch some show every night around 9 together and he did watch the 2 hour documentary of the swedish royal jewelry with me even though he almost fell asleap. It was dreadfully boring he said, I thought it was very interesting.

 

[BWeaves]

I loved the Swedish jewelry documentary. I watched it in Swedish. I don't speak Swedish. I don't care. It was pure pearl and tiara pron (sic).

 

[linda.wald]

I really enjoyed the Swedish royal jewels documentary, too. I was fascinated by the tiara with the pearl acorns in the first hour. I wish I could find a translated version. And I did get my husband to watch a little bit. He speaks Dutch, but the Swedish was beyond him. I took a screenshot of the tiara. It looks like they used tahitian pearls:

 

[eolian pearls]

Lovely purple rope Linda! I am a big fan of ropes and your is very pretty, really purple and great luster, too! Enjoy!

 

[Charlotta]

That diadem is accually made out of steel and gilded brass. It was made around 1810, at the time very fascionable. Queen Silvia found it in a cabinet in Stockholm castle during the 1970:s. It's very delicate and took great skill in making.

 

[linda.wald]

Thank you, Charlotta, that is fascinating! So the acorns are not pearls after all? At around that time, too, aluminum was being used for jewelry, along with cut steel.