| Okay, I just did this with a needle and thread I had handy, using a paper clip to stand in for the clasp. This works but you would have to be able to pass 4 strands of silk through the end beads:
Ignore this and go directly to post 10 for a better way
About 3 inches from the ends of the silk (you will need this later), form the loop and pass it through the clasp. Pass the needle through that loop, and holding the loose ends of the silk so they don't get tangled up in the knot, tighten the lark's head knot.
You should now have a knot around the clasp. Pass the needle and the loose ends through the first bead/pearl. Make a lark's head knot around the two threads (the 3 inch length of doubled ends of the silk that were left over from making the first loop earlier) and tighten. String another bead on the needle and the loose ends. Make another lark's head knot, then another bead etc.until the 3 inch end is used up or you have strung 3 beads. Put a drop of glue on the last lark's head knot and trim away the last of the 3 inch ends.
Then keep stringing onto the needle making knots the usual way instead.
At the other end, string on the last 3 beads without knots. Pass needle through the clasp, double back and make lark's head knots between beads around the silk.
Last edited by Pearl_dreams; 06-28-2008 at 05:16 PM.
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