Crocheted Leaf and Flower Earrings

Something else I love to do besides painting! Crochet and knit!

So these little earrings are my design and I wanted to share them with you

Leaf and Flower Earrings

3 colors DMC pearl cotton no. 5 (you will need only a small amount of each color. You could make 4 or 5 sets with one skein of each)

Size 00, 1.75 mm crochet hook

(pc3 stitch is a picot made my chaining 3 and sl st in the 3^rd chain from the hook)

gauge is not critical.

Flower

Start with Magic ring and color 1

R1:  5 sc in ring don’t join.

R2: working over starting tail.  2 sc in each of the 5 sc (10 sc) join with sl st to first sc. End

With color 2:

R3: working over end of last color. Join with a sl st and sc in same st as join.  ch 3, *sc in next 2 sc, ch 3. Repeat from * 3 more times (5 petals) sc in next sc. join with sl st in starting sc.

R4: working over this color tail. 5 sc in ch 3 loop, *sk 1 sc, sl st in next sc, 5 sc in ch 3 loop. Repeat from * 3 more times. join with sl st to beginning sl st.  End.

Weave in final tail.

Leaf (use either this larger leaf or the smaller one)

R1: Ch 7 loosely, sc in 2^rd ch from hook. Sc in next 4 ch, 3 sc in end ch, 

now work up other side of chain (working over starting tail) , sc in next 5 ch, 3 sc in last ch

R2: Dc and 2 tr in first sc. 2 tr in next sc, dc in next, sc in next 2sc, sc pc3 in next, sc in next 3 sc, dc in next sc, 2 tr in next sc, 2 tr and 1 dc in next sc, sk 1 of the 3 sc on the end, sl st in the next 2 sc.

Stem: Ch 12, sl st in 3^rd ch from hook, ch 3, join to flower with sl st between petals. End.

Weave end back through ch to leaf.

Smaller Leaf

Ch 5 loosely, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, dc and tr in same st, tr and dc in next ch, dc in next ch, 2 sc, 3pc and sc in end ch.

Working up other side of chain (and over tail) dc in next ch, dc and tr in next ch, tr, dc and sc in next ch. Join with sl st to first sc.

Stem: Chain 9, sl st in 3^rd ch from hook, ch 3. Join with a sl st between 2 petals on the flower. End.

Weave end back through ch to leaf.

You can stiffen your earrings with a bit with spray starch. Place earrings front side down on a towel. Spray back with Heavy spray starch and let dry.

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