Restringing Mother-In-Laws, Best clasps for elderly...

[JLTORCZ]

I am trying to decide what to do with so many pearl necklaces. I have been communicating with Pattye and trying to build up enough confidence to attack one of the broken strands. Otherwise I might request some help.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Pattye will give you the best advice!
If you do try your hand at stringing (I hope you do!) start with a single strand necklace.

 

[JLTORCZ]

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[Pearl Dreams]

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• JLTORCZ

 

[A Breaker]

I am trying to decide what to do with so many pearl necklaces. I have been communicating with Pattye and trying to build up enough confidence to attack one of the broken strands. Otherwise I might request some help.

With bead cups... the top one would be pretty easy. (At one time...most people could restring beads, they sold restringing kits in department stores even.) On a double thread, you would make a knot & put it thru the bead cup hole... then pull one pearl at a time off the strand & put it on the new string. Since there are only a few knots, you just tie the knots in the same place on the new string. (after the first 3 pearls & under the safety chain ring) and keep transfering. I do this all in a little box so things don't roll or you can get a bead board (I have 2 from amazon.) so they even stay in a little groove. Always remember that you can redo it, if you don't like it...but you are not reinventing anything, you are just following a pattern or recipe. You really can't mess up and ruin anything. (I actually taught myself originally..my grandmother mentioned the kits & I just gave it a try.) I will try to pop a photo with bead cups in... later.