How to Make Earrings

This earring making basics video shows two ways how to attach an eye pin to a French hook. You can use these methods to attach any pin, whether it be an eye pin or a head pin to a French Hook. If you want to attach a pin to a ear post loop, you will have to bend open the pin, as ear post loops do not typically bend open.

Tools:

Chain nose pliers

Note: I advise you to wear safety glasses when making jewelry.

In this video, I demonstrate how to make wire earrings using a WigJig Delphi peg board.  These boards make designing amazing looking jewelry, like the Celtic Knot earrings, very easy to do. This pair of earrings is much more detailed to make than the other earrings I make, but they are easy to make when broken down into steps.  You will learn how to wrap the wire into the knot design. You will need to make eye pins and also use head pins.

Materials Needed:

About 15″ of wire
2 head pins
2 light colour 4mm beads
6 dark 4mm beads (I use onyx)
2 French hooks

Tools Needed:

1 pair of round-nosed pliers
1 WigJig Delphi Jewelry Making Tool
Wire cutters
Chasing hammer (light and smooth-surfaced)
Anvil (or hard striking surface)

This jewelry making basics video from the Jewelry Making Fun site shows how you can easily convert a head pin into an eye pin. In easy steps, I show you what tools you’ll need and how to use round nose pliers to create the loop.

What you’ll need:

wire cutters
wire or head pin
round nose pliers

Welcome to the hematite hoop earring project. I am going to take you through the step-by-step directions on how to make simple pair of beaded earrings.  For this project I will be using two inch-long head pins, two surgical stainless steel French Hook earrings and two sets of three different beads.

Once you have all of your jewelry findings laid out on your table, you will need a pair of round-nose pliers.  Any pair of round-nose pliers will do, but I prefer the ones with spring back action. These pliers open automatically when you release them. This makes jewerly making a LOT easier to do, especially when you are advanced enough to use a pair of pliers in each hand.

The first step is to feed the head pin through the beads. You will notice how the headpin is fed through the top hole of the hematite hoop only. If the head pin were to have been fed through both holes, you would have been able to see the head pin through the hoop. This way, the hoop kind of floats at the bottom and the head pin is out of site.

As with any head pin earrings, you need to form a loop at the top to attach it to the ear posts or French Hooks.  To keep this hoop centered, you should first bend the head pin about 45 degrees to the side.

Once it is bent, you can grasp the tip of the head pin with the round nose pliers and roll the pin towards you, back towards the bend. This action creates a round loop at the top of the pin.

Be careful not to close the loop just yet. You have to connect it to the French Hook first!

After the French Hook is in place, you can continue to roll the loop closed. You may need to pinch it completely shut, and even give it a small twist or other adjustments to make it look “just right”.  When you are finished, repeat these steps for the second earring.

Congratulations! Once you have finished these instructions, you will have made a wonderful pair of hematite earrings that you can wear yourself, or give away as a meaningful gift.  All the best!

* You can watch the video here: How to Make Earrings