Make your own crochet earrings inspired by blooming flowers. Fun and lightweight, colorful cotton thread paired with silver accents makes these earrings both vibrant and elegant.

Time: One hour pattern

Skill Level: Easy

Size: 2.5-inch long earring made of 1-inch small flower and 1.5-inch large flower

Materials

Yarn, size 3 DMC Pearl Cotton Embroidery Thread 16.4yds in color of choice

(in this sample): 351 Orange, 554 Lilac, 341 Light blue, 602 Pink, 471 Green 972 Yellow. Light #3

Hook/Needles: 2.5 mm crochet hook, 3.5 mm crochet hook.

Notions: Earring hardware: hook, jump rings, yarn needle. Jewelry pliers (2).  Bead for center of flowers (optional)

Pattern Notes

Make 2 earrings per color.

Pattern

Small Flower

Using the 2.5mm crochet hook, make a magic circle, ch 1.

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in mc. Join.

Rnd 2: *(Ch 2, 2 hdc, ch 2, sl st) in same st, sl st in next sc; rep from * around omitting final sl st. (6 petals)

Large Flower

Using the 3.5mm crochet hook, make a magic circle, ch 1.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in mc. Join.

Rnd 2: *(Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, sl st) in same st, sl st into next st; rep from * around. (6 petals)

Fasten off.

Finishing

Using two needle nose pliers, twist open the jump ring and insert one end under the middle two loops of one of the large flower petals. Insert the other end under the middle two loops of one of the small flower petals. Close the jump ring. On the other end of the small flower petal, add the earring hook.

Repeat with 2nd set of flowers.

(Optional) Add a bead to the center of each flower and tie with thread.