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Seahorse Earring – Jane Eborall © 2004

Skills required  Split ring (1 only), starting with a chain.  For help on doing this without using a knot please visit here.

Abbreviations

SR

Split Ring

B

bead moved into place

Wsh1

working shuttle 1

Wsh2

working shuttle 2

^

very small picot

Materials

For each earring.  Wsh1 add 1 bead (eye).  Wsh2 add 2 beads (nose), 7 beads (back) 1 metal ring  (I use split rings - like key rings).

Using Wsh1 and starting with a chain.

Ch:       14

R1:       2 ^ 1 – 1

Ch:       2 B 2 B 2

R2:       2 +(2^nd p R1) 2 ^ 2 – 2

Ch:       B 2 B 2 B 2 B 2

R3:       2 +(2^nd p R2) 2 ^ 2 – 2

Ch:       B 3 

Before SR place B on Wsh1 on core thread round hand.  Work first half SR with B well out of the way at the back of the hand.  Move the B next to last ds worked before starting second half.  When the SR is complete the B lies in the space between start and finish of SR.

SR4:     2 +(3^rd p R3) 4 / 8 (move metal ring into place) 2 B Close  Change to Wsh2

Ch:       4 ^ 3  Change to Wsh1

Ch:       B 2 B 1  Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 +(^ on last but one Ch) 4+(^ R3)  Change to Wsh1

Ch:       4 +(^R2) 8 +(^R1) 4 +(base R1)  T & C