hobbyworker The Jewelry Bead Knotting Tool,Create The Secure Knots and 100% Silk Thread for Jewelry Making and Beading

This is definitely quality silk. Mainly for bead knotting. Harder to use to make simple pendent necklaces so I’d recommend doing your research for your specific project.

Si funciona, pero es de baja calidad… fácilmente “se desarma”… y hay que volver a acomodarla para seguir trabajando…

Easy to use, very useful

Takes a little bit to get the hang of it but after you do it works well. It saves time getting the knot close to the beads. The cord seems to be good quality for an add on to the knotting tool. A little difficult to seperate the cord but not too bad. I’m happy with both!

I didn't want to spend $90+ to have my 18" knotted 7mm pearl necklace restrung, so I ordered this hobbyworker knotting tool and silk thread unit. I feel it's a few bucks too expensive for what it is. Also, I wish hobbyworker offered a selection of threads, as I'd never use the darker colors, such as brown and black. I will use only the white and pink, and maybe the light gray. Two colors will go pretty much to waste.The item arrived with no directions, but the VIDEO that's in Amazon's scrollable photos of the item shows fairly clearly how to string and knot the pearls. Note: don't press the thumb lever up too far, as you'll blow the spring as I did (fortunately mine popped back to working order, but I thought I'd broken the tool).I wish there were instructions on how to attach the clasps at either end of the string of pearls; my clasp is a beautiful 14K, but I'm not happy with the technique I used-- I simply tied a few knots over and over again, but I can't tell how secure these knots are, and they're rather un-becoming!I recommend PRACTICING with cheap beads and one of the colors of silk that likely won't be used (I'll never use the brown thread, for example). Then begin your real project. BTW, restringing my 18" of pearls with knots took a bit over 2 hours with no breaks.Be sure to NOT pull on the needle to slip each bead down the long string of thread. Rather, use the needle to string the bead onto the silk thread and then hold the thread at least 3 inches down from the needle in order to slide the bead down the thread to where your last knot is. Pulling on the needle creates tension where the needle meets the thread, risking breakage. I still had a good 36" of thread left (roughly a bit less than a meter) when I finished stringing and knotting the pearls. I looked at the junction of the needle where it meets the thread when I was finished; it was pretty frayed-- I'm glad my necklace wasn't much longer, or the thread may have broken away from the needle.BTW, I noticed that one ply of thread broke on the part of the string that was not involved in the necklace string; had my necklace been much longer, I'd have run into this weakened part of thread. This makes me think the silk thread is not of high quality.Lastly, I wish the silk thread came pre-wound on some sort of bobbin. As it is, it's wrapped onto a piece of cardboard. When the thread is unwound, it has lots of kinks in it, each approximately 2" apart. I suppose one could iron out the kinks with an iron turned to the iron's silk temperature setting, but what a pain that would be.