When you live in a very small town where the local craft/fabric/yarn store is in fact WalMart and getting to an actual craft store is a bit out of range at the moment, you learn to make do with what you got and get a bit creative.
I've gotten a bit creative. :)
Ribbon, pony beads and pendants are about the easiest and cheapest things going. As much as I love the exquisite collars and delicate frou-frou necklaces that are so common in the beading mags, I don't make them and I sure don't wear them. I would break them within moments of fastening the clasp.
Ribbon, et al, are much more forgiving and in their own way, just as attractive.
Sometimes I do it simply. A length of ribbon, a pony bead and loop for closure, a pendant and voila, necklace.
Sometimes I get creative and crochet beads into the yarn.
Sometimes I get silly and see how long I can make the chain along with the beads and sometimes a heavy pendent.
And sometimes I get even more creative. Yes, that is a peyote stitch with pony beads and yarn. The current plan is to go until I either run out of beads or ribbon. No clasp, I'll simple knot it behind my neck (I prefer pedants about halfway between my cleavage and the base of my throat) and let the ends (already long) dangle down my back. Might be a bit odd, but I think it will be a neat effect.
Coming soon, afghans, shawls, quilts and cross stitch oh my.
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