[danachit]

Okay, I give up.

I have had several necklaces that needed restringing and the original knotter attached the clasp not with gimp, but with the silk directly attached to the clasp....a larkshead knot.

I understand the concept behind this 'knot'. You make a loop, push the whole loop up through the clasp, then bring the needle end through the loop, thus making a solid hold.

However.....when thinking of using a double strand of silk, how would one do this? where would the knot be?

I've seen this sillk/clasp attach method on many, many pearls and though I know it isn't the way of choice, I would still like to know how to do it.

Does anyone know of an online video or illustration that shows this method? I believe I saw someone on here, once, call it the Hong Kong method or something like that... Thanks!