Frosted Leaf Necklace/ Oak Leaf

Price: $45.95
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Back in 2010, we had offered a kit to make a striking necklace we had called Frosted Leaf. Knitting a simple rope with crystals and beads and daggers alternating, the piece had a striking focal point of a silver plated oak leaf, with its beautiful traceries.

Some of the components of the necklace kit as we currently have it are slightly different; the overall look will be the virtually the same.

New! Your choice gold or silver. Read on for more data...

When our supply of silver plated oak leaves was low we went to get more and discovered they were no longer available.

However, in the theme of making lemonade when life gives you lemons, we are delighted that we can now offer some gold plated ones which look beautiful. So now we can offer you a choice.

  Of course, the other beads would be modified to reflect the warmth of gold -- I haven't had a chance to knit a brand-new necklace yet. But if you are happy to let me select the colors, the gold is now an option too. 

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We start with at least twenty meters of a silver (or gold) metallic polyester thread or perhaps a silver-looking smooth silk. For the beautiful glow, we have put together a great mix of crystals and silvers (or golden tones).

You will find in your kit 3x10mm daggers plus 4mm Fire Polish Crystals, 6mm Fire Polish Crystals, 4x7mm Long Megatamas and  8/0 beads. These will come together to create a rope reminiscent of frosted vines of winter time.

Quite beautiful.

There will be enough thread and beads to make at least two 16" ropes for each side of the focal piece, for a total length of well over 32" (once you add in the clasp and leaf). Your necklace can be shorter, if you so choose, or you might decide to create a long rope without a clasp, that simply slides over your head.

What we have as the center piece is a real Oak leaf, electroplated in silver or gold. It rests on a silver or gold plated pewter "twig" and attaches with two rings so that it lies properly.

The necklace is finished up with a silver or gold plated magnetic clasp.

If you would like silk thread instead of the metallic polyester, please let me know either via the Comments section as you check out or (if you want to be super-sure), simply contact us. And if you don't specify, I'll assume you are fine with either and I'll choose for you -- both create a great necklace.

The kit consists of everything you will need except the knitting needles -- we used size 0 (2mm).

Note that the kit will not automatically include the pattern.

We offer three options. I know some of you might already have made our other necklaces that used leaves as a focal point -- our Frosted Leaf and our Golden Birch were very similar indeed, as well as the Dragon Wisdom and the more recent Japanese Maple. If you feel you do not need another pattern, simply choose "No Pattern Needed."

If you would like a printed copy, please make sure the "Pattern" drop-down menu is set to that.

We also can email the pattern to you, though I have to do it manually and usually send it right before I mail the kit (please be patient). Just make sure that drop-down menu is set as you would like before you check out.

We think this is pretty special and gives quite a unique look.

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