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Worktable ressurection Worktable ressurection I remembered this old thread today as I set up my day's worktable, so I took pics. Last May we vacated our house for major renovations. We decided not to rent a temporary house but to camp on our rural place for the summer. So this summer I packed...

Ooooooo, Aaaaaaaah, yum yum: especially those lavenders. Your iphone pics are showing them quite well - now we're all wanting to go out and buy iphones so we can take great pearl pics. I, too need a new phone, (among other things) but somehow, pearls keep popping to the top of the shopping list...

They look so promising, so tantalizing .... But is anyone here going to discourage you from the *More Pearls* fever? I think not. After all, if I (and others) can't manage more right now, at least we can derive a bit o' vicarious pleasure from those who can, or if can't, still do anyway. Ditto...

Hi waimeamomi, When you say do you mean you've never had damage from them rubbing against a stone? Have you ever had a stone crumble or break? ( I had a golden topaz break while knotting in a recent experiment.) Have you kept them for yourself over time? Or did they go out to customers...

Thank you very much, GemGeek. Of course the pearl colors are more beautiful and complex than my lil' pic can show. I have worn them every minute since finishing them!

Kelly, I too dropped knotting shortly after I learned - discouraged with my clumsy-looking results. This is my third re-entry, and this time I began with more patience and determination to keep at it till the kinks started to work out. That is a pretty clasp, isn't it? Too bad it's not solid! ;)...

Hello waimeamomi, The first iteration knotting the emerald strand I used silk, but had to undo/redo, again because of a finishing knot that slipped. So the 2nd round (or was it the 3rd) I switched to synthetic, exactly because the silk felt fragile under my hand the first go-round. I didn't want...

Thanks Pattye - I have taken the attitude (after the first howl of anguish is over and done) that every re-do is a chance to improve my skill.

Thank you, Marianne & Pattye! Marianne, those beautiful pearls are my consolation prize for not getting any of Jeremy's wonderful hand-sorted color-shifting FWs - I'm calling them my shape-shifting pearls. Pattye, I am so miffed at the gluing of the final knot that I'm considering ordering the...

Thanks Caitlin & Pattye! Ooooo Pattye - how does Hisano use it for finishing a strand? Cause finishing a strand is my worst part still.

I was taught to knot with one strand, a pair of tweezers, and no needle. The rest I learned here on the P-G. Or I should say that in the present tense: I AM learning! I was encouraged to post these directions on how to use superglue instead of a needle: If you try it, here are some important...

Clasp on, clasp off. Clasp on, clasp off. I knotted these up this weekend. This was only the 6th strand I?ve knotted, and the 3rd to which I?ve attached a clasp. However, those 6 strands have been done, undone and redone multiple times each. On this one, the final knot was too big and clunky...

*update* *update* *UPDATE* Everyone's suggestions were so great. As an experiment I wore them around town for a test drive. People couldn't take their eyes off them. I went to the bank and the teller literally ogled. Do I care what people think? Well, ya. So I am enjoying them and their...

Those look totally delicioso. I love that green one n the foreground (last photo). And they look great on you, too.

Wooo Hoooo, go Pattye! LOVE purple & green together, and I think the Etruscan-looking gold spacers give the sense of history and gravitas to which Caitlin referred. Thanks for posting your pics.

Holy D Cup, Batman, that really does sound like a good class action suit. Glad you're ok now. It did occur to me on first sight that I might not want that kind of pearl in much contact with my skin.

Karin, Thanks for posting your process, as well as your pictures. Lovely! And congratulations again on your new beauties. Having seen Josh's pearls on Pattye's Pattio in perfect early evening light, I took the liberty of loading your most recent pic into photoshop to adjust lighting, to try to...

OooooLaLa LaLa! Where does one read the story of the purloined pearls?

Your steep learning curve is impressive, and the results are so great! Some of us agonized over our pearls for years before attempting knotting :o I agree that your story from first inquiry to finished necklace is a lovely benefit to Pearl Guide. Congrats, Elizabeth

Have fun, you all! I'm south-sea-pistachio-green with (the best friendly kind of) envy. ~Elizabeth