Square Dangle Earrings

Gentle Art Cinnamon 0510

Kreinik heavy braid (#32) 005 black

Kreinik very fine braid (#4) 002V

Kreinik 1/8" ribbon 2122 brown/black

Mill Hill Beads gold 00557

Mill Hill Beads gold bugle 1104

Brown sewing thread

Brown felt

Plastic canvas 14 count

Sewing and tapestry needles

Earring hooks

2 jump rings

1.  Cut 2 plastic canvas squares using the pattern on the right.

2. Using the graph above, work in the following order:

      A. Woven cross (purple lines) are worked with Gentle Art Cinnamon using 12 strands in the needle.  Be sure to weave the center.

     B. Smyrna Cross and arrowheads (blue-green lines) are worked with Kreinik 005 using 1 strand.

    On the right, you will see the graph for the arrowheads.

     C. Gobelin (yellow lines) are worked Kreinik ribbon. Use 1 strand in needle.

     D. Binding is worked on all four edges of earrings. Twelve strands of Gentle Arts is used.

     E. Using 1 strand Kreinik fine braid, work the long stitches (red lines).

2. Cut 2 squares of felt measuring 1" square. Sew onto the back of each earring.

3. Attach beads following the diagram on the right.

4. On the opposite side of the square, attach 1 jump ring and 1 hook. Repeat for the other earring.