Get ready to channel your inner artist this Valentine's Day with a delightful tutorial on crocheting heart earrings! Perfect for gifts or adding a personal touch to your look, this guide is accessible to all skill levels.
Crochet Heart Earring
Materials:
- Size 8 cotton crochet thread (pink and white)
- Size 3.25 mm (letter D) crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Earring hooks
- Jump rings (6 mm gold)
- Jewelry pliers
Abbreviations:
- ch: chain
- hdc: half double crochet
- tr: treble crochet
- sl st: slip stitch
Pattern:
1. Create the Heart:
Start with a magic circle using pink yarn.
- Chain 3 stitches (this will be the foundation chain for the first half of the heart).
- Crochet 3 treble crochets into the magic circle.
- Crochet 3 half double crochets.
- Chain 1 stitch (this will be the center point).
- Crochet 1 treble crochet in the center point.
- Chain 1 stitch.
- Crochet 3 half double crochets on the other side of the heart.
- Crochet 3 treble crochets.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Skip the next stitch and slip stitch in the following stitch to join the two halves of the heart.
2. Add the Edging:
- Cut the pink yarn and attach the white yarn.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Slip stitch in the first stitch of the foundation chain.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Slip stitch in the next stitch.
- Repeat the last two steps until you reach the end of the first half of the heart.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Skip the next stitch and slip stitch in the following stitch.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Slip stitch in the next stitch.
- Repeat the last two steps until you reach the end of the second half of the heart.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Slip stitch in the first stitch of the foundation chain.
- Chain 2 stitches.
- Slip stitch in the last stitch.
- Cut the yarn and weave in the tails.
3. Attach the Earring Hardware:
- Open the jump rings using jewelry pliers.
- Attach the first jump ring to the center of the heart.
- Attach the second jump ring to the first jump ring.
- Repeat as needed to add more jump rings.
- Attach the earring hook to the last jump ring.
- Close the jump rings.
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