Nylon wire micro-macramé earrings with PureCrystal drops

Before you start, cut 28 strands of 60cm purple nylon thread and 4 strands of 50cm white nylon thread. Place the macramé board and pins on your workspace.

Pin the creole to your board. Then fold your threads in half and tie a lark's knot to hang the thread on the creole. Repeat this instruction 14 times. Visit our lark's knot datasheet.

Place a pin between the first cord and the second cord of the first knot on the left. The first cord (a) is the anchor cord, the second cord (b) is the knot-tying cord. Place the anchor cord over the other cords and tie a half-key knot with the next cord.

Tie 14 half-key knots with the following cords. Repeat on the other side, from right to left. Make a half-key knot to tie both sides.

Attach a white thread to a pin and place the pin on the top right-hand side of the work.

Make 1 vertical baguette of half-keys on the first purple cord.

Make 14 half-key baguette knots with the other cords from right to left.

Place a pin between the first and second cords on the right. Make 15 half-key baguette knots from right to left. Do the same on the other side, from left to right. Then tie a half-key baguette knot.

Place a pin between the 4th and 5th cords. Place the anchor cord on the first four cords and tie 2 half-key rod knots. Make 1 half-key rod knot with the same cord (the 3rd) in the opposite direction, creating a chain of alternating half-keys.

Tie 1 half-key rod knot downwards and 1 half-key rod knot upwards.

Thread one pink and one white bead onto the cords. Cord (a) is the anchoring cord, and (b) is the knotting cord.

Tie a half-key baguette knot with the first cord --- the one with the pink bead.

Tie a half-key baguette knot with the second cord (the one with the white bead).

Make 2 half-key rod knots with the following two cords.

Place a pin between the 4th and 5th cords in the row. Bead (a) is the anchoring bead, and (b) is the knotting bead.

Repeat step 5.

Repeat step 6.

Cord (a) is the anchoring cord, and (b) is the knotting cord.

Make 1 half-key rod knot.

Make 2 half-key rod knots with the following two cords.

Repeat steps 4 to 8 on the other side of the work.

Cord (a) is the anchor cord, (b1) and (b2) are the tie cords. Tie a half-key baguette knot with (b1) and a half-key baguette knot with (b2).

Make 1 half-key rod knot on the other row from top left to bottom right. To finish the job, make a half-key rod knot with (b2) on (a2), then change the direction of (a2) from bottom-left to bottom-right. Then change the direction of (b2) again from bottom right to bottom left. Symmetrically repeat the step with strings (a1) and (b1). Cord (a) is the anchoring cord, and (b) is the knotting cord.

Make 1 half-key rod knot. In the same way, close the outer rows.

The back of your work should look like the photo below.

Use a needle to hide the wires behind for a pretty finish. Cut the wires and apply a touch of glue.

Add the ear hooks and PureCrystal drop.

Repeat all the steps on the second hoop and you'll have completed these elegant micro-macramé earrings.