Gloves - Rebeading Edge

Background:
The glove in the picture is one of the gloves for the Princess of the East Kingdom. I do not know who made the gloves (there is a matching set for the Prince). I took the gloves and repaired the beaded edging. This glove is one example of the four.

MATERIALS:
I used Eterna Silk 5m 100% pure Silk Soie Seda mini twist to string the pearls and YLI 16CT 100% Silk Thread doubled for the couching. The "pearls" are manufactured by Blue Moon and are 8mm white round glass pearls.

PROCESS:
The person who put the "pearls" on the gloves before me whipped stiched them on the edge of the cuff. Though it looked good, this made them susceptible to falling off once the string was broken anywhere (as can been seen in the pictures). I started by stringing the pearls and knotting between them so they were a single strand (see picture). Yes, I know there hasn't been a conclusion on whether they knotted between beads/pearls in period, I ws going for durability. Then I attached the strand to the edge of the gloves by couching the strand to the edge. I am hoping this makes the beading more durable for TRHs and if one bead breaks, the whole string doesn't go away and can be more easily repaired in the future.

Glove in need of repair	You can see where the string had broken	Continuous strand of pearls
Glove without pearls - front	Glove without pearls - back	Repaired glove - front
Repaired glove - back

All content including images, patterns and written works are the property of Temair ingen Muiredaich ~ Ann A. Straut-Esden © 2003-2008 and may not be used without written permission. Every article and every graphic on these web pages is considered an intellectual property and protected by the same copyright laws that apply to print publications. All rights reserved.

Please send questions or comments regarding this site to the Webspinner.