Simple Bead Drop Earrings on Headpins
Stack three beads on a headpin, turn one simple loop and hang the drop from a hook ear wire. The loop is taught in three moves: bend, trim, roll.
Beaded jewelry tutorials for beginners
Drop, dangle, and hoop earrings built from a few beads, headpins, and basic loops.
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Stack three beads on a headpin, turn one simple loop and hang the drop from a hook ear wire. The loop is taught in three moves: bend, trim, roll.
Slide beads onto ready-made wire hoops and bend the tip of the wire up to latch. The bead count comes from the hoop's circumference minus the section left bare.
A ladder stitch base of six seed beads, four decreasing brick stitch rows and a small bead loop make a neat triangle earring. The thread path is explained row by row.
What each earring finding is and when to use it: hook ear wires, lever-backs, posts, hoops, headpins, eye pins and ball pins, plus how wire gauge affects the choice.