Multi-stranded tassel necklace

Multi-stranded tassel necklace
Originally uploaded by webfrau.

Here is the necklace I made at a beading workshop about 10 days ago. It's made from 8 strands of silver tiger tail. You make pretty patterns on each strand then thread them all through a central focus bead and then finish the tassel off with whatever pretties catch your eye. It took about 2.5hrs to make. The hardest thing was picking the beads and making a pleasing arrangement without a pattern. It took a little practice to figure out how to easily attach the crimps without putting accidental kinks in the tiger tail. Fortunately they gave us some scrap to practice with first. It was fun!

I've had lots of positive comments every time I've worn it but haven't managed to get a decent shot of it being worn.