Knotty,

Thanks for the Thought of that site.... I know the lady who runs that site. She is a nice person, awesome and tallented beader but beader as in Beads seed beads pre 1600 is her interest and Forte to be more specific, not pearls..

Her documentation( whoile awesome) is for beading not specific to pearls. techniques are ones she created...

Part of the challenge made to me is the specifics.. Pearl stringing techniques from teh "MIDDLE and Far east pre 1600" There in lies the rub....

BTW the techniques for beading are to keep beads on garb in the wash and believe me it works!!!!


Thanks again... back to an imposible search!