Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Simple Peacock Earrings

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Need a quick and easy gift? I made a pair of these earrings in less than two hours and that included the time it took to de-coffee the inset glass topped coffee table after Weezer knocked over my cup.
These earrings may look like a million bucks but they are easy to make from inexpensive supplies.


What you need:
Embroidery floss in purple, aqua, metallic gold, and green
Size C (2.75 mm) or smaller hook
Yarn needle
Scissors
2 eye pins
2   4-8 mm glass beads
2 fish hook earrings
1 pair round nosed jewelry pliers

Earrings:
Join each row with slip stitch, do not turn
Be sure to work over color change tails

Chain 3 with purple
Round 1: dc 11 into first chain
Switch to blue, chain 2
Round 2: work 2 dc in each dc around
Switch to gold, ch 1
Round 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around
Switch to green, chain 1
Round 4: sc 9, *feather clusters (3 ch) , (5 ch) , 11 (7 ch), (5 ch), (3 ch), sc 9
Tie knot and weave end end.


*Feather Cluster:
Work 1 sc, chain (#), slip stitch in same stitch

Prepare findings like above.

Open the bottom of an eye pin and slip through some stitches at the top of feather.



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