[Jewelry making - Article 00217] - Re: [Orchid] Pearls: To Knot or Not

[Simone Choy]

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    My experience while knotting a 54" strand of pearls was that I could
    string on 10 pearls, wind up the 5 meters of silk...like an extension
    cord.... to prevent it from getting all tangled up while leaving
    enough silk to complete the knotting. The effect would not have been
    as stunning had I not taken the days it took to knot between each
    pearl. 

    As for the silk getting wound up at the end, before putting on
    French wire, I use bees wax to get the silk completely unwound then
    gently and using the right size of wire slide it on...if I can, I
    will also let the strand hang to unwind any twists. 

love this forum...
Simone
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