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Carnival Earrings

This document provides instructions for making a pair of "Carnival" earrings using crochet cotton, seed beads, round beads, teardrop beads, a tatting shuttle, and earring findings. The beads are strung onto the thread and wound onto the shuttle. A series of crochet rings are made with different bead combinations. The round bead is joined and a lock stitch is made. A spiral or lock stitch chain is made and the ends are worked into the final ring along with the remaining beads.

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Carnival Earrings

This document provides instructions for making a pair of "Carnival" earrings using crochet cotton, seed beads, round beads, teardrop beads, a tatting shuttle, and earring findings. The beads are strung onto the thread and wound onto the shuttle. A series of crochet rings are made with different bead combinations. The round bead is joined and a lock stitch is made. A spiral or lock stitch chain is made and the ends are worked into the final ring along with the remaining beads.

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"Carnival" earrings

Supplies for one pair of earrings:


Size 20 crochet cotton
52 seed beads size 10 or 11
2 round beads 6mm
2 teardrop beads
1 tatting shuttle
A fine crochet hook
Earring findings
String the beads onto the thread before winding the shuttle. 10 seed
beads, 1 drop bead, 16 seed beads. Then wind the shuttle, placing the
beads a few turns back so they'll be out of your way till needed. All of
the beads are on the shuttle thread, except for the 6mm bead.
Slide up 3 sb, and r 5, bp, 5, bp, 5, bp, 5, vsp, 10, cl r.
Slide up 3 sb, next r 10, j, 5, bp with 3 sb, 5, vsp, 10, cl r.
Slide up the next 9 beads and r 10, j, 5, large bp with the 9 beads, 5,
vsp, 10, cl r.
Slide up 3 sb, r 10, j, 5, bp with 3 sb, 5, vsp, 10, cl r.
Slide up 3 sb, r 10, j, 5, bp, 5, bp, 5, bp, 5, cl r. Turn work.
Join the 6mm round bead by inserting the crochet hook through it,
catching the ball thread and pulling it through the bead. Keep pulling
the thread through to get a large enough loop to put the shuttle
through. Complete this join by pulling back on the ball thread until the
join is hidden inside the bead. You'll have to pull and wiggle both
threads to get the bead in place.
Then, keeping a firm hold on the bead, make a lock stitch centered at
the top of it. (One half of a ds unflipped, the next half flipped as
usual.)
You can continue with either a spiral chain (same half of a ds repeatedly)
or else use a lock stitch chain (first half unflipped, next half flipped). Either type of chain will
work. Do your choice of chain for 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Then turn work.
The top ring contains the 6 remaining beads, and the ends are worked into this last ring.
R 2, bp, 2, bp, 2, bp, 2, join to earring finding, 2, bp, 2, bp, 2, bp, 2, cl r.
Abbreviations:
bp bead picot
cl r close ring
ds double stitch
j join
mm millimeter
p picot
r ring
sb seed bead
vsp very small picot

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