Braid with structure

The pattern of this necklace was in the Advent-calendar 2007 from http://www.perlenhaekeln.de. As long as it was already working on my list.

To make the braid stand out slightly from the background, I used seed beads in two sizes (15/0 and 11/0).

The crochet rope has a circumference of 10 beads. Here is a closer view: