Thank you for your kind interest. Here is the Keshi strand I spoke about in the story. These are very tiny 2-2.5mm gray Keshi pearls, over 175 per strand and there are 5 strands. One strand was missing when I bought the clasp with the pearls. I decided a white gold clasp would look better with the gray, so I used this lovely magnetic twist 14K white gold clasp. I tried stringing them with #0 silk through the tiny holes and it shredded and broke by 3/4 way through the first strand, as the Keshi are "hollow" and the drilled hole is rough. Thicker silk just wouldn't fit. So, I decided to try "extra fine" beading wire with a silicone coating and that worked much better. I had to keep snipping the ends because they would get ragged as I strung, and strung and strung. I used a 14K white gold crimp bead and 14K white gold heavy ball beads close to the clasp, again, to give some distance between the inset "grid" and when the pearls start just outside the clasp. I don't think I've ever seen a string of pearls like this one...so unique! Almost looks like sea urchin spikes. So many different shapes, some even look like musical eighth notes.
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