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This long-strand necklace was really therapeutic to make. Normally making chain is a lot like knitting, in that I can just sit down and go for hours, but I always need to pay a little attention here and there, counting rings, checking symmetries and so on.

This necklace formed very organically. Most jump ring lovers will tell you they have a bag of mystery rings - you find one on the ground, or there are just a couple left over from a project. It seems a waste to recycle them, so you usually just throw them in a central place.

It’s great if I need to find an odd size to attach a clasp or fill some other specific need.

This necklace is basically the product of one of those bags. I just linked a long series together into double spiral weave, paying almost no mind to what ring came next. Now and then I’d make a switch if the sizes didn’t mesh with the weave, but it grew happily on its own.

Once I had a long length of it I wrapped up some large turquoise and divided up the chain into uneven parts.

The necklace is 36” which is plenty long enough to slip over your head. The beads are so nicely heavy, but the chain manages to fill the space without looking flimsy and without adding too much extra weight.

Turquoise and silver always look fresh together and are so great for summer wear.

See the necklace here.