[Caitlin]

Wait a minute
I am left handed and knot just fine! I learned knitting, knotting and crochet by doing mirror image. I made my first knotted piece in 1968- a mere 40 years!

I also have a pacemaker and once when the company checked it I wore my 12mm necklace with the magnet. I asked the representatives of the company. They told me, it is no longer a problem to wear a pacemaker because magnet is so far away from it.

I have cont looking for the perfect clasp, because people have told me they lost bracelets with magnets. (I never did) Also sometimes one side of a magnet will come unglued. It usually stays attached to the other side and I glue them back in, but I wouldn't want that to happen to a friend or buyer.

I now favor ball and socket clasps in Sterling (Hip Chik beads has them.) the ball goes in a basket and a folder over the basket, locks it.
I use the same ending method as Pearl Man, but I change the weight of the thread to fit closely in the strand but be able to go back through two pearls.

Pearl man please tell us more about your scissors. I use a $2.49 thread cutter.