This pattern features a silhouette of the ‘Rabbit in the Moon’ that children look for in Japan during Moon Viewing season in September.

It has a filet crochet chart, and instructions on how to turn your crocheted lace fabric into a stiff disks to make earrings. If you are new to filet crochet, you might want to take a look at Beginning Filet Crochet with practice piece on my website, http://teresabolen.com/2013/09/05/beginning-filet-crochet/

please note - the filet crochet design portion is not a word pattern, it is a chart.

Size:
The disks come out to about 40 mm (1.5 inches) when worked on size #40 crochet thread. Varying the thickness of the thread/yarn and hook size will make larger or smaller disks.

Materials:
Olympus Kinpyo (Gold Label) #40 / 10g (金票40番 10g玉巻) cotton crochet thread (or yarn/thread in desired size)
1.0 mm (US steel size 12) crochet hook (or appropriate hook to match yarn/thread)
needle for weaving in ends
blocking board and pins
lace stiffening solution
earring components

One pair of earrings takes about 3-4 g of thread, so you can probably get two pair of earrings from one ball of thread.

If you have any questions, podcast requests, or suggestions of future patterns you’d like to see me create, please contact me through my website, http://teresabolen.com