Granny Square Earrings

If you're like us, after last week's Crocheting with Wire tutorial, you'll be itching to try out your first wire project! Our Granny Square Earrings are the perfect beginner's project. It uses a pattern you probably already know by heart--the traditional granny square--and is simply worked in a new medium. What could be easier? Give it a go! I'll help you out if you get stuck.

Granny Square Earrings

Materials

28-gauge non-tarnish silver craft wire

Size F-5 (3.75mm) crochet hook

4 1/8-inch silver beads

2 freshwater pearls

2 silver earring hooks

Directions - Make 2.

Ch 6; join with sl st to form a ring.

Rnd 1. Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, ch 3, *3 dc in ring, ch 3; rep from * 2 times. Sl st in top of beg ch 3.

Rnd 2. Sl st in first 2 dc and first ch-3 sp, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in same ch-2 sp as sl st, *ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch 3-sp; rep from * twice. Ch 1, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3.

Rnd 3. Sc in ea st around, working 1 sc in ea ch-1 sp and 3 sc in ea ch-3 sp. Finish off, leaving a 4-inch tail.

Finishing
Thread onto 4-inch tail the following: 1 silver bead, 1 freshwater pearl, 1 silver bead, 1 earring hook. After the earring hook is threaded on, twist the wire around the base of the hook 3 times, then thread the wire back through the silver beads and pearl. Trim excess wire.

Weave in beginning end of wire and trim excess.

Abbreviations
beg          beginning
ch          chain
dc          double crochet
ea          each
mm          millimeter
rep          repeat
rnd          round
sl st          slip stitch
sp          space
st          stitch