Knotting Pearls

Pearl help from Pearlescence - Essential for Pearls
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This is how we knot pearls into necklaces etc at www.Pearlescence.co.uk.
If you decide this is too complicated for you, we do a fast return re-stringing service, (www.pearlescenc...)
but if you want to try restringing, everything used is available on our website at. www.pearlescenc...

[@susanconnorny]

you may have made this twelve years ago, but you saved my sanity today! thank you :)

[@Pearlescenceltd]

Wonderful! Glad to help. What was the problem?

[@susanconnorny]

it was the tie bar. i really wanted to understand how to get it close to the pearls - and was having so much trouble! I did pretty well on my first try thanks to your help. However, I think I need slightly thinner thread, to really get close in. I love the tie-bar style of clasp and findings, they are so seamless and beautiful! Yours is the only tutorial I have seen that focus on that particular style of hardware with the knotting! Thank you so much.

[@throckmortonfrogballs3372]

Fixed my late Grandmother's pearl necklace...it's beautiful. Thank you so very much for posting this video!

[@komisobaba]

I did a course a few years ago, but was very disappointed. Watching you now, I realize I could have saved my Money. Thank you very much for sharing with us Lady. I'm going to try again.

[@wendygraham4337]

Great! Remember that if it all goes horribly wrong you can cut it up and do it again...and again. The pearls really won't mind a bit.

[@pearlmaven]

I love that old table with the groove. Great one thread method though I stiff prefer a 2 thread method. Well done, as usual. In fact, the best of all the knotting you tubes I looked at afterwards.

[@helen4997]

Thank you so much! Please make a tutorial on that beautiful ring you are wearing. Loved it also.

[@sonakocandrlova7876]

Thank you very much.It is realy good tutorial and a must tell you-you have a nice ring on your finger!

[@Pearlescenceltd]

Thank you!

[@patriciaoconnor3588]

Great video-colurs you can see and great slo-mo bit ( keep watching for it) that makes the knotting part really easy to understand

[@wendygraham4337]

Thank you

[@lynomeara4159]

Thank you, you gave very clear instructions. The best video I watched. Lyn

[@Pearlescenceltd]

A very belated thank you! Glad it was useful

[@NazarkarD]

Thank you so much for the super clear tutorial !!!

[@racingblonde]

An excellent video, very instructional and informative, I just love your idea of "slow motion" lol. For absolute beginners like me, I would need a slow slow slower motion.

[@Kimdotcalm]

Brilliant! Thank you for such a great video and techniques!

[@wendygraham4337]

Thank you

[@TheSeventhSphinx]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@lonerhappy]

I had to watch how to put the clasp on several times but finally got it......

[@bettybho2168]

Thanks for the tutorial. I ended up with a small gap in the silk near the last three pearls even though I kept the pearls tight. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Do you know if this is a common mistake for beginners and why it happens?

[@wendygraham4337]

Hi. can you send us a close up photo of the last three/gap, via the contact page on our website? Hopefully we can sort you

[@meganmills6545]

Look into stretching your silk prior to using it, you may need to do this to ensure that your strand stretches as little as possible after it is made. It will always stretch a little so try to get all your knots super-close to the pearls you're making them up against and very tight. You want them tight and right (that is, in the right place). When finished your necklace may not hang smoothly and look a bit kinked if you've strung the whole thing tight and right. However that will naturally stretch out after you've worn it a couple of times. Store your necklace flat, too, storing them "hung" makes them stretch even more and the gaps between the knots get bigger. Another point, if you don't pre-stretch your silk then as your silk stretches later the knots get smaller (they all do anyway) but, if they were too loose to start with, they can get so small that some slip inside the pearl.

[@Pearlescenceltd]

Thank you for your comment. However since the silk we use is plied (twisted for strength, like knitting wood) it does not need pre-stretching. And in any case, if larger pearls are used we switch to synthetic where there is no stretching. Real silk will invariably fail over time, as it is a natural fibre, which will absorb sweat and other moistures in wear.. If this happens a lot to you, switch to synthetics. High performance Griffin is very good, or if you use the two strand method, then we recommend Beader's Secret

[@serendip369]

My only concern , is that pulling them together too tightly , will result in an unnatural stiff strand , and not move freely enough . As the owner of several strands too tightly knotted , I can say this is highly undesirable . Experience and caution should prevail. Besides that , a good tutorial . Thank you.

[@VelveteenRabbit77]

Fantastic , thanks!!

[@marygenereux1844]

I thought this was very good but I would like to know the rule of thumb as to how much thread to length of necklace and what size of thread you used. Do you pre stretch the thread since you use silk. Does it ever stretch after made?

[@wendygraham4337]

The griffin silk comes with a 2m length attached. That is about two necklaces and a bracelet. We use size 4, which means we have to enlarge the first and last three drill holes to 1mm by drilling (separate video) We don't bother to pre-stretch these days as it doesn't seem to make a difference with the Griffin which is twisted like plied wool for strength - or we use synthetic for very heavy pearls and that, of course, doesn't stretch. Real silk will stretch eventually because of wear, through time. It's time to re-string when you can move the pearls back and forth between the knots - it means that the silk is wearing out. It's a natural material, that's what it does. I saw a necklace of HM the Queen's with play between the pearls. It made my fingers itch!

[@Pearlescenceltd]

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[@KamieNJim]

Thank you, this is great.

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[@beadchck]

Great video, thanks. I have not seen that clasp, do you sell them, or where can I purchase them?

[@Pearlescenceltd]

Thank you and sorry for the long delay in responding. Yes we do sell everything shown here .You can see it here www.pearlescence.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/93_41_159_101/products_id/2854

[@ajfashionstudio2989]

i think is way easy that the EZ knotter!!

[@JaneThomas58]

Is your book downloadable?

[@Pearlescenceltd]

Yes, either via Amazon or the publisher's website (crowood)