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Hi Pearl Dreams My issue was sliding the knot up and getting it flush against the pearl, with no slackness between knot and pearl. I was doing it without tweezers to hold down at the pearl, though. I was using a bodkin inside the loop, but couldn't get the powerpro to slide far enough along to...

Thank you Caitlin and GemGeek! I'm looking forward to being able to knot one day, and I'll rework it. However, I accidentally wore it to bed as it was pretty late, and nothing moved overnight phew.

I also dug this little fella out. I got into wire crochet a few years ago but gave it up as it was too hard on my hands. This bracelet is made with dyed Chinese freshwaters that I bought in South Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia in 1999. I lived there for a couple of years, and bought a stack of...

Hi everyone, I'm new here but have been beading on and off for a number of years. I recently bought some cheap dyed Chinese freshwaters, and last night decided to do something with some of them My aim was to knot, and all I'll say is - I have a LOT of practise ahead of me! So, this necklace...

I like weird too. And bizarre. I will make something from them, I can see that they'd be very unique with some other stones or pearls. Just not sure how yet. Practise pearls in more ways than one ...

Thanks Caitlin. Looks like those poor clams were jam packed full of beads, they're all doubled and the nacre is really messy.

Hi everyone, I'm new the forum, been around reading here for a whole, but this is my first post. I recently purchased a bulk lot of dyed freshwater pearls online to make some fun necklaces etc and practise my terrible knotting. They were all dyed brown/bronze strands. All cheap etc. However...