Finishing knotted silk necklaces

Hi, Kalera,

Eni Oken has a tutorial on her site at

-Su

Silk will stretch - so especially if your pendant is big, that might not be such a good idea. Rayon will take dye very nicely, and is very silky feeling, so I would be tempted to go with that.

Karin

If the holes are big you can use satin rattail. I have used it. I used some ribbon clamps for the ends but they are only plated ones. Shirley

In message , Kalera Stratton writes

I think Kalera's talking about the matte-finish silk wrinkley ribbons (they're misnamed "cords") that are sweeping the market here in the US. They're totally different from rattail.

Kalera, I wish you were HERE -- I'd show you how to f> If the holes are big you can use satin rattail.

That is something else that has not reached the UK Shirley

In message , Dr. Sooz writes

I bought a kit with silk cords and beads at Bead and Button. Six cords and three strings of beads. To finish the ends the cord was impaled on wire and hidden in a sterling silver cone. The wire came out through the cone, a few beads to match the strings of beads were added then the toggle clasp attached and the wire wrapped to finish it off.

The nine threads, all in shades of colbalt and turquoise were all put through a central pendant. No other beads were on the silk cords.

Hope the idea of a cone helps.

Cheers, Jan

I will, for sure!

Hmmmm, cones sound pretty and professional-looking. I will see if I can find them in gold. Thanks Jan!

I am going to be knotting it in between beads, and there will be no central pendant... I will pre-stretch the silk, though, just in case. Thanks!

Oooh I am going to do that. Right now. I don't even have my beads finished yet but I'm eager to get started!

At the rate I'm going, I might not be get it finished before I have a chance to come down there... and if that's the case, I'm bringing it with me. :)

It's lovely stuff, I think you would like it:

It looks as if it is good from the pictures. Shirley

Go for the real silk if you can. The rayon satin rattail frays.

I like this company's hand-dyed silk cord very much.

Thanks for the link! It looks lovely. Do you think it would knot well, with the cotton core?

I like their thin cord very much for knotting. The thick kind is a little too gushy...too much air between the silk and cotton layers.

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Thanks for all the info!