Elinor Earrings

SUPPLIES:
15/0 seed beads (SB15)
11/0 seed beads (SB11)
8/0 seed beads - color 1 (SB8A)
8/0 seed beads - color 2 (SB8B)
SuperDuo beads (SD)
Earring wires
2 4mm jump rings
About 1 1/2 yards Nymo B or FireLine

1. Pick up SD + SB8A + SD + SB8A + SD

+ SB8A.
Go back around through all of the beads
to make a circle, leaving a tail long
enough to weave in later. Tie a knot when
you meet the tail.
Go around the circle of beads once more
to reinforce it.
2. Go through the inside hole of the next SD and go on through the next SB8A.
Pick up SB11 and go through the outside hole of the next SD.
Pick up SB11 and go through the next SB8A.
Pick up SB11 and go through the outside hole of the next SD.
Pick up SB11 and go through the next SB8A.
Pick up SB11 and go through the outside hole of the next SD.
Pick up SB11 and go through the next SB8A.
3. Weave back around this circle of beads once again to reinforce it. Exit through the SB8A that you
started from in this step.
NOTE: Remember to go through the outside holes of the SD's as you go around.

4. Go on through the next SB11 and the

outside hole of the next SD.
5. Pick up SB8B + SB11 + three SB15 +
SB11 + SD + SB11 + three SB15 + SB11 +
SB8B.
Go through the outside hole of the next SD
then go through the inner hole of the same
SD.
TIP: Keep your tension slightly relaxed as
you add these "chains" of seed beads.
Pulling them too tight will make them look
messy.

7. Go through the other hole of the

same SD. Weave back around this
circle of beads to reinforce it. You
will go through the SB8B, SB11,
three SB15, SB11, SD, SB11,
three SB15, SB11, SB8B, the
outside hole of the SD and through
the inner hole of the same SD,
through the SB8A and the inner
hole of the next SD.
Exit through the outer hole of the
same SD.

6. Go on through the SB8A and the inner

hole of the next SD.

8. Go on through the SB11, SB8A and SB11 in the center.

Pick up SB11 + three SB15.
Go up and through the inner hole of the SD at the end of the
work. Pull this "chain" of beads into the inside next to the
outer "chain" of beads.
9. Pick up three SB15 + SB11. Go through the SB11 on the
other side of the SB8A of the SD motif going with your needle
toward the SB8A. Pull this "chain" of beads to the inside next
to the other outer chain of beads on the other side.

10. Reinforce the inner chain by

going around again through the
SB8A, the two SB11 and the three
SB15. Skip the SD then go down
through the three SB15 and two
SB11 on the other side.
NOTE: Skipping the SD will bring
the two sides of the inner chain
together in a "V", which helps keep
the chains looking neater.

11. Go on through the

SB8A and the next SB11.
Go through the outer hole
of the nearest SD.

12. Pick up five

SB11. Skip the
SD and go up
through the next
SB11.

Go down through the next

SB11, SB8A and SB11.

13. Continue on around through the next SB8A, SB11 and the outer
hole of the next SD.
Go through the SB11, SB8A and SB11 in the center.
Go through the outer hole of the next SD then go down through the
next SB11, SB8A and next three SB11.
Skip the next SB11 and go through the next two SB11. Pop out the
bead that you skipped.

14. Weave back around the bottom section of the earring again to
reinforce it. You should go through the next SB11, SB8A, SB11, the
outer hole of the next SD, the SB11, SB8A and the SB11 in the
center. Go on through the outer hole of the next SD, SB11, SB8A
and through all seven SB11 of the bottom point of the earring.
15. Continue on up through the next SB8A, SB11, the outer hole of
the SD, the next SB8B, SB11, three SB15, SB11 and the inner hole
of the SD at the top of the earring.
Go through the outer hole of the same SD.

16. Pick up two SB11

+ one SB8B + two
SB11. Go back
around and through
the same hole of the
SD that you just
exited.
17. Go up through the first two SB11. Skip the
SB8B and go through the next two SB11. Pop
out the SB8B so that these seed beads form a
"V".

19. Pick up one SB11 and

go back through the outer
hole of the SD.
Pick up one SB11 and go up
through the next two SB11
then go on around through
the SB8B and the three
SB11 on the other side.
20. Weave back around this
loop of beads once or twice to reinforce it. Do not
skip the SB8B this time.

18. Go through the nearest hole of the SD.

Go back through the first two SB11. Skip the
SB8B and go through the next two SB11.

21. Weave in the working and tail threads and cut them.
22. Attach a jump ring through the SB8B at the top of the earring and attach an
earring wire to the jump ring.

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