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Step 5Add Hooks
Next, add the hooks. You will need two jump rings and a hook for each earring.
Use the pliers to open all four jump rings. Hook a ring through each earring's hole and squeeze it shut. Then, use the other jump rings to link the first rings and the hooks. Pay attention to direction so that the earrings hang right.
You will notice that in the images that one earring has two rings and the other only has one. I made the one-ring version first, but it hung sideways, so I added another ring to make them hang straight.
Use the pliers to open all four jump rings. Hook a ring through each earring's hole and squeeze it shut. Then, use the other jump rings to link the first rings and the hooks. Pay attention to direction so that the earrings hang right.
You will notice that in the images that one earring has two rings and the other only has one. I made the one-ring version first, but it hung sideways, so I added another ring to make them hang straight.
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A suggestion for jump rings: twist them open instead of spreading them. Pulling them apart (Making an "O" into a "C") fatigues the metal, and can introduce folds marks.
Check out mine below ( SugarTeen52 modeled them for me).
I don't quite agree with your statement about the jump rings. Pulling them apart...fatigues the metal... Any bending action will fatigue metal. That's one of the obnoxious laws of nature: If you have a piece of metal, and you bend it repeatedly, it doesn't matter how quickly you move it, how frequently you move it, or how far you move it. After a certain amount of motion, the metal will break. Fold marks I don't know about, and they;re too small to see anyway, so I didn't care. :-)