How to Make Crochet Hoop Earrings
There are two ways to create hoop earrings with crochet. You can create a loose hoop earring that dangles with just crochet thread and jewelry findings. Or, you can make a more solid hoop earring that holds a round shape by crocheting around a solid object such as a metal or plastic ring.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Crochet Thread, Size 10 Steel Crochet Hook, Size 7 A Metal or Plastic Ring 2 Earring Wires 2 Small Jump Rings 2 Pairs of Jewelry Pliers (needle nose or round nose)
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Create a Loose Hoop Earring
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1
Review these standard crochet pattern abbreviations. They will be used in the instructions below. Slip stitch = sl st, chain = ch, single crochet = sc, stitch = st, yarn over = YO and skip = sk.
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2
Create a slip knot and place it on the crochet hook.
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3
Ch 22.
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4
Sc in the 2nd ch from hook and across (21 sc). Turn.
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5
*Ch3, sk next sc, sc in next st, repeat from * across (10 ch-3 loops).
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6
Figure 1 - Join to Form a Loop
Join with sl st in first ch of starting ch 3 to form a loop (See Figure 1).
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Fasten off, leaving a few inches of thread for weaving in.
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8
Weave in the starting and ending thread tails.
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9
Twist open a jump ring with the jewelry pliers.
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10
Insert one end of the jump ring into the bottom loop of the earring wire and into a crochet stitch at the point where you joined and fastened off.
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11
Twist the jump ring closed (See Figure 2 for a look at a finished earring).
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12
Repeat the steps in this section to make the second earring.
Create a Solid Hoop Earring
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1
Repeat steps 1 and 2 of the previous section.
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2
Hold the ring in your left hand, and the hook in your right with the thread on the top side of the ring.
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3
Figure 3 - Two Loops on Hook
Slip the hook through the center of the ring, YO and pull a loop of thread back through center of the ring. You have two loops on the hook now (See Figure 3).
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Figure 4 - First sc around ring complete
YO and pull the thread through the two loops on the hook to complete the sc around the ring (See Figure 4).
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Figure 5 - Many sc around the ring
Sc around the ring in this fashion until the ring is completely covered with sc stitches (See Figure 5).
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Figure 6 - Round of sc complete
Join with sl st in starting sc (See Figure 6).
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Figure 7 - Ch 3 loops round complete
*Ch3, sk next sc, sc in next st, repeat from * across until last sc. Join (See Figure 7).
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8
Fasten off, leaving a few inches of thread and weave in the thread tails.
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9
Twist open a jump ring with the jewelry pliers.
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10
Insert one end of the jump ring into the bottom loop of the earring wire and into a crochet stitch at the point where you joined and fastened off.
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11
Twist the jump ring closed (See Figure 8 for at look at a finished earring).
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12
Repeat the steps in this section to make the second earring.
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Tips & Warnings
Crochet thread with metallic filaments will give sparkle to your earrings. Stringing gold or silver 3mm beads on the thread and pulling one up each time you complete a single crochet stitch is another way to add a little dazzle to the earrings.
Never "pull" a jump ring apart or it won't go back together. It is opened by grasping the ends with two pairs of pliers and "twisting" one set of pliers away from you while the other comes toward you.
