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Free Beaded Earring Project: Endless Summer Earrings

Katie Hacker August 30, 2023
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Endless summer beaded earring project
✓Let the Interweave Knits Winter 2024 issue transport you to a winter wonderland of cozy knits! This remarkable edition features 14 extraordinary projects to immerse yourself in the uniqueness of specially crafted yarns.

Make summer last a little longer with these quick and easy, colorful seed bead earrings. Shop your own stash to transform forgotten treasures into fun accessories that reflect your personal style. Whether you select your favorite colors or create captivating patterns, this simple project is a creative way to reimagine your seed bead collection.  

Here’s what you need and how to make this free beaded earring project!

Materials

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70 of five colors of 11/0 glass seed beads

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40” length of .015” diameter silver color Beadalon 19

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10 crimp beads

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4x2mm antique pewter crimpable cord ends

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2 niobium French hook ear wires

Sources: Metal components from TierraCast, beading wire and crimps from Beadalon.

Tools

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Flat-nose pliers

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Wire cutters

Thrifty Tip: This is the perfect project for using leftover seed beads. Look for seed-beaded bracelets or necklaces at your local thrift store and deconstruct them to reuse the beads!

Endless Summer Beaded Earring Project Instructions

1

Cut ten 4” lengths of beading wire.

2

String 2” of seed beads (about 35 beads) onto the center of a wire.

3

Hold the wires together and pass them through a crimp bead.

Flattening a crimp beed to secure a beaded wire loop

4

Adjust the loop to about 3” and use flat-nose pliers to flatten the crimp.

Trimming wire ends for loop earrings

5

Use wire cutters to cut the extra wire.

Beaded wire loops for earrings, with crimp beads

6

Repeat Steps 2-5 to make two beaded loops of each color.

7

Stack one of each color beaded loops, hold them together, and place the ends inside a cord end.

8

Use flat-nose pliers to squeeze the cord end so the wire ends are secured inside.

9

Open the loop on an ear wire and attach it to the loop on the cord end.

10

Repeat Steps 7-9 to make a matching earring.

Endless Summer beaded earrings by Katie Hacker

We hope you enjoy this free beaded earring project! Are you making Endless Summer earrings with seed beads from your collection? Or are you shopping your local thrift store and repurposing the beads? Tag @interweavebeading on Instagram so we can see what you make!

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