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Crocheted Silk Drop Earrings

Topic Handspun Projects
Fiber Silk
Project Category Crochet
Project Type Accessories
Author Elise Young
Format Project/Pattern

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Materials

Fiber Silk cocoons (Yagaa Productoras de Seda), natural, 1/4 oz (7 g) (24 cocoons).
Yarn 3-ply laceweight (5,000 ypp; 30 wpi), 12 yd.
Needle Size 14 (0.75 mm) steel crochet hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Other Supplies Markers (m), 2 closed metal rings, 9/16" (14 mm); 1 pair earring hooks; eight 4 mm jump rings; 2 eye pins; six size 8° seed beads, clear; wire cutters; flat-nose pliers; round-nose pliers.
Gauge About 18 sts/in; small circle, ½" (12.7 mm) diameter; flower, 1¼" (32 mm) diameter.
Finished Size 3¼" (8.3 cm) long from top of earring hook to bottom of crocheted flower.

About: Elise Young is a Canadian designer of handknits living on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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