for the price, i knew it probably wouldn't be perfect, but from the picture shown, and information given, i was expecting them individually knotted, and they were not, not really. only four were, while the rest of the strand had a 9-12 pearl stretch between knots. i don't know if anyone else had this happen to them, but i'm only a little disappointed by it. it was also disappointing to have the information claim these are freshwater when they are, in fact, glass. either way, it looks nice and is easy to wear. it also did not come in the pouch as said it would, but i didn't buy it for that.