Russian online Spiral Necklace with Crystals, Available in 3 Colors

I learned this stitch from an old article by Donna Kraidman, but the stitch has been around for a long time in lots of people's hands, and at this point I think we'd be hard pressed to say who first developed it. When I started working the first of these necklaces, I loved the rhythm and thickness of the result but quickly decided the rope needed a little something extra to jazz it up, to I added a an off center spiral of crystals to give it a little extra spark without losing the simplicity of the necklace. At it's current length, the necklace is just long enough to gently frame your collarbone without dripping down into your shirt. Of course when you don't like the raw edge of a rope and you don't have an end cap the right size, the obvious solution is to bead your own.

Choose the color way you like:
BLUE: I've had these blue-grey beads for ages, ever since a failed attempt to color match one of the components from a bracelet, but didn't have the right use for them until now. Here, bracketed with seed beads of silky silver, i think they really show off all their mystery--too blue to be grey, too grey to be blue, just a subtle touch of class. The crystals that wrap around are a similar but brighter shade of navy blue dressed up in brilliant fire polish. The end caps are brilliant permanent silver, and the spring ring clasp is nickel plate.
BROWN: It's a shame people don't appreciate brown as a color as much as it deserves; this shade is one of my favorites, a rich walnut color dripping with iridescence. I've paired it with permanent rose gold beads that just play up its warm glow. I could find no better crystal to play up the color combination that some bright rusty ochre--too red to be brown, too brown to be red, with the tiniest touch of iridescence. The online lobster clasp is copper.
RAINBOW: In the interests of more beautiful pride-ready goodness, i'm always on the lookout for thins that can be made rainbow (also just because rainbows are wonderful in any context). So once i designed the first of these necklaces, my immediate thought was to add an ombre spectrum to the necklace. In execution, i think the yellows and greens are a bit more prominent than I see in many rainbows, but that just means the necklace reminds me of the silks and cheongsams i see offered in Chinatown. To play up the brilliance of all of these colors, of course the accompanying larger beads and crystals had to be iridescent clear like prisms, with a touch of yellow gold around the crystals and gold end caps. The spring ring clasp is brass.
It should be noted that generally the only way to produce a violet this bright in glass beads is to surface dye it, and the dye may be UV sensitive; exposure to sunlight will cause the violet to fade over the course of some years. For best results, i recommend that the necklace be stored someplace dark when you're not wearing it.

This necklace can be ordered in custom colors; as long as i have the colors in stock, there is no additional fee.