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Oh, how fun! That's a good colour combo as well. Which type of pearls are you using?

Thank you! Indonesia is truly a wonderful place to learn about South Sea pearls. My family has been involved in the Indonesian pearl...

Playing around with what I had at home. The green and purple are griffin size 8 I had. I’m trying to figure out the knot. AI said...

it needed to be done lol. I bought them 18yrs ago and during that time it was only restrung once prior because she wanted the strand...

Interesting. I saw something similar just this morning, done with glass pearls. In this case, I think the pearls are strung normally and...

It’s fairly easy. First time I tried it, I did my mother in law’s mikimoto strand. No practice beads. I did have to reorder silk threads...

That's great! Indonesia must be a fantastic sourcing ground for south sea pearls, would love to visit some of the farms one day, I...

Thank you for posting this! I’m def gonna try this out!!! Seems fairly easy enough. This video seems to show similarities

This is why I am afraid to even try learning to knot pearls. I don't think my hand/eye or finger/eye coordination is good at all. And...

Nice double strand of akoyas with a nice clasp. No, it's not worth getting them appraised or x-rayed. But definitely give them a...

Very interesting, thank you for sharing, TECS1990. A way to add color and interest to the pearls!

I was just browsing Chinese social media and came across this Greek brand called CHRISTIANA KAFA - so I thought I’d share. I actually...

Thank you all!

Since they are a double strand, I think they'd be considered as 18". Nice find!

A blue Akoya ring from Takahashi, a drop necklace of FW, SS, Kasumi, Tahitian and Akoya pearls from Kojima, and a necklace I...