I bought 2 strands of the rounds because I need a bit more than 16" of pearls for the length I want. I am going to make a similar necklace with the leftovers, but in silver. Since I will need to stretch out the pearls a bit, I am using hill tribe silver spacers and this connector:
https://www.rings-things.com/cgi-bin...m=44-050-80-15
Not exactly a Y necklace, but the same idea, with a drop of pearls from the center connector loop. So I will have exotics in gold and in silver - yum!