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Woodland Traveler

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Earrings

Intermediate Skill Level

Materials:

Earring: 2.5 in. (6cm)

• 1g 11º seed beads, copper

• 1g 11º seed beads, transparent olive AB

• 2g 8º seed beads, copper

• 10 2-hole lentils, aqua

• 20 2x4mm miniduos, silver

• 10 5mm bicone crystals, chili pepper

• 2 18mm Czech glass cabochons, turquoise blue

• 3x3 in (8x8cm) suede fabric swatch

• 8 in. (20cm) SilverSilk capture knitted wire

• 2 double-strand SilverSilk end caps

• pair of earring hooks

DESIGNED BY NEALAY PATEL

“Bright, colorful and copper. What more do

I need to say! I was inspired by earthy colors

and the stitched knitted wire that showcases

the beautiful cabochons, which are as blue

as the dancing tides of the ocean.”

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A B

C

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EARRNG 1. Using E6000 glue, adhere the 18mm cabochons to the

suede. Allow the glue to dry, and trim the suede to 2mm

around the stone. Cut a 4-in. (10cm) piece of the knitted

wire and make a teardrop shape. Attach the end cap to

both ends of the knitted wire (A).

2. Cut a 30-in. (76cm) piece of beading thread. Thread a

beading needle and place a bead stopper in the center.

Sew through the suede and knitted wire from the center

backside of the stone. Pick up an 8º copper seed bead, a

bicone crystal, an 11º transparent olive AB seed bead, a

lentil and two miniduos. Sew through the second hole of

the last miniduo (B).

Note: I used straight pins to hold my stone and knitted wire

in place as I made the picot stitches.

3. Pick up an 11º copper seed bead and sew through the

second hole of the first miniduo. Sew through both miniduo

holes that are below the 11º copper seed bead (C).

D E

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4. Sew through the second hole of the lentil, and pick up an

11º olivine. Sew through the bicone, 8º, knitted wire and the

suede (D). You have just completed one picot stitch.

5. Measure 2mm from the last picot stitch and go through

the suede and knitted wire and repeat the picot stitch two

more times, then make a smaller picot: pick up an 8º and an

11º copper and sew back through the 8º, knitted wire and

suede (E). Repeat the smaller picot stitch four more times

and secure the thread.

6. Repeat the step 5 for the other half of the stone to

complete the earring.

7. Make a second earring.

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