I was quite pleased with how it turned out. In the bad light you can't see very well, but the middle circle of Swarovski's is a lighter blue that matches the Swarovski pendant and the lighter flowers on the earrings (they have been bleached white by the flash). The basic template of the necklace was published in Bead magazine a few months ago and she took a liking to it.The best part was my two cousins (the grandchildren) who are eleven and nine, sat with me and made two fantastic chainmaille necklaces. I had to post them on here because I was so impressed with how well they did it with hardly any help at all.
The first necklace, made by James, 11, is a repeating chain pattern:
The second, by Thomas, 9, has a random chain pattern and a centre 'doctor who'-style pendant:
