I’ve done something with the two necklaces I described in this post. All the garnets have been pooled together, along with a handful of garnet beads I had left over from an earlier project, to create this choker:

The resulting necklace was about 16 inches long (i.e. too short for me) so I extended it a bit with some silver chain. The great thing about this necklace, apart from the lovely texture and colour of the garnets, is that it’s an ideal partner for pendants with a very large bale. The pendant stays put without slipping, and looks better (IMO) than it would on a thin chain.

Here’s me wearing the necklace: