KIT -- Chatterley Necklace

Description

Named for the D H Lawrence book, this short necklace reminds me of the restrained delicacy of the era which seemed to mask a passionate extroversion underneath the etiquette-bound constraints of society.

Bezel a 16mm Swarovski rivoli using fire-polished beads, seed beads and fringe beads, and centre it in an intricately netted collar of Czech and Japanese seed beads which fastens with a Swarovski margareta formed into a shank button by a sterling head pin.

While there are no stitch-specific skills required for this project, it is probably not a suitable first project for a beginner either, as it uses right angle weave techniques, vertical netting as well as daisy stitch. It is not difficult, but it is a little more complex. Not boring, for sure!

There are two-and-a-half colourways (two are very similar, differing only in one seed bead colour):
-- Light Crystal and Dark Crystal, both of which start with a crystal aurora borealis rivoli and margareta, amethyst and aqua seed beads and faceted beads; the background colour of the collar is silver-lined crystal in the Light Crystal colourway (as in the first picture), while the background is transparent grey in the Dark Crystal colourway as shown in the third picture.
-- Summer Wheat, staring with a crystal golden shadow rivoli, and seeds and faceted beads in shades of golden, soft green and soft golden browns.

Added on Oct 04, 2009