These earrings are a good way to start creating your own jewelry, even if you are an amateur crocheter. Just follow the instructions and you'll have a pretty looking pair of earrings in under 30 minutes.
· 15 dc in the round (total 30 dc, including starting ch 2). If you are not adding a bead, then make 29 dc in the ring after the starting ch 2. Join with a slip stitch into the 2nd chain of the beginning ch 2. Fasten off.
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Skill
level: Beginner
Techniques required: Chain stitch, double crochet, and
slip stitch.
Materials: I have used size 20 cotton crochet thread,
and a size 7 (1.5 mm) steel crochet hook. But you can use any crochet thread
with a corresponding hook size. Adding a bead is optional. The bead shown in
the picture is a size 8 mm bead. Also required are a pair of jump rings and
fish hook earring findings.
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Make a slip knot and attach it to your
crochet hook.
·
Ch 5, join with a slip stitch to make a
round.
·
Chain 2 (this would count as 1 dc), 14 dc
in the round, Insert the hook in the bead, wrap the thread around the hook, and
pull through, pulling the thread through the bead. Ch 1.
· 15 dc in the round (total 30 dc, including starting ch 2). If you are not adding a bead, then make 29 dc in the ring after the starting ch 2. Join with a slip stitch into the 2nd chain of the beginning ch 2. Fasten off.
·
Weave in the ends. Attach fish hook
findings to a jump ring. Attach the jump ring to a dc opposite the bead.
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Repeat for the second earring.
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