Fact: Missoni is, hands down, a great designer.

The maison's garments are a perfect blend of colors, textures and intricate patterns. All of the above could be a taki taki mixture if you just screw up one or the other.

So, bravo Missoni, indeed.

I was browsing the net-a-porter website and stumble on this necklace. Pretty, uh? Yes, so the 280$ price tag...

--> Lucky me, this is what I had :

* my little toy, the spool knitter & a tapestry needle

* fabric paint in white and blue & painbrush

* masking tape

* 8 end caps

* a big clasp and 2 splitrings

* a short piece of chain

* the glue gun

inspiration&realisation

--> Work in progress

* knit 4 cords of about 18" each (let's say each one 3/4" longer than the other)

* with the tapestry needle, bind off the 4 stitches of the cords and weave the tail in.

* also weave the other side of the tail in.

* grab your masking tape and stick it around the cords making stripes about 1/4" smaller than the size of your masking tape

* get your blue paint (I decided to go more on navy blue than this kind of indigo-purple-ish color) and start painting the cord by dabbing the paintbrush into the knit

* let it dry... don't be in a hurry, it's not worth to mess it up!

inspiration&realisation

* remove the masking tape

* and start making some other stripes with the masking tape, sticking the tape over the blue lines and giving about 1/8" on each side of extra coverage.

* mix some white and blue until you get to the shade of lighter color of your choice.

* paint the new set of stripes

* LET IT DRY!!!