This necklace looks like a shiny ribbon rippling around your neck. Glass pearls are enclosed in tubular peyote-stitched bezels and joined with swirling diagonal peyote-stitched strips. Round stones or crystals can replace the pearls with equally beautiful results.
Required Materials: Japanese seed beads, cylinder beads, glass pearls, beading thread, thread conditioner. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Beading needle, scissors. Finished size 15" (expandable to 17"). See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Peyote Stitch
Originally Published: Beadwork, December 2007/January 2008