Crochet necklaces are good for the following reasons:

-light

-soft, don’t irritate skin

-less susceptible to damage by any skin ointments you might use

-fasten with a button, hair less likely to get caught than in a chain

-easy to make them look naturalistic

I found the pattern for this necklace in a screenshot on Pinterest. The caption was in Cyrillic, but luckily the few words on the image itself were in English. The photograph showed the necklace done in green with a tiny crochet hook, looking like moss. But I had on hand a merely small hook and some marbeled grey yarn that I thought would look passably like lichen.

I’m pleased with the result. Now that I know the basic principle, I figure I can freestyle this type of necklace on my own.

My crochet skills are still beginner level. I haven’t tried to do anything with flowers, for example. But this necklace just calls for chains, single crochet, and a little patience.

Postscript: Sometimes you make something, not knowing who it is for until it’s finished. I visited a recently bereaved friend after making this necklace. I gave it to her, she put it on, and it looked like it grew there. I guess it was for her all along.