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Hoop Dreams: Simply Earrings

This document provides instructions for making beaded hoop earrings in 3 steps: 1) String beads onto an earring hoop using a modified ladder stitch with seed beads sizes 60-80. 2) Add a second row of beads in brick stitch using beads sizes 60-110. 3) Finish with a picot edge row by connecting beads at an angle to add texture and sparkle. The instructions include diagrams to illustrate the stitching techniques.

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Hoop Dreams: Simply Earrings

This document provides instructions for making beaded hoop earrings in 3 steps: 1) String beads onto an earring hoop using a modified ladder stitch with seed beads sizes 60-80. 2) Add a second row of beads in brick stitch using beads sizes 60-110. 3) Finish with a picot edge row by connecting beads at an angle to add texture and sparkle. The instructions include diagrams to illustrate the stitching techniques.

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simply earrings

Hoop Dreams

MATERIALS
earring pair
1g assorted seed beads,
size 60 to 110
2 25mm wire hoop earrings
Nymo B or D conditioned
with beeswax
beading needles, #10 or 12
G-S Hypo Cement or clear
nail polish
chainnose pliers

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Weave leftover beads into brickstitch curves. Finish with picot


edges to score a few 3-pointers.
by Carol Cypher

stepbystep
[1] Using 212 ft. (76cm) of
thread, tie a half-hitch knot
(Basics, p. 170) on an earring
hoop, leaving a 6-in. (15cm)
tail. Thread the needle onto
the long end.
[2] Select a group of size 60
and 80 seed beads. Pick up
two beads and slide them
against the outer rim of the
hoop. Align the holes so they

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are parallel to the wire. Take


the thread around the hoop,
then sew back through
the the beads as shown in
figure 1. Pull tight and
position the beads against
the hoop (photo a).
[3] Pick up one bead and go
around the hoop. Sew back
through the third and second
beads then through the third
bead (figure 2). Continue in
this modified ladder stitch,

[a]

start at
knot

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

EDITORS NOTE:

FIGURE 3

[b]
picking up a total of 13 to 15
beads (photo b).
[4] Work row 2 in brick
stitch (Basics and figures 3
and 4). Pick up two beads,
then go around the thread
bridge between the second
and third beads at the end of
row 1. Sew back through the
second and first bead added
in row 2, then go back
through the second bead.
Pick up a total of 11 to 14

[c]
beads and cut the excess.
Thread your needle on the
tail and repeat.
[8] Bend 18 in. (3mm) of
wire on the hoop earring
using your chainnose
pliers (photo e).
[9] Make a second earring
to match the first. w

beads (photo c).


[5] For the beads on the
outer edge to fit snugly, you
may need to work an
increase in brick stitch
(Basics) by connecting two
beads to the same bridge
thread.
[6] For row three, work in
brick stitch adding a picot
edge as follows: Pick up an
110 and a larger bead.
Skip the 110 and sew back

[d]

Dont limit your mix of


beads to seeds. Use
metal spacers and
small crystals for
added sparkle.

FIGURE 4

through the new bead as


usual. The picot beads
sit perpendicular to the
other beads on row 3
(photo d).
[7] Weave your thread
back through the beads,
following the thread path.
Tie a half-hitch knot
between beads, then dab
the knot with glue. When
the glue dries, weave the
tail through the next few

[e]

Carol teaches felting


and beading nationwide.
Contact her at
carol@carolcypher.com or
(845) 384-8417. To view
more of her work, visit
www.carolcypher.com.

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