Beaded Earrings - or flower motifs

C 2010 Jennifer Williams

The beads in these earrings are added using three different methods on the ball thread, on the shuttle thread and added to long picots using a safety pin to hold them in place ready to be joined to the following chain. Some of the beads are strung before you wind your shuttle,5 of them will be moved over to the shuttle thread before starting ring 'A' . The beads on the ball thread are moved up in groups of 3 (3B) on the chains. More beads are added to the ball thread, using a fine crochet hook, and held in place with a safety pin then joins are worked, later in the pattern, to the small loop left when the pin is removed. Requirements: Size 20 thread, 88 size 9/11 beads (44 per earring), two safety pins, 2 jump rings, 2 earring hooks, a 0 .4 crochet hook and the usual tatting equipment. String 20 beads then wind about 1 metre onto your shuttle leaving the beads on the ball thread. Do not cut. Bring 5 beads up into a ring round you hand ready to start with ring 'A'. R.A 5, move up the 5 beads and make a picot to include these and enough space for another 3 beads (NB the space is needed for the joins on rings 'B' to 'E'), 5, cl, RW 1st CH 2, add 5 beads onto the ball thread, securing with a safety pin for later, 4, move up 3 beads on the ball thread, 4, add 5 beads onto the ball thread, securing with another safety pin, 2, RW R.B 5, move 1 bead from the picot on ring 'A' to the left then make a join to that picot, 5, cl, RW E 5 2nd CH 2, + to the small loop left by carefully removing the D 2 5A safety pin from the long beaded picot on the 4 1st chain, 4, 3 beads, 4, add 5 beads onto the 2010 JW 5 B C C ball thread, securing with another safety pin, 4 2 5 2, RW R.C 5, on the central beaded picot move 1 bead to the left then make a join, 5, cl, RW 3rd CH 2, + to the small loop left by carefully removing the safety pin from the long beaded picot on the 2nd chain, 4, 3B, 4, add 5 beads onto the ball thread, securing with another safety pin, 2, RW R.D 5, on the central beaded picot move 1 bead to the left then make a join, 5, cl, RW 4th CH 2, + to the small loop left by carefully removing the safety pin from the long beaded picot on the 3rd chain, 4, 3B, 4, add 5 beads onto the ball thread, securing with another safety pin, 2, RW R.E 5, on the central beaded picot move 1 bead to the left then make a join, 5, cl, RW 5th CH 2, + to the small loop left by carefully removing the safety pin from the long beaded picot on the 4th chain, 4, 3B, 4, remove the safety pin and 3 of the beads from the free long beaded picot on the 1st chain. Replace the three beads with a jump ring and 2 of the beads then join to the small loop at the end of the picot, 2. Cut and tie to the base of ring 'A' then secure ends. Work a second earring then block. You may wish to stiffen the earrings.

Note; the instructions given are for the earrings where the beads are all of one colour. The photo of the flower motif is to illustrate how the pattern can be adapted.