Stringing Tutorial with photos: Stringing on Serafil, Beaders Secret & Power Pro

[Pegleit]

Here they are. The first pearls…

 

[Pegleit]

I think my gimp work needs a lot of work.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

I think my gimp work needs a lot of work.

Well done! They look beautiful!

The gimp loop is a little large, but it's not a big deal.

I like to use fine size (0.8mm) vermeil gimp that I buy from Fire Mountain Gems. The flexibility of the tube makes for small, neat loops.
Link: https://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h202129fd

For the same reason I use sterling silver 0.8mm gimp when I use white metal clasps. https://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h202132fd

 

[Pegleit]

Well done! They look beautiful!

The gimp loop is a little large, but it's not a big deal.

I like to use fine size (0.8mm) vermeil gimp that I buy from Fire Mountain Gems. The flexibility of the tube makes for small, neat loops.
Link: https://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h202129fd

For the same reason I use sterling silver 0.8mm gimp when I use white metal clasps. https://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h202132fd

Aha! I wasn’t sure if there were different sizes. Thank you! That will help. It seemed large to me. And yes, sterling would be good with white metal clasps. I bought some at the same time. I hope it’s not too large, as well.

I already got a job from a friend! LOL! When I showed her my pearls, she asked me to do two strands for her! I might get good at this!

 

[Pegleit]

Just checked - the gold vermeil is 0.7mm, the silver is 1mm! Guess I’ll be buying new silver gimp. 0.7in the gold should be finer than 0.8 but it looks big. Is there smaller?

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Just checked - the gold vermeil is 0.7mm, the silver is 1mm! Guess I’ll be buying new silver gimp. 0.7in the gold should be finer than 0.8 but it looks big. Is there smaller?

Actually the links I posted are for the 0.8mm gimp in both colors.

 

[Pegleit]

Actually the links I posted are for the 0.8mm gimp in both colors.

Thank you!!

 

[pattye]

Very well done, Pegleit! I would never have known this was your first stringing work!

 

[Pegleit]

Very well done, Pegleit! I would never have known this was your first stringing work!

That’s very encouraging, thank you Pattye! That posted video really helped a lot. Especially, the last few pearls. Great idea, taping them down so you have that “3rd hand”.

 

[jeg]

Hurray! Now you can enjoy wearing it, Pegleit!

 

[Pegleit]

Hurray! Now you can enjoy wearing it, Pegleit!

Thanks jeg. I wore it yesterday and got many compliments, as well as a job to do a friend’s pearls. She has 2 strands that need restringing. Looking forward to seeing them.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

CatMom posted a thread asking how to restring when the strand is divided into a white half and a Tahitian half.
Here is the thread:

How Do I Restring a Half and Half Strand?