Spring Macrame Earrings

Instructions

Spring Macrame Earrings

Supplies Needed
#34774079 Gold Fishhook Ear Wires, 36 pc. (1 pk)
#61215103 40G Gold & White Mix 6/0 Glass E-Beads (1 pk)
#63800138 18G Gold Copper Wire, 14’ (1 pk)
#63815064 24G Gold Copper Wire, 20’ (1 pk)
#34734253 Bright Colors Embroidery Floss, 40 pc. (1 pk)

Tools Needed
Flush Cutters
Needle Nose Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Bottle (approx. 4” circumference)

Techniques to Know
Form a Loop
Form a Wrapped Loop
Reverse Lark’s Head Knot

Instructions:
1. Cut an 8” length of 18G wire. Run the wire back in forth between your fingers.

2. Wrap the wire around the bottle. Hold wire firmly against the bottle using one hand. Approx. 2” from one end, use needle nose pliers to bend the wire up at a 90⁰ angle to form a stem. Use needle nose pliers to wrap the other end of the wire three times around the base of the stem to secure the wire hoop. Trim the end of the wrapped wire flush with the wire stem.

3. Use round nose pliers to form and adjust the wire stem into a loop. Use flush cutters to trim the loop. Use needle nose pliers to adjust the loop.

4. Choose floss color(s). Cut five sets of five 8” cords. Use reverse lark’s head knots to attach each set of five cords onto the bottom of the wire hoop.

5. Cut a 21” length of 24 G wire. String twelve gold e-beads onto the middle of the wire. Drape those beads just underneath the reverse lark’s head knots from the previous step. On each end of those beads, wrap the wire three times around the hoop to secure the beads in place.

6. On one side of the twelve middle beads from the previous step, slide five gold e-beads onto the remaining 24G wire. Between each added bead, wrap the wire around the hoop to secure those beads onto the hoop so they continue the curve of the hoop. Repeat this step on the other side of the twelve middle beads.

7. Open the loop on the bottom of an ear wire and attach the wire to the loop at the top of the hoop.

8. Repeat steps 1-7 for the matching earring.