Incoming semi-baroque Tahitians for beading

[MMtwo]

Excited to have these pearls on the way in. I was searching for round but fell in love with these, so here we are. It has been a couple of years since I knotted pearls. I am thinking bronze, or a gray serafil for thread. I need a bit longer necklace, so I am augmenting the strand with the bracelet pearls. 8-11mm. I think it will blend okay...hope it will! I love mixed colors.

 

[pattye]

A gorgeous strand, lots of thread color options!

 

[BWeaves]

Gorgeous pearls. Have you considered going with colored Serafil? Hunter green or dark purple?

 

[MMtwo]

Thanks you! I do not have those colors, BWeaves, but I love your ideas! Once I have the pearls in hand, I will experiment with colors. I do have a few grays and greens and bronzes on hand from Pattye. I am intrigued by the dark purple idea.

 

[ennui]

Gorgeous pearls! Instead of deep purple, how about a foggy lavender?

 

[MMtwo]

That's so fun! I'll check that out. I do like the idea of something with a little pop of color

 

[CTD]

Beautiful pearls and colors!

You're going to have so much fun choosing thread.

 

[MMtwo]

And unfortunately, that necklace had sold out by the time I had spoke with them about the bracelet and necklace match so here’s the second draft pick which I think might be my first draft pick because I really like them too.

 

[jeg]

Looking forward to seeing your pearls all knotted up! I’ve used a few different colors with my Tahitian strands. I have a couple shades of gray that I use a lot, and another color that I use a lot is teal. I only use Serafil thread from Pattye. Pulling up some examples-

The front strand is one I put together with T’s from CMW. I used a light gray for this strand.

I can’t remember the name of this color I used on a bracelet of Fiji pearls. It’s a beige with a greenish tint.

I used teal for several pieces-

 

[MMtwo]

Oh my gosh, @jeg the pearls are gorgeous! Love the color selection. The teal choice is absolutely beautiful. The pearl colors in the second bracelet with the green tones beige/tan are fantastic! The ringed pearls are also just chef's kiss.

I have a collection of serafil, although do not know yet what color would best suit the new strand, as cool as it is. Also, I bought a 14k yellow ball clasp for the first set of pearls, but I think the colors (dropping the picture again to minimize scrolling) calls for white metal. I may have a set of clasps like yours in my bead box. I will explore tomorrow. Don't even remember what I have in the box, except many grays, whites, greens and bronzes. I'll wait until they arrive to see how light they are in real life.

 

[jeg]

I really don’t think you can go wrong with thread color, MMtwo! I have a lot of multi-colored Tahitians, and just about every color blends in. My personal preference is more to blend in, however, so I haven’t used any wild contrasting colors while knotting yet. I pulled out a few more strands of mine that have a cooler color mix.

I used “Gray” on the strand in front. It’s the lighter of the gray choices. I used “Teal” on the strand in back.

For the bracelet, I used “Storm” which is the darker of the gray spools. I did not knot the strand behind it, but a black thread was used for that. One of these days I’ll get around to re-knotting it with a lighter color.

Knots on strands are so small, I think they really add just a subtle hint of color when reflected off the pearls, unless you use a very contrasting color thread to add some fun. So, any choice for your new pearls will be fantastic!

 

[MMtwo]

Once again I really appreciate the photos. Very helpful. Beautiful pearls! Looking at the necklaces I see what you mean, it is a small knot so smaller impact in general, but I can see the difference. This is reassuring that most probably any of the greys or blues would do well.

 

[jeg]

You are welcome! I don’t even remember what I have done, so it’s kind of fun to go back and look. If those pearls are a really light, cool, color with silvers and light blues, it might be pretty on “Sky” too. I use Sky mainly with my blue/silver blue Akoyas.

 

[jeg]

I lost this morning’s sunlight, but Sky has a little more blue to it than the Gray, and is lighter than the Teal.

 

[MMtwo]

Wow, sky looks like it could be very pretty! Love your silvery strand!

 

[jeg]

Trying another shot. Sorry, it turned very dark and overcast here-

I think it would be a great color for a silvery blue/gray strand.

 

[MMtwo]

Blue Akoya? What a lovely strand!

I followed my new strand on the CMW website https://cmwpearls.com/products/tahitian-pearl-necklace-nl1803-lp5
Much darker... funny how Ts can be so moody. They may not be super silver after all. Following them pearl by pearl in each picture, they are the same, just different lighting.

 

[BWeaves]

I use Sky a lot for my blue baroque akoyas. But I love the Teal with the Tahitians.

Sarah at Kojima has been knotting Tahitians with Lime Green lately. I didn't like it in the online photos because it looked like it was a bit much, but I've seen the necklaces in real life, and the Lime Green knots are a lot more subtle looking. Really a nice pop of color between the pearls.