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Simple Crocheted Earrings

WHAT YOU”LL NEED:
28-gauge wire (2 feet) in any color
Beads of your choice, enough for two earrings
Size 10 steel crochet hook; kitchen shears
Earwires of your choice

STEP 1 Cut your wire into two 12”

1 pieces. Twist one end of each wire to
keep the beads from falling off. STEP 2 Thread on the beads in the
pattern of your choice. It works
2 well to graduate the sizes of the
beads so the largest and heavi-
est beads land in the center of
STEP 3 Leaving a tail of 3”, the earring drop. You can also
make a slip knot on the hook leave chain stitches unbeaded if
in the untwisted end. Take you want to do so.
out the slack in the wire loop
before continuing.
3

STEP 4 Crochet a chain of wire, slipping one bead for each chain.
Keep your stitch tension even; take excessive slack out of each chain 4
before making the next one. Your chain should look like the photo at
right. Trim off the twisted end of the wire with kitchen scissors (don’t
4 use your good fabric shears!) and pull the wire through the last loop
to finish.

STEP 5 Twist the wire ends togeth-

er very tightly for at least one-half
5 inch. Add any additional deco-
rative beads at this point, beads,
then cross the twisted wire over
itself near the beads in prepara-
tion for making the loop that will
be used to attach the earwire to 6
the drop.

STEP 6 Wrap the wire end around itself several times

tightly until a secure loop is formed. Trim off the
excess wire and press down any burrs with pliers. At-
tach the completed drops to the earwires. Enjoy!

These contents are intended for the private use of individuals only and may not
be reproduced or used for commercial purposes without the express written per-
mission of Beads East by Ann Benson. Teachers will be granted permission upon
request as long as these directions are not altered in any way.