crochet earring

Making your own earrings is a fun project which can be completed in minutes.

You can keep them for yourself or can make a wonderful homemade gift for your female friends and family members

Today I want to show you beautiful crochet earrings, made with new anchor thread launched

Square dangling earrings

Material

• any thread can work, have used anchor knitting yarn 2 colours
• crochet hook, have used 3.00 mm
• ear wires 
• pliars to fix the ear wires
• scissors

Pattern

1. make 3 chains and slip stitch to make a circle
2. chains 3 and 2 dc's in the ring, You now have a cluster of three dc because the first 3 chains counts as the first dc.Chain three; this creates the space that will become your first corner.
3. 3 dc into the ring Ch 3 to make your next corner.
4.  Repeat the previous step twice
5. Slip stitch into the top chain of the first “chain 3” to close the round.
6. change colour
7. chain 1 and sc in the same stitch, sc in next 2 dc, 4 sc in the 3 chain space
8. sc in each next 3 dc, 2 sc 4chain and 2 sc in next chain space 
9. sc in each next 3 dc, 4 sc in the 3 chain space 
10. sc in each next 3 dc
11. 2sc 3 chains make 3 dc in the base chain after the sc, 3 chain 2 sc to create the tail of the earring
12. slip stitch in the first sc of the 2nd row

Take the earwire and use your pliers to open the loop at the bottom. Hook the open loop of the earwire onto the 4chain loop of the square 

Close the loop with your pliers.

Crochet phone pouch

being a creator at heart, am in my very happy place, surrounded by design elements i love, The only thng that can make it better is when you love it too

Each design takes time, trying this and trying that, until the magic happens

Now my phone has pouch and am loving it

Macrame is coming back

I was happy to find out in many home decor photos that macrame is back. And, among them I distinguished a simple plant hanger project that was so cool, despite its simplicity. And, I wanted to try it immediately. It’s not difficult to find its material anyway i found some cotton cords in my stash and there i go knotting a plant hanger for my house

Definitely macrame isn’t something new for me. I remember my mother making macrame wall-hangings and bags that she sent to my father who was on scholarship with Royal College of Arts London, this was around 1978’s

i learnt it around in my late teens and had made curtain for my Father’s office and a wall hanging for a friends 18th birthday

The word macrame is believed to be derived from an old Arabic word magramah.This referred to the ornamental fringe seen on the edges of scarves or shawls.

Later, the ornamental fringe showed up in England in tablecloths and clothing.

In the early 1800’s, seamen, who spent many hours at sea, made macrame an art peculiarly their own.

With rope being the most plentiful material on the ship, it’s hardly surprising that many of these men perfected this craft.

Sailors used macrame to help pass dull, off-duty hours. No doubt their knot tying earned them money in foreign ports too.

Macrame means; The art of using various kinds of knots to produce decorative patterns  If you know a few basic knots and have a little imagination, you can make an innumerable amount of things that are as beautiful as they are individual.

Crocheting Tips

Here are some crocheting tips to establish consistent crochet work: By Rachel Choi

1. Count, count, count! It is really important to count the stitches in a row or round so that you know you aren’t adding or missing stitches by accident. You can also use stitch markers to help you count.

2. Slide loops back. When you put “loops” on your hook, be sure to slide them back to the part of the hook that is leveled. The edge where the hook is, is 
normally skinnier than the rest of the hook. Pushing the loops back to the 
leveled part of the hook will ensure that all the stitches you make will 
consistently be the same size and have the same tension.

3. Not too tight or loose. Make sure that the loops on your hook aren’t too tight or too loose. It should be loose enough so that it is easy for you to slip your hook in and out of loops. It should be tight enough such that the loops are securely wrapped around the leveled surface of the hook.

4. Know how long to make your turning chain. As a rule of thumb you make 1 chain for single crochets, 2 for half double crochet, 3 for double crochet, and so on. This will ensure that the beginning of your new row/round will be the same height as the rest of the row/round.

5. Use different hook sizes. Sometimes you may find that your foundation chain is much tighter than the rest of your work. Try using a larger sized hook for the foundation chain or for the adventurous try the foundation single crochet (can be altered for other crochet stitches too).

6. Practice. Practice makes perfect, as the old saying goes. Sometimes the best way to learn is from doing, no matter how long you end up doing it for.

7. Crocheting should be relaxing and fun. No brute force needed. If you notice you’re pushing and pulling your hook with a lot of strength, then there’s probably something wrong.

Crochet classes

My mother taught me to crochet when I was a kid. She probably wanted to keep me busy/quiet/out of her hair. All she taught was how to do was make chains and double crochets, but I would do that for hours and hours. I think the way a ball of yarn was being turned into a piece of cloth was definitely interesting for me.

At that time basic technique of crochet looked perfect, as making things wasn’t a priority, so I learned various skills as I went along.

Today I’m pretty sure that I know more about crocheting than my mom who taught me, since I’m always learning something new from books and fellow crochet designers

You are new to crocheting, one of the toughest things to master is making consistent stitches in your work. If you’ve ever tried making a square and it ended up not so square, then you know what I’m talking about! I’d also like to say that counting stitches is a must. Most of the problems have come from not recognizing the “first” stitch in a row AND the “last” which then causes to mistakenly decrease stitches.

It is just so gratifying to share crochet with another person! glimpses of my crochet class

Those interesting in learning crochet please contact on : hunarthecraftinghands@gmail.com