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= seed bead
= fire-polished bead
= bicone crystal
= glass pearl
Step 1: Thread your needle
with a yard of Fireline.
String six seed beads.
Leaving a 6 to 8-inch tail, tie
the beads in a circle with a
double knot, forming a circle
of six seed beads:
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Step 2: Go through the seed
bead on the right side of the knot:
Step 3: String a bicone crystal,
a seed bead, a glass pearl, a
seed bead and a bicone crystal.
Go around and back through
the seed bead on the circle of
seed beads that you exited at
the end of the last step:
MaterialS (for both pair)
• 4 yards 6 lb. FireLine
•A
 pproximately 250 size
11/0 seed beads
• 36 size 3mm fire-polished beads
• 32 size 4mm bicone crystals
• 28 size 4mm glass pearls
• four small (2-4mm) jump rings
• two pair of earring findings
Step 4: Go through the next
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads (highlighted in RED):
Step 5: String a bicone crystal,
a seed bead, a glass pearl and
a seed bead.
Go around and back up
through the bicone crystal that
you added in Step 3 and the
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads that you exited at the
end of the last step (both beads
highlighted in RED):
Step 6: Go through the next
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads (highlighted in RED):
Step 7: String a bicone crystal,
a seed bead, a glass pearl and
a seed bead.
Go around and back across
through the bicone crystal that
you added in Step 5 and the
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads that you exited at the
end of the last step (both beads
highlighted in RED):
Step 8: Go through the next
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads (highlighted in RED):
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Step 9: String a bicone crystal,
a seed bead, a glass pearl and
a seed bead.
Go around and back down
through the bicone crystal that
you added in Step 7 and the seed
bead on the circle of seed beads
(both beads highlighted in RED):
Step 10: Go through the next
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads (highlighted in RED):
Step 11: String a bicone crystal,
a seed bead, a glass pearl and
a seed bead.
Go around and back down
through the bicone crystal that
you added in Step 9 and the seed
bead on the circle of seed beads
(both beads highlighted in RED):
Step 12: Go through the next
seed bead on the circle of seed
beads and the bicone crystal
(highlighted in RED):
Step 13: String a seed bead,
a glass pearl and a seed bead.
Go around through the bicone
crystal, the seed bead on the
circle of seed beads and the
bicone crystal (all beads high­
lighted in RED):
Step 14: Go back up through
the seed bead, the glass pearl
and the two seed beads high­
lighted in RED:
Step 15: Go back around
through the outer ring of
glass pearls and seed beads
(highlighted in RED):
Step 16: Go back across through
the glass pearl and the two seed
beads high­lighted in RED:
Version 1: Follow Steps 1-16. Step 20: Go back through the Step 24: String a fire-polished
glass pearl and the two seed bead, a seed bead and a fire-
beads highlighted in RED: polished bead.

Go through the two seed beads

highlighted in RED:

Step 21: Repeat Step 19 and

Step 20 all the way around
the earring:
Step 25: Repeat Step 24 all the
way around the earring, forming
Step 17: String two seed beads. an outer row of fire-polished
Go around and back across beads and seed beads:
through the two seed beads that
you exited at the end of the last
step (highlighted in RED):

Step 22: Go back around

through the two seed beads
highlighted in RED:

Step 26: Go back around

Step 18: Go back through the through this outer ring of fire-
glass pearl and the two seed polished beads and seed beads
beads highlighted in RED: (highlighted in RED):

Step 23: String a fire-polished

bead, a seed bead and a fire-
polished bead.

Go through the two seed beads

highlighted in RED:
Step 19: String two seed beads.
Go around and back across
through the two seed beads that
you exited at the end of the last
step (highlighted in RED):

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Step 27: String two seed beads,
a bicone crystal, a glass pearl,
a bicone crystal and three seed
beads.
Go through the jump ring and
then back down through the last
seed bead that you just strung:
Step 28: Go back down
through the two seed beads, the
bicone crystal, the glass pearl,
the bicone crystal and the seed
bead that you added in the last
step (highlighted in RED):
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Step 29: String a seed bead.
Go back around through the
outer ring of fire-polished beads
and seed beads (highlighted
in RED):
Step 30: Go back around
through the beads highlighted
in RED and the jump ring:
Step 31: Go back around
through the outer ring of fire-
polished beads and seed beads
(highlighted in RED):
Weave your way back into your
earring, knot and cut your thread.
Repeat for the tail thread from
Step 1.
Attach your earring finding to
the jump ring:
Version 2: Follow Steps 1-16.
Step 17: String five seed beads.
Go around around the pearl
and through the two seed beads
highlighted in RED:
Step 18: String five seed beads.
Go around around the pearl
and through the two seed beads
highlighted in RED:
Step 19: Repeat Step 18 all the
way around the earring:
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Step 20: Go back around
through the four seed beads
highlighted in RED:
Step 21: String a seed bead,
a fire-polished bead and a
seed bead.
Go through the three seed
beads highlighted in RED:
Step 22: String a seed bead,
a fire-polished bead and a
seed bead.
Go through the three seed
beads highlighted in RED:
Step 23: Repeat Step 22 all the
way around the earring:
As you do, pull tight so that the
bicone crystals and glass pearls
protrude forward and the outer
ring of fire-polished beads and
seed beads slip to the back,
forming a slight dome:
Step 24: Go back around
through this outer ring of fire-
polished beads and seed beads
(highlighted in RED), pulling
nice and tight as you do:
Step 25: Go back around
through this outer ring of fire-
polished beads and seed beads
(highlighted in RED), pulling
nice and tight as you do:
Step 26: String three seed
beads, a bicone crystal, a glass
pearl, a bicone crystal and three
seed beads.
Go through the jump ring and
then back down through the last
seed bead that you just strung:
Step 27: Go back down
through the two seed beads, the
bicone crystal, the glass pearl,
the bicone crystal and the seed
bead that you added in the last
step (highlighted in RED):
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Step 28: String two seed beads.
Go back around through the
outer ring of fire-polished beads
and seed beads (highlighted
in RED):
Step 29: Go back around
through the beads highlighted
in RED and the jump ring:
Step 30: Go back around
through this outer ring of fire-
polished beads and seed beads
(highlighted in RED):
Weave your way back into your
earring, knot and cut your thread.
Repeat for the tail thread from
Step 1.
Attach your earring finding to
the jump ring: