I needed something to wear with the beautiful pink dress I wanted to wear for Marvalous Monday at work. So I whipped together this earring and necklace set. It only requires regular rings and chains and is pretty simple to put together. And it is, of course, pink!
Step 1: Supplies
You just need the regular old tatting basic supplies
- Crochet Cotton Size 10
- Tatting Needle Size 5
- 2 Earrings
- 4 - 6 Jump Rings
- Clasp
Step 2: The Necklace
Time to get started tatting:
Your necklace is done. It is going to be really wavy-like, so you are going to want to at least iron it if not iron it, starch it, and iron it again.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. rw. (2 ds, 7 picots sep. by 2 ds, finish with 2 ds.)
- Ch 4 - 4 - 4 k. rw.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. rw. (2 ds, 4 picots sep by 2 ds, finish with 2 ds.)
- Ch 4 - 4 - 4 k. rw.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 connect to center (4th) picot of previous ring 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. do not rw.
- Repeat 1 - 5 until the desired length. You will end with #5.
Your necklace is done. It is going to be really wavy-like, so you are going to want to at least iron it if not iron it, starch it, and iron it again.
Step 3: Earrings
I needed something to go along with the necklace, so I whipped up these earrings to match. These are almost the same as the necklace except you don't repeat the pattern and you extend the pattern a little.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. rw. (2 ds, 7 picots sep. by 2 ds, finish with 2 ds.)
- Ch 4 - 4 - 4 k. rw.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. rw. (2 ds, 4 picots sep by 2 ds, finish with 2 ds.)
- Ch 4 - 4 - 4 k. rw.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 connect to center (4th) picot of previous ring 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. rw.
- Ch 4 - 4 - 4 k. rw.
- R 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 cl. k. rw. (2 ds, 4 picots sep by 2 ds, finish with 2 ds.)
- Ch 4 - 4 - 4 k. connect to the bottom of the first ring you created, double knot and hide the ends.
Step 4: Finish it all off
To finish it all up, I ironed all the pieces. Then I spray starched them and let them dry. (Before I spray starch them, I like to make sure all the stitches are laying right and I pull on the decretive picots and make sure they are laying right as well.) Once they were dry, I ironed them again.
To attach my findings, I decided to put two jump rings on each end of the necklace (partly to make sure things lined up, partly to make it just a smidge longer), and added the clasp to one end.
For my earrings I just attached an earring to a jump ring and then attached that to the tatted ring that had no picots. You are done! Put them on and be a pink princess!
To attach my findings, I decided to put two jump rings on each end of the necklace (partly to make sure things lined up, partly to make it just a smidge longer), and added the clasp to one end.
For my earrings I just attached an earring to a jump ring and then attached that to the tatted ring that had no picots. You are done! Put them on and be a pink princess!
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And I like the color too!
They are gorgeous, nice make! I'm sure this is far beyond the skills of my own hands, though I've forwarded it to relevant female family members :D
I fav'd.