[Caitlin]

Hi Cindy

This is exactly the kind of problem Power Pro thread is useful for. It is made out of Spectra and does not get cut nor does it stretch. Power Pro is available at Hye on Beads, an Ebay store and at Artbeads.com who does not charge postage.

I first used it because the silk stretched with some very large pearls in a 32"necklace.

I have recently used it to knot at least a dozen strands including a couple of ropes.

Its original use was as fishing line, but the much larger and less expensive spools of PowerPro fishing line, as it is called, do not come in Black or white, but in moss green and orange.

It drapes as well as silk. The only problen it it is rough on the hands after a couple of hundred knots. My sis-in-law actually got her hangnail caught in it and it made it worse.

Nevertheless, this is my very favorite for most of my pearls.

It comes in 10lb test which is teeny and strong. and 20 lb test which goes through most pearls, and 30lb test which is great for big pearls. If you use a thread too small, the knots will not keep the pearls in place- they will slide around.