necklace - Joybelle 2009 - crochet necklace

Joybelle Xmas 2009 - Beaded Crochet Y-Necklace

Joybelle 2009

A handcrafted gift for Joybelle in 2009. I do hope she will like this and that I have gotten her favourite colors correctly. The focal Rainbow Flourite gemstone in stripes of blues and violets was the starting point. From there, the colours of the crochet necklace rope was determined.

I actually very much like the way it has turned out. It has a very classy rich look and the rope almost looks like burnished copper golds. And it is extremely soft and drapable. However my first attempt at the colors of the rope did not become the final version. This was made into another necklace (see last photo and the Lave Pearl necklace). After I had completed the first rope, it occurred to me that I needed more blues in the rope hence had to start over again.

Lucky for me, the second rope was, in my opinion, a much better complement to the focal gemstone and is as featured here.

	Close up of the Rainbow Fluorite gemstone and the knotted-Y section. The tip of the focal gemstone uses a matching Swarovski bicone drop in Cyclamen Opal.		A longer shot of this.
	This shows more of the whole piece.		This shows more of the whole piece but hung more vertically for extra visual details.
	Created this soft toggle with a double bauble-ended T-bar.		The toggle loop is done in one piece with the main necklace rope.
	The finished bauble-ended T-bar and the toggle loop.		Unlike the main body which is worked in crochet threading, the baubles that make up the T-bar is worked with tigertail. This shows the baubles in work in progress mode.
	The completed double bauble-ended T-bar. The ends of the T-bar uses Amethyst drop shape chip beads to "hold" the T-bar together.		Another view of the completed double bauble-ended T-bar.
	Here you can see where the (rejected) original first crochet rope has been used in another necklace (entitled Lava Pearl).

MATERIALS

Rainbow Fluorite gemstone
Swarovski 6mm bicone drop - Cyclamen Opal
8mm AB round glass bead - blues
4mm glass pearls - vintage purple
6/0 translucent seed beads - purple Iris
2mm AB bugle seed beads - pale gold
Amethyst chips - (used at the ends of the T-bar)
strong crochet thread - deep purple; as main stringing material for the necklace
tigertail as stringing material for the T-bar baubles

TOOLS

Crochet Hook (size 9 Clover)

Method in Brief

This is a variation of beaded crochet - each "stitch" is worked with [one 4mm bead+two bugle seed beads]. The dangle and the main necklace rope is worked separately. The focal gemstone is attached to the dangle section.

BUYING GUIDE

Most beads and jewelry making supplies used can be purchased from ClearlyChosen's Jewelry Supplies Store

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS

Length: 51cm / 20 inch
Focal Gemstone: 3x2 cm