Day 6

Bubble Earrings:

This pattern is called Bubble Weave. It starts out as a simple 2-1 chain, but with a few simple twists and the addition of a few rings becomes something totally different.

Materials used:

2 copper ear wires

8- 18 gauge, 6mm copper jump rings

10- 18 gauge, 1/4in anodized aluminum jump rings (4 blue, 2 green, 4 brown)

Instructions:

Step 1- Open all of the large rings, close all of the small rings.

Step 2- Weave 4 closed small rings onto an open large green ring and close. Separate the small rings; leaving a pair on each side. 

Step 3- Weave an open large blue ring onto 1 pair of small rings and close. Weave another large blue ring onto the opposite pair of small rings and close.

Step 5

Step 4- Here’s where it gets a little tricky. Hold the large green ring in one hand and one of the large blue rings in the other. Fold the blue ring backwards so that it is underneath the large green ring. Separate the pair of small rings, leaving one on the top and one on the bottom. Pull the large green ring and the large blue ring in opposite directions.    

Step 5- Repeat step 4 with the remaining large blue ring attached to the large green ring. (You will now have a pair of small rings at the top of the chain and a pair at the bottom. Each pair of small rings will contain one attached to the left large blue ring and one attached to the right large blue ring.)

Step 6- Weave a large brown ring through the top pair of small rings and close. Weave another large brown ring through the bottom pair of small rings and close.

Step 7- Attach an ear wire to the top large brown ring. Done!

Experience Level: Beginner

Approximate Time: 20 minutes

This is another design that I think looks better lying flat on the table rather than hanging. I changed the gauge of wire from the pattern I was following, but I don’t think that had much to do with it. While I was playing around with it, I tried using a middle sized ring on the top and hadn’t put the bottom ring on yet. I realized that it would also look nice with the bottom ring removed and using a drop bead instead. As luck would have it, I had a bead that was perfect!