[knotty panda]

You know, Caitlin has been bugging the heck out of me to do a video or some other such thing. There really is no reason why you can't knot professionally the first time and every time.

Oh, as far as the difference in price is concerned, I'm more of a novelty act than anything else. People come here to watch me work and we sit and chat and have coffee or tea or a pop or whatever. Takes up the afternoon. Twice I've gone to people's homes to knot their pearls. If it's a simple string job, necklace or bracelet, they can have it that day, and they like that. I always know what I'm in for before I even see the piece. They are usually repair jobs for name branded pearls. Most times, repair jobs on freshwater pieces, the people balk at my prices. Which is ok, because when they start asking silly questions like "why do you have to reknot the whole thing? Can't you just ..." When they say that, "can't you just" line, I really don't care if I do their job or not. The other line I love is, "but it's only an 18" necklace!" never mind that it's a two-strand necklace. Which is why I charge by the knot.

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I really didn't answer your question, now did I? Do random symmetry knotting on anything under 5MM. I guess you could also do that on larger pearls if they just aren't worth the time to individually knot.