Tatted Chainmaille Earrings
By: Lauren Andersen “The ChainMaille Lady”
Materials:
1pr Earwires - Beadalon®
42 18g 1/8” Artistic Wire Chain Maille Jump Rings – Beadalon® or TheChainMailleLady.com
1 ball Size 20 Lizbeth® Thread – Handy Hands, hhtatting.com
1 #5 Tatting Needle – Handy Hands, hhtatting.com
1 btl White Glue or Faultless Spray Starch
1 G-H Hypo Fabric Cement – local bead shop
1 pr Scissors
Abbreviations for Needle Tatting:
ds = double stitch
R = ring
Ch = chain
p or “-“ = picot
j or “+” = join
Rw = reverse work
CL = close
Begin by making the Needle Tatted portion of the earrings. Make two.
1) R: 2-2-2-2-2-2 CL RW
2) Ch: 3-3-3-3 RW
3) R: 2-2+(to the fourth picot of the previous ring) 2-2-2-2 CL RW
4) Ch: 3-3-3-3 RW
5) R: 2-2+(to the fourth picot of the previous ring) 2-2-2-2 CL RW
6) Ch: 3-3-3-3 RW
7) R: 2-2+(to the fourth picot of the previous ring) 2-2-2-2 CL RW
8) Cut both the needle thread and the ball thread
9) Place a drop of G-S Hypo Fabric Cement on the knot and let it dry
10) Once dry, trim the threads close to the knot taking care not to cut the knot
11) To give body to your tatting you can either spay it with the spray starch or mix equal parts white glue and water and dip the tatting into the mixture. Lay the tatting on a flat surface to dry. Adjust the picots and tatting as needed. You can dry the tatting with a hair dryer taking care not to burn the tatting.
Handy Hands Tatting (hhtatting.com) has instructions for making the double stitch, a picot, a ring and a chain.
Shaggy Loop Portion of the Earrings
1) With an open jump ring scoop up the loop on one of the ear wires. Close the jump ring.
2) With an open jump ring scoop up the jump ring added in step 1. Close the jump ring.
3) Add three jump rings to the jump ring added in step 2.
4) Add three jump rings to the center jump ring added in step 3.
5) Repeat step 4 an additional two times.
6) Open the last middle jump ring and scoop up picot number 3 from the first ring made. Close the jump ring.
7) Repeat steps 2 – 5.
8) Open the last middle jump ring and scoop up picot number 3 from the last ring made. Close the jump ring.
Lauren Andersen @ TheChainMailleLady.com or (626) 255-4267 |
