Purple pearls

[CMN]

Here are a couple of photos of purple pearls from Cees. I can’t get them strung just yet as the local jeweller is closed due to Covid-19.

 

[Incik Boncuk]

Beautiful!

 

[86Corvettegirl]

Beautiful strand with great color matching & nice luster!!

 

[pattye]

Love the subtle color variations; this will be stunning on you, CMN! What size are the pearls?

 

[BWeaves]

Gorgeous. Time to start learning how to string yourself?

 

[CMN]

Pattye, they are 11 x 13mm

 

[pattye]

Oh, YES, wonderful size!! Thank you! Cees has a great eye for pearls, as do our forum members, lol.

 

[Katbran]

Oooooo love those colours ! It's nice to have a touch of variation in the purples ! Great size as well !

 

[CMN]

Here are some more photos with the rest of my collection.

 

[SydK]

Beautiful! I like the slight variations in tone, and they’re a great size.

 

[amti]

Seriously, get some BS from Pattye and watch the videos. It is really a lot easier to string than you think. And it gets easier the more you do it. THis is a perfect time to learn too!

 

[Charlotta]

You have a lovely collection. Stringing yourself is so rewarding, and then you can remake the pearls whenever you want to. Also not that difficult really.

 

[Marianne]

What a lovely collection, CNM. I would also encourage you to order some of Pattye's Serafil thread (PatriciaSaabDesigns.etsy.com) along with needles and French Wire. (She offers a wonderful beginners kit) With a bit of practice you can acquire a very useful and rewarding skill.

 

[jesskat]

CNM, they are so stunning! I had inquired about them with Cees, as well, so I'm super glad they went to a PG home!!

 

[Gemandpearlover]

Lovely color (purple is my favorite), luster and size. What a great addition to your lovely collection.

 

[CMN]

Thanks all for your lovely comments. I will definitely repost when they are strung.

I am reluctant to string them myself as they were expensive. I could of course try my skills on a cheap strand but I think the costs slowly start mounting up in the end. Of course my view on that may change the longer social isolation measures remain in place...I am starting to get a bit restless ��

 

[KarinK]

I would say that you can't really ruin anything by stringing a strand. At worst, the stringing doesn't look good, you cut it up and either try again or give up.
There's a starter kit from Pattey here: https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/...knotting-starter?ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1
If you need other colours, I'd just contact Pattey about it.
I restring my own expensive strands. Feels very liberating

 

[BWeaves]

You can't mess up stringing. You're just putting the pearls on thread and knotting in between. If you still want them professionally strung, there is no extra cost to cutting your stringing effort apart, since most stringers would be restringing existing strands anyway.

 

[Katbran]

Definitely give it a try ! Given how slow the mail is at the moment you could order Beaders Secret from Melbourne - Bernadette a member here sells it on ETSY . She's got the needles etc and you can watch various videos to learn how to knot.

 

[CMN]

Finally got the strand strung. Here are some update photos. The photos seem a bit grainy so I will try and post some better update ones When I can.