Becky Kelly's earring revisited - Sue Hanson 1999

I was playing with Becky Kelly's earring pattern last Christmas.  I changed the count, used split rings & found it was firmer by doing a single ds chain between two of the clover rings.  I still worked with shuttle only, threading the beads onto it before starting - but I left about a yard of thread as the ball thread (so to speak) and worked it by finger tatting

Thread Shuttle with 15 beads

Clover Leave 1 yard tail & use as a second shuttle by finger tatting
Ring A: 2 B 6 vsp 10 B 2 clr & RW
  Ch:  1ds, RW
Ring B: 2 +B (Ring A) 10 B 2 clr & RW
  Ch: 1 RW
Split Ring C: 2 +B (Ring B) 10 // 2, +B (Ring A) 6 clr DNRW
Make a very small mock picot

Split Ring D 6 // 4 clr make a very small mock picot
Bring 5 beads from shuttle & thread the other end through - thus 2 threads going through the 5 beads - making it firmer.  Beading needle will do the job.  :-)

Ring E (5 beads onto ring) 4 B 2 <3B> 2 B 4 clr DNRW
When laying in the three beads keep them flat & in line with the core thread
Then work the next 2 ds & form beads into a triangle

Bring the last 5 beads from shuttle & again thread the spare end through to reinforce it
Ring F: 6 + (Ring A) 4 clr

I tie a reef knot & either (if I remember) I lay in magic threads while working to hide the ends or I sew the ends over the heal of the stitches - up & down.  Or you could just tie, glue then cut.  Enjoy  :-)))

(Revised 30th August 2005)

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