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I'm just a beginner when it comes to stringing pearls so I am no use in that regard, but oh my goodness, that is a STUNNING set of pearls. Just wow.

So thanks to this forum, I now go out of my way to search and compare pearls on ebay. Today, I came across these, and I guess ebay was stalking me because a few hours later I got an email from ebay telling me they'd been reduced by $600 (!!). My guess is they are dyed freshwater pearls. Am I...

I learned ALLLLLL about the usefulness of bead reamers when the very first thing I did was get a knot from the original stringing material stuck in one of the pearls. That was a nightmare to get out. I now have a cordless reamer on order (again, thanks to info on the forum here) so I don't have...

Already in progress, LOL! I have several more strands from Kongs arriving in the next week :) Here it is on yesterday! This is about the closest to the true colors as I can get with pictures.

Thank you :) I won't lie, the first couple tries were not so great---I was determined to use silk, and I just couldn't get the knots to sit right no matter what. But since everyone here was raving about Beaders Secret, I tried that and voila! They slid right into place! And then the end...

Hello all! I've been lurking and learning on the forum for some time now, and thanks to all the great info I've learned from you all, I finally completed my first knotted strand of pearls! Pearls are from Kong's Pearl on etsy, the thread is Pattye's Beader's Secret, and the clasp is 14k gold...