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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2867349, member: 5833"]As long as they are not so tightly together that each 7-pearl segment is rigid & unable to conform to the curve of the wrist.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm moving toward this position, that knots in the bracelet would have looked odd. I'm wearing a gold & pearl bracelet as I type. Artisan made, the 3-pearl segments are strung on wire, so no knots. But inch long segments are rigid, so the pearls cannot rub against each other, which is what knots are meant to prevent, as well as adding flexibility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2867349, member: 5833"]As long as they are not so tightly together that each 7-pearl segment is rigid & unable to conform to the curve of the wrist. I'm moving toward this position, that knots in the bracelet would have looked odd. I'm wearing a gold & pearl bracelet as I type. Artisan made, the 3-pearl segments are strung on wire, so no knots. But inch long segments are rigid, so the pearls cannot rub against each other, which is what knots are meant to prevent, as well as adding flexibility.[/QUOTE]
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