This pattern provides instructions to make lemon star earrings and beaded lemon star earrings. Both variations are included!

Difficulty: Intermediate
Hook size: 7, 1.65 mm crochet hook

Yarn as pictured:
Aunt Lydia’s Crochet Thread (100% viscose from bamboo, size 10)
1 skein of Natural

Jewelry Findings:
2.4 mm seed beads (0.6 mm opening diameter), optional for beaded version
5 gold (A)
15 light teal (B)
Stirling silver earring hook findings, 21-gauge – two hooks for one pair
Stirling silver jump rings, 21-gauge, 3 mm – four rings for one pair (recommended to have more than four on-hand)

Tools:
Jump ring opener, optional
Two pairs of needle nose pliers OR one needle nose plier and one hook nose plier
Needle

The final dimensions of the crochet part of the earrings using the yarn and hook as described are approximately 2.25 inches x 1.5 inch (6 cm x 4 cm).

Required techniques:
Using pliers or a jump ring opener to manipulate jewelry findings
Sewing in yarn ends
Magic loop

Basic abbreviations used in the pattern:
Ch – chain
Tr – treble crochet
Dc – double crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
Sc - single crochet
Sl st – slip stitch
St – stitch