Simplicity
Earrings
= seed bead
= 3mm bead
= 4mm bead
= top-drilled bead
MATERIALS
• 4 feet of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 35 size 11/0 seed beads
• 18 size 3mm beads
(I used fire-polished beads but
any type of size 3mm bead
should work)
• 10 size 4mm beads
(I used Swarovski 4mm bicone
crystal beads but any type of size
4mm bead should work)
• Two top-drilled crystal pendants
or briolettes of any size
• Two small (2-4mm) jump rings
• A pair of earring findings
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STEP 1: Thread your needle with
about two feet of FireLine.
String a seed bead, a 3mm bead,
a seed bead, a 4mm bead, a
seed bead, a 4mm bead, a seed
bead and a 3mm bead.
Leaving about a six-inch tail that
you can weave in and cut at any
time, tie the beads in a circle
with a tight double knot:
STEP 2: Go back around through
the beads that you added in the
last step. Grab your tail thread
and tie another knot:
STEP 3: Go back down through
the 3mm bead, the seed bead,
the 4mm bead and the seed
bead that you added in the first
step (highlighted in RED):
STEP 4: String two seed beads.
Go across through your top-
drilled bead.
String two more seed beads and
go across through the seed bead
that you exited at the end of the
last step (highlighted in RED):
NOTE: Depending on the
amount of space between the
drill hole and the top of your
top-drilled bead, you may have
to add more seed beads.
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beads that you added in
the last step (highlighted
in RED):

STEP 6: Go go back up
through the 4mm bead,
the seed bead, the 3mm
bead and the seed bead
highlighted in RED:

STEP 7: String a 3mm

bead, a seed bead, a
4mm bead, a seed bead STEP 10: String a seed
and a 3mm bead. bead, a 4mm bead,
Go around and back two seed beads, a 4mm
across through the seed bead and a seed bead.
bead that you exited at Go around and back
STEP 8: Go back STEP 9: Go back up
the end of the last step across through the 4mm
around through the and around through the
(highlighted in RED): bead that you exited at
beads that you added 3mm bead, the seed
the end of the last step
in the last step bead and the 4mm bead
(highlighted in RED):
(highlighted in RED): that you added in Step 7
(highlighted in RED):

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STEP 11: Go back
around through the
beads that you added
in the last step
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 12: Go back
through the seed bead,
the 4mm bead and
the seed bead that
you added in Step 10
(highlighted in RED):
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STEP 13: To add the STEP 15: Go back up STEP 17: String a 3mm
jump ring, string a 3mm through the 3mm bead bead, a seed bead and
bead and a seed bead. and the seed bead a 3mm bead.
Go through the jump highlighted in RED,
Go back around
ring and then back around through the
through the seed bead,
down through seed jump ring and back
the 4mm bead, the
bead and 3mm bead down through the seed
seed bead, the 4mm
that you just added: bead, the 3mm bead
bead and the seed bead
and the seed bead
highlighted in RED:
highlighted in RED:
STEP 14: Go back
around through the seed STEP 18: String a 3mm
bead, the 4mm bead, STEP 16: Go back bead, a seed bead and
the seed bead, the 4mm around through the a 3mm bead.
bead, the seed bead, 4mm bead, the seed Go back around
the 4mm bead and the bead, the 4mm bead through the seed bead
seed bead highlighted and the seed bead and the 4mm bead
in RED: highlighted in RED: highlighted in RED:
Weave back into the
earring, knot and cut
your thread. Attach
your earring to your
jump ring.