Day 30

Fairy Wing  Earrings:

This is another cute little design that someone else had made that I thought I could recreate rather easily.

 

Materials used:
2- silver earwires
6- 20 gauge, 4.5mm silver jump rings
12- 20 gauge, 6mm silver jump rings
2- 18 gauge, 10mm colored aluminum jump rings

Instructions:

Step 4

Step 1-  Close 4 of the 6mm rings and open 2 of the 6mm rings. Open 3 of the 4mm rings. Open the 10mm ring.

Step 2- Weave 4 of the closed 6mm rings onto an open 6mm ring and close.

Step 3- Weave another open 6mm ring through the same closed 6mm rings and close.

Step 4- Separate the 4 4mm rings into 2 pairs. One pair on the right side and one pair on the left.

Step 5

Step 5- Working from the side closest to you, weave an open 10mm ring between the 2 middle rings, through one of the right rings, both left rings then the other right ring and exiting between the middle rings on the side farthest away from you and close. 

Step 6

Step 6- Weave an open 4mm ring onto the top middle rings.
Step 7- Weave another 4mm ring through this same path and close.
Step 8- Weave an open 4mm ring through these two 4mm rings and add an earwire before closing.
Step 9-  Repeat steps 1-8 for second earring.




Experience Level: Beginner
Approximate Time: 20 minute

If the AR is not right on these, the fairy's wings do not stay up. It took me a few trials before I found the right combination of ring sizes. The picture I saw looked like it used all the same size rings, but I couldn't figure out how to do that. I would like the design better if the fairy and her wings stood out a little more. I will probably keep playing around with different size rings (as I acquire them) to see if I can find an even better combination.