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Pearl_dreams, Using a short length of power pro that I had on my desk I tried to do what you described. I ended up with what I would call half of a larkshead knot. It seems to me that this would tend to slide along the carrier thread. Is that what you want? I can see how that feature...

I think I see how this might ultimately look between the pearls but I am just not seeing how to do this. Let me think about it a bit and maybe try to draw it. (I have to see it. That is one of the hazards of being male.) Right now I am just about ready to set my hair on fire trying to figure...

OK, now I am trying to figure out how one would do a larks head knot between pearls. I know how to do this to attach the thread to the jump ring but between pearls? Isn't this sort of an "end" type knot rather than a "middle" type knot? Try as I might, I just cannot visualize this between...

Sueki, That is interesting. Mine arrived today too. I have to say that it is unlike any fishing string that I have ever seen. I tried my "universal cutting tool" (AKA fingernail clippers) on it and sure enough, just as the paperwork said, they would not cut the stuff. Anyway, Cabelas was...

I decided after my first "take it apart and re-do it" (after ~55 knots out of 60) that string is cheaper than time. Now I try to have too much string. For an 18" strand I don't bother with 80" of string that is small potatoes. I go with much more than that (on the order of 10') because I can...

Caitlin and Pattye, Thanks for the info! I have ordered a spool from Cabelas. They seem to have all of the colors and sizes available. I tried a few fishing stores here locally but they all seemed to think I was crazy to want the white since it would show up in the water. But if you want...

what size powerpro to buy? what size powerpro to buy? Greetings, It appears that PowerPro comes in many sizes from 5 Lb. to 250 Lb. test. My pearls are not large enough to need the 250 Lb test :-) but I do not know what size to look for. What sizes do y'all use? I am working with 6-7 mm...

Caitlin, The needle shown in the pictures was just to put the gimp onto the looped part of the string. I used a twisted wire beading needle as you described for the actual stringing of the pearls. Those pictures were intended to illustrate my method for putting the gimp onto the silk...

Sueki, Just to make sure it is clear... It was only four threads for about the first three inches after the beading needle. There are no more than two threads going through each pearl. The ends of the doubled thread are put through the eye of the needle about three inches and folded back...

Sueki, The way I learned to do it was to take the length of thread and fold it in half and take the two ends of the thread and thread them through the eye of the needle and then fold them over. Thus, right at the eye of the needle, there are four strands of silk thread. If there is a better...

OK, here is the gimp thing in pictures. I tried it and it worked like a charm. I will likely use this method next time since it will allow me to use smaller gimp. I used a rather long piece of gimp to make it more visible. BTW, how do you guys cut the gimp? I finally settled on a pair of...

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks for the compliments! What I would like is critiques. Where do I need to work on as far as improvements. Please go ahead and tell me what is wrong with it so that I can know where to improve. As far as my idea for putting the gimp on... My idea is to prepare the...

Greetings, I am new to this site but I have been doing a bunch of reading in the Forums and have learned quite a bit. Thanks for all of the helpful information y'all have posted. I thought that I would post a picture of my first pearl restringing project. I see the flaws but I was pretty...