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Wire crochet an arsenal of jewelry. Photo: Scott Phillips
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Making wire-crochet earrings is a simple project for those well versed in crocheting with yarn, but it's also an excellent undertaking for someone who has yet to hold a crochet hook. Regardless of your skill level, it's always a good idea to start your first wire-crochet project with inexpensive wire to get used to handling metal and to practice the stitches. Then work your way up to more expensive metals for truly precious accessories. Read on, and I'll show you how to master the slip knot, chainstitch, slipstitch and half-double crochet stitch with wire. With these stitches, you can alter the basic crochet sequence to easily branch off into delicate wire-crochet bracelets, necklaces, and even rings.
What You'll Need: Size D crochet hook 3-1⁄2 feet of metal wire Wire cutters 4 to 6mm beads Jewelry pliers Earring backs
Step 1: Make a slip knot to start Make a loop with the long end over short, as shown below. Use your hook to pull the long end through the loop. Pull the short wire until a knot forms and the loop is 1⁄16 to 1⁄8 inch larger than the hook’s handle. Position the wire to make the next loop. Tip: Form all loops over the wider part of the hook’s handle. Wire doesn’t stretch like yarn, and this creates wiggle room.
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| Pull the long end through the loop to create a slip knot. |
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| After making the knot, position the hook to pull through the created loop. |
Step 2: Make four more loops to form a chain Now for the chainstitch: Pull the wire through the loop until another loop of the same size forms. Repeat until you have a five-loop chain.
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| Continued looping creates a chain. | Step 3: Close the chain into a circle Insert the hook into the last and first loop. Pull the wire through both to make another loop that remains on the hook (this is a slipstitch).
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| Use a slipstichto close the circle by slipping hook through both the first and last loops. | Step 4: Second chainstitch Make a second chainstitch above the circle, as described in step 2. (You now have two loops above the circle to the left of the original slip knot.) Yarn over the hook to get ready for the next step.
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| Start the second chain to create two more loops. |
Step 5: Add a row to the circle Following step 4, insert the hook into the center of the circle. (Don’t pull the wire tight to the crochet hook.) Yarn over the hook again on the back side, and pull the loop through the center hole toward the front. (You’ll have three loops on the crochet hook now, as shown below.) Pull the long wire through all three loops. (Once again, you’ll have one loop on the hook.) Repeat all around the circle.
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| Three loops on the crochet hook. |
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| Back to one loop on your crochet hook. |
Step 6: Secure the earring edge After the last stitch, remove the hook. Cut the wire 6 inches long. Thread it by hand upward through one loop and then downward through the next. Pull downward tightly.
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| Use your handsto loop the wire. | Step 7: Finish Up Take the wire end up through a crochet stitch on the edge of the inner circle, add a pretty bead as shown, and then take the wire down through a stitch on the opposite side of the inner circle.
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| Add a center bead. | Step 8: Add an earring back
Secure an earring back to the crochet circle with an end wire. Connect it with several loops. Bury the wire, and cut.
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| Attach the back. | Photos by Scott Phillips
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Learn how to make this pair of classy looking earrings using wire wrapping and looping wirework techniques. This design requires only basic materials ie copper wires and some beads. By learning this technique, you will be able to come up many variations of designs! With 20 detailed step by step guide coupled with many images, this tutorial offers some good tips on wireworks for beginners!
Step 1: Cut approximately 5cm length of 1mm dia (18gauge) of copper wires. Use a wire straightening pliers to straighten the wire before you start.
Tips To ensure uniform design, it is important to get this step done. You can use tissue paper to straighten the wires as well.
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Step 2: Make a loop Bend the wire to 90 degree from the end of the wire measuring 1.5cm. Place your round nose pliers at the tip of the wires.
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Turn your wrist towards your body to make a twist. To complete the circle, you need to switch the loop from the top pliers tine to the bottom pliers tine. This will allow you now to continue bending the wire around the pliers to complete your loop.
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Tips The diameter of the round nose pliers can be used as the diameter of the loop. You will notice the diameter is getting bigger from the tip towards the holder.
You can use marker pen to mark on the location of your preferred diameter for your loop. This is important especially you are making 1 pair of earrings that requires the 2 sides to look identical.
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Step 3: Cut approximately 40cm of 0.4mm dia (26 gauge) copper wires. Hold the two wires together with your non-wrapping hand as seen in the photo. The thicker wire laying horizontal is the mandrel – the wire that will be wrapped. Let 2cm (1in) of the wrapping wire hang below the mandrel wire – this will give you something to hold onto as you wrap.
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Step 4: Notice I have folded the wires by wrapping the longer wire downwards.
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Step 5: Grasp the wrapping wire (the longer end above the mandrel), rotate your wrapping hand away from your body while creating some tension between your two hands. This tension is required in order to have nice even coils spaced right next to each other. You do not want the wrapping wire to twist as you coil, thus, you need to allow it to turn freely in your right hand.
Tips: It is easier to coil if you wrap closer to the end of your mandrel wire; you can push the coil towards the middle as you go along.
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Step 6: Continue coiling the mandrel until it is about 3cm in length.
Step 7: Take a mandrel that is measuring about 0.8cm in diameter. In this case, I am using the pliers holder as shown in the picture.
Use a mandrel to form a circle of the coiled wires.
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You can put in your round bead into the circle to make sure the inner diameter is large enough for the bead.
Tips: If the coiled area is to longer than the intended length, you can uncoil it. If the length of the coiled wire is insufficient to form the circle, you can use the remaining thin wires to coil the mandrel until it reaches the joint.
Step 8: Cut off excess wire.
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Step 9: Now use the remaining thin wire to wrap around the other side of the wires and string it through the loop at the top.
Step 10: Thread in a round bead.
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Step 11: Use the remaining wires to attach the bead onto the circle at the bottom by wrapping 2 times.
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Step 12: Cut off excess wires. Use the flat nose wire to press the wires towards the inner side of the ring.
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Step 13: Making Earring Hook Cut approximately 7cm of 0.8mm dia (20 gauge) of copper wires.
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Step 14: Take 1cm of the wire from the end, bend it to 90 degree.
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Step 15: Make a loop.
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Step 16: Bend the wires using a mandrel at 2cm above the loop.
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Step 17: Shape it according to the shape of ear wires. Cut off excess wires.
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Step 18: Make coiled rings To harden the ear wires, put it on a steel block and hammer it evenly.
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Step 19: Place the ear wires onto the loop to complete the making of the earrings.
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Step 20: Do up another side of the earrings. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial
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I've been enjoying a return to knitting and crochet lately, making sweaters for family members, and warm scarves to protect against the cold.I wondered how I could bring my pleasure in working with crochet together with my happiness with beads, and make a jewelry item.I started playing with wire and a crochet hook. And came up with this lacy, fun little bracelet. It's lightweight, sturdy and a good framework for the beads I added, for some extra BLING.I used one of my cast pewter button replicas for the closure. I've been wearing it this week, to make sure it's comfortable and sturdy. I already have some ideas about different ones I may make. And the central emblems, for earrings and pins. I made up the pattern, just playing around. I want to make some with a cast pewter emblem as part of the central design. It reminds me of something very old, like a design you'd see in Godey's Lady's Magazine Patterns. I think I'll spend some more time working on this idea. What do yohttp://dorischancrochet.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/14-hairpin-lace-bracelet.jpg?w=300&h=254
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