Paper Bead Hoop Earrings

Designed By Julie A. Bolduc

These earrings are very quick and easy to make and are made with beads which are handmade out of paper.

Materials Needed
Size 20 crochet cotton in white.
2 bone rings, 1" in diameter
2 gold tone fishhook earwires
2 paper beads or beads 5mmx16mm with a 1/16" hole
Size 11 Steel crochet hook
Fine tapestry needle

Yarn Thickness: 20thread
Gauge: 12sc=1"
Finished Size: 1" diam
Skill Level: Beginner

Instructions
RND 1: Work the same for both rings. Join thread to ring. Work 56 sc in ring or enough to fill it. Join w/slst to first sc. Fasten off. Leave one end about 10" long. Weave the other end in.

Finishing : String one of the beads onto the long thread. Put needle through stitch on opposite side of the ring then back up through the bead and through the joining stitch. Weave end in tightly. Attach ear wire to joining stitch.

Design written on Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Copyright ©2005 By Julie A. Bolduc p107032