These easy crocheted earrings are the perfect gift to make this spring for yourself or a loved one! If you are a maker and sell hand-made items, you are free to use this pattern to make earrings to sell. I do have a written pattern for this project (first time in quite awhile). Have fun using different color combinations to make these earrings your own! As always, there is a video tutorial for these easy crocheted earrings at the bottom of this post.
I have to apologize for several boo-boos while narrating the video tutorial, but I did place written corrections where I’ve made those mistakes. My brain function is still challenged these days, however, I am making a bit of progress, which I am grateful for! If you are new to crochet, make sure to check out my Beginner Crochet Series to learn all the basics of crochet.
These easy crocheted earrings are super quick and fun to make. You can add beads as shown above, or sew seed beads in a decorative design. I did make a pendant from my prototype piece as it was a bit bigger than the final earrings which is shown in one of the pictures below. When talking about the supplies required for this project, I did get the size of crochet threads mixed up. The correct sizing is in the supply list below.
Supply List
- Number 10 cotton thread in color(s) of your choice
- 1.75 mm crochet hook
- Darning needle
- Scissors
- Small pins and foam board (to starch finished earrings)
- 30 ml (6 tsp) water and 20 ml (4 tsp) sugar for starch (see video tutorial below)
- 2 shepherd hooks
- 2 headpins
- 2 small beads
- Round nose plyers
- Flat nose plyers
- Wire cutters
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Demonstrating how to crochet a pattern using tiny crochet cotton on camera is very difficult for the viewer to see, so I used a number four medium weight yarn in the tutorial to demonstrate the stitch pattern. This worked so much better for the visual demonstration.
The Written Pattern
Begin with a magic ring or ch 4 and sl st to make a ring. If you do a magic ring, I recommend creating a knot before daring in the tail end to prevent the center from coming undone.
Round one: ch 1, 1 hdc into the ring 16 times. Join with a sl st into the first hdc.
Round two: ch 3 (counts as the first hdc, ch 1), [hdc, ch 2, hdc, ch 1] into the 1st st (first point made), hdc, ch 1 into the next st, 7 times, [hdc, ch 2, hdc, ch 1] into the next st (second point made), hdc ch 1 into the next st 6 times. Join with a sl st into the 2nd ch of beg ch3.
Round 3: 1 sc, ch 3 in 1st ch1 sp, [sc, ch 6, sc, ch 3] in ch2 sp (point), 1 sc, ch 3 in next ch1 sp 9 times, [sc, ch 6, sc, ch 3] in ch2 sp (point), 1 sc, ch 3 in next ch1 sp 8 times. Join with a sl st in the 1st sc. Fasten off.
This video tutorial shows how to make a sugar starch for crocheted items. The recipe calls for 50% each water and sugar, but I find that blend a little thick. I recommend using the portions written in the supply list which I also talk about in the video for the easy crocheted earrings, so make sure to check that out for starching recommendations specifically for the earrings. You can see in the image above how I sewed an accent bead into the center of the pendent motif. It would be very easy to add more beads to create more embellishment on both the pendent and earring motifs.
See the above tutorial on how to make a sugar starch, but use the proportions of sugar and water recommended in the supply list.
Once the motifs have been starched and are nice and dry, you can make the bead embellishments and add the shepherd hooks, which I demonstrate in the video for the easy crocheted earrings (however, I now recommend making the loops larger than demonstrated so the bead can dangle more freely). You can add a simple jump ring to the top of the pendent motif and put it on a necklace chain, or perhaps make a pretty Boho Necklace from one of my older tutorials.
In the above tutorial, I mention these coasters and hot pad set. Check it out!