If you made the "Multifaceted multicolored multistrand" projects in the November 2009 issue, you might have a few gemstone nuggets left over. After I made mine, I had two rubies and ten amethysts left, as well as a couple of strands of pearls.

So in the spirit of "less is more," I decided to make a superlong necklace with my extra supplies.

The meaning of "superlong" may be up for debate, but to me, 48 inches or longer seems very long. (That's an arbitrary assessment.)

I strung pearls and faceted gold spacers on .010 flexible beading wire. At 12-inch intervals, I strung a nugget.

I opted to skip the clasp on this necklace, finishing instead with a large-hole gold spacer. In retrospect, a clasp might have been a good idea: the strand is not quite the right length for a bracelet. So plan ahead.

Another thing I learned from making this: .010 wire tends to kink on the end, so trimming it when it got jammed made the stringing easier. 

The necklace looks pretty when worn as long and short strands, or wrapped two or three times.