I wanted to make a necklace that was quite heavy and layered in front, but not bulky at the sides and back. Usually this is done by graduating from large beads in front to smaller in the back, but I wanted to try something different. After all, half the fun of this hobby is experimenting!
Here's the results:
I decided to do 3 strands, 1 fully beaded and 2 illusion strands, but fully beaded in front. The fully beaded strand has been interwoven back and forth to increase it's bulk so it looks like 5 strands at the front. If I were to do this one over, I likely would do all 3 strands as fully beaded. Nevertheless, I had fun.
Of course, this is done all in Swarovski with the exception of the rectangular beads - I didn;t ahve anything on hand in crystal wthat was the right shape.
Bead on!
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