Triangular Earrings - 3 Sided Granny Square

I wear a Triangle in my Ears

Oh my GOD the crochet earring bug  is driving me wild and I am in a spree of making earrings. I am searching for trimming designs, granny square motifs or anything which I could replicate as a single motif and use it for earrings

During my search I stumbled upon a triangular motif which can be used in Blankets  and I modified it to make 2 different triangular crochet earrings.

I used a No. 10 crochet cotton thread and used 1.9 hook and here goes the steps to make these earrings

• Crochet chain 5 into the basic slip knot. Join it into a ring using slip knot.

Round 1

•  Ch 3 (count as 1dc), 3dc in the ring, Ch2, 4dc in the ring,Ch2 4dc in the ring, Ch2 join with the slip stitch.Ch3 (Count as 1dc) turn

Round 2

• 3dc Ch2 4dc in the Ch2 space of round 1.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 1.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 1. Ch1 and join with the starting Ch3 using sl st. Ch3(Count as 1dc) turn

Round 3- This makes the last triangle a wee bit bigger and also a bell shape

The Bell Shaped Triangle

• 3dc Ch2 4dc in the Ch1 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.Ch1 and join with the starting Ch3 using sl st. Sl St in all the stitches until you come to a Corner.
• Ch 1 and fasten off.

Round 3- Aliter-This makes it a sharp triangle and a bit smaller.

3dc Ch1 space of round 2.

The Sharper Triangle

Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.Ch1 and join with the starting Ch3 using sl st. Sl St in all the stitches until you come to a Corner.

Ch 1 and fasten off.

Slip the jump rings into the last sc and then the earrings is ready.

Both the Earrings near each other and we can spot the Subtle Difference

Spray starch and iron them to retain shape.

Crochet Earrings - The Gradual Shell Earrings

The Change in colour accentuates the Shell

My experiment with Knitting took me 3 months and inbetween knitting  I was crocheting headbands for my daughter. I stumbled upon a detailed video on crochet earrings and this made me search for videos on how to make crochet earrings. One video caught my eye as it used embroidery floss which I had in abundance. I tried it and it came out beautiful. It was the Wedges which I will blog later.  The best part I like about small projects is that I could finish them in an afternoon and also wear it immediately.

Voila How I loved those Wedge Earrings. It attracted many of my friends attention and I just wanted to make more. So this made me search and this One Virtuous Woman is simply awesome with her videos. I liked this simple earrings which I could crochet in an hour or two. I went shopping and bought 1.9mm hook and crochet 10 thread to make many more earrings.

The Wedges earrings is from this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X5BDn0FSs by onevirtuouswoman

or in YouTube we can search as "Tutorial Tuesday #37 Crochet Earrings ( The Gradual Shell Earrings)"

I am just replicating the steps in words. The video is detailed and anyone can crochet these earrings.

The Height can be adjusted to make it Small or Long

I used a Red  no. 10 crochet cotton thread and used 1.9 hook. I spent one of the Wonderful Wednesdays when my daughter spends extended time in her preschool in the library and just made these earrings in a jiffy and am blogging it right away. I will be going home adding my Jump ring and pair it with a red dress tomorrow. 

Here goes the tutorial's written steps

Pretty Shells

• Crochet chain 5 into the basic slip knot. Join it into a ring using slip knot.
• 10 sc into the ring. Ch 3 turn

Shell 1

•  3 dc(with the 3 ch it is 4dc) into the ring, ch2, 4 dc into the ring. Turn.

Shell 2

•  Slip stitch into the 4 dc and into the chain 2 space. ( we are moving the thread to the chain 2 space)
• Ch 3, 3 dc(with the 3 ch it is 4dc) into the ch 2 space ,ch2, 4 dc into the same ch 2 space. Turn.

You can create as many shells you want the length of the earrings to be

Penultimate Shell

• Slip stitch into the 4 dc and into the chain 2 space. ( we are moving the thread to the chain 2 space)
• Ch3 ,3 dc(with the 3 ch it is 4dc) into the ch 2 space, ch4 (instead of 2ch), 4 dc into the same ch 2 space. Turn.

Last Shell

• Slip stitch into the 4 dc and into the chain 4 space. ( we are moving the thread to the chain 4 space)
• Ch4 , 11 tc in the chain 4 space. ch3 Turn.
• sc in the next stitch, *ch3, sc in the next stitch* , repeat * till the end of all tc stitches. ch1 and fasten off. We can add beads in this step.
• Weave in the ends.

Slip the jump rings into the last sc and then the earrings is ready.

Spray starch and iron them to retain shape.

Loopy Ridges Scarf - Crochet Scarf

The loopy Ridges at Regular Intervals

The Crochet bug got into me and I picked up quite a few books from our library. I had taken a liking for Scaves as I can use them in my dailywear as the climate had turned cold now. "Hooked Scarves" by Margaret Hubert had some interesting easy patterns to try from. One of them is the Loopy Ridges Scarf.

Rows of Loops give this scarf a trendy ruffled look, and is soft and warm. It is easy to crochet and has just single and double crochet. I used knitting worsted medium(4) yarn and size H hook. I choose a berry colour of Soft Red Heart Yarn.

The Pattern from Hooked Scarves is as follows :

GAUGE: 15dc = 4" (10cm) on H Hook.

SCARF Foundation Row: Ch 23. Starting from the 5th chain from the hook, work 1 dc in each ch (19dc), ch 1 , turn. Row 1: (WS)  Work 1 sc in the first stitch * ch 7, 1sc tbl in each of the next 2 sc, rep from * 8 times more, ch7, 1sc in the top of the tch, ch1, turn (10 loops). Row 2: Work Sl st in the first st, ch 3 (count as dc now and throughout),  dc tbl in each of the next 18sts, 1dc in top of the tch (20dc), ch 3 turn. Row 3: Skip  first dc, working on both loops , work 1 dc in each of the next 18dc, 1 dc in the top of tch, ch 3, turn. Row 4: Skip first dc, working on both loops , work 1 dc in each of the next 18dc, 1 dc in the top of tch, ch 1, turn.. Rep  rows 1-4 till the desired length is reached , end with row 2, fasten off. Weave in ends.

Its only Single and Double Crochet!!

 Now I am trying to find patterns  to crochet some beautiful flower doillies and knit my husband a scarf to go with his coat.

Crocheting- POTATO CHIP RUFFLED SCRAF

My Granny is a great craft person and this art runs in our blood and now even my daughter loves to do crafts and loves to see me doing crafts. My Granny used to crochet some beautiful placemats and has even crocheted a cell phone pouch for me. She had tried teaching me to crochet but during my college years I never found the patience to try it. Now I was so happy when I saw in our local Library "Fredrickson Library" having a beginers crochet class. I quickly enrolled myself in the class and with the guidance of Rita Gardener I learnt to crochet the basic stitches which can be a platform for me to explore further.

The Ruffles look pronouced as I had increased the number of rows

The Instructor showed a ruffled scarf and told that was one of the beginers project I jumped at the opportunity to try that project. I went shopping for yarn and settled for a blue/brown varigated yarn form red heart. The pattern is from LION BRAND yarn- www.lionbrand.com - Potato Chip Scarf. It is easy to crochet and has just single and double crochet. I used knitting worsted medium(4) yarn and size J hook. The pattern just had 4 rows. I added 3 more rows to made it more wider.

The Pattern from Lion Brand is as follows with my modifications

GAUGE: 13 dc + 6 rows = 4 in. (10 cm). BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

 The brown with the blues make it more pretty SCARF Ch 143. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across – 142 sc at the end of this row. Row 2: Ch 2 (counts as dc here and throughout), turn, 2 dc in first sc, *dc in next sc, 2 dc in next sc; rep from * across to last sc, dc in last sc – 214 dc at the end of this row. Row 3: Ch 2, turn, 2 dc in first dc, *dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * across to last dc, dc in last dc – 322 dc at the end of this row. Row 4: Ch 2, 2 dc in first dc, *dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * across – 431 dc at end of this row. .Row 5: Ch 2, 2 dc in first dc, *dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * across – . Row 6-7: Ch 2, Double crochet in all the dc. Fasten off.FINISHING Weave in ends.

I was immensely happy with the end result and this scarf would suit 2 of my kameez. Now I am trying to find patterns to make headband for my daughter and also I would love to crochet some beautiful flower doillies.