Sun Fiesta Earrings TUTORIAL

Fiesta Sun Earrings 

by Erin Siegel

for Ornamentea.com

These bright, playful earrings will light up your Summer days! So fun and easy to make.

Ingredients:

28 glass 4mm rounds

2 glass 6mm rounds

2 hammered brass 33mm metalrings

2 brass ear wires

2 brass head pins

56” of walnut 4ply Irishwaxed linen cord

Tools:

Round nose pliers

Chain nose pliers

Scissors

Ruler

Instructions:

1: Convert the headpins into eyepins by trimming off the heads and creating a loop at one end as shown.

2: String one 6mm glass round; form a simple loop. Set aside. Cut the cord in half and set one aside.

3: Make a 3” fold at one end of the cord. Form a larks head knot around the brass ring as shown.

4: Use the short end of cord to form an overhand knot against the previous larks head knot. Trim ends to 1/8”. Using the long end of cord, form a half-hitch knot around the ring. 

5: String a 4mm bead and form 3 half-hitch knots. Repeat until entire ring is covered. Form an overhand knot against the last half-hitch knot. Trim ends to 1/8”.

6: Attach the bead link made in step one to the brass ring between the first and final knots. Attach an ear wire to the bead link. 

7: Repeat steps 1-4 to complete the second earring.