Blue and orange Miyuki pearl diamond woven earrings

How to make Brick Stitch diamond earrings?

How to make diamond earrings in Brick Stitch?

For the release of the Miyuki Delicas 11/0 Tulip Field bead assortment , we offer you this free Miyuki weave grid for diamond earrings. The model of these earrings comes from the very first weaving kit published on Perles & Co "Survival Kit for Compulsive Perleuse". They have been adapted to the colors of the pearl assortment so that you can get an idea of the possible color combinations. This assortment has been designed so that colors adapt to the changing weather of spring. Between winter and summer, you will have the choice between discreet colors and bright.

The technique used is that of Brick Stitch weaving, which consists of creating a central base of pearls and then coming to weave the pearls on top in a staggered manner as if to mount a brick wall. Follow the diagrams to learn the basics of Brick Stitch by making these earrings or train first with our video: How to make Brick Stitch weaving?

In this tutorial we offer two versions of earrings. One with bright and tart colors and the other with more classic and discreet colors that you can wear with silver ear studs for example. Here are the Miyuki weaving grids of the earrings and the list of pearls references used if you do not want to buy the assortment or if it is no longer available since our assortments are in limited editions.

Miyuki Delicas 11/0 beads: DB-2103, DB-0201, DB-2158, DB-2320, DB-0306.

Miyuki Delicas Beads 11/0: DB-0201, DB-2320, DB-0306.

Step 1 :
The first part of weaving is to create the base on which the rest of the weaving will be added. For this we start with the longest line of the grid. Cut 1m50 of weaving thread and thread it on a needle. Thread a yellow pearl and an orange pearl. Return to the yellow bead and tighten by holding the end of the thread. The two pearls must be placed side by side. Move the two beads so they are 10 or 15cm from the end of the wire.

2nd step :
Return to the orange pearl, then back to yellow and then orange to solidify your weave.

Step 3:
Thread a new orange pearl and go through the previous orange pearl. Tighten and place ribs side by side. Again, make two turns to solidify the weave and bring out the orange pearl.

Step 4:
Secure all other beads in the line in the same way. Here's what you need to get.

Step 5:
To start a new row of pearl threaded the first two beads of the row, in this case a yellow pearl and an orange pearl. Pass the needle under the thread connecting the two previous orange pearls. Then return to the orange pearl and tighten. Be careful of the meaning of weaving, your yarn must come out of the first row on the same side as where you add the beads for the second row.

Step 6:
So that the pearls are placed side by side correctly, you have to go back to the yellow pearl from above and then to the orange pearl from below. You have made a decrease in Brick Stitch.

Step 7:
To fix the remaining beads, thread them and weave them one by one. Thread the next white pearl, pass the needle under the thread connecting the orange and white pearl from below and return to the white pearl. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to finish the first half of the diamond. Attach the last two beads and leave it as is.

Step 8:
Cut a new thread and staple it in the weaving by ironing in the beads. Be careful that the wire is not visible. Take your weaving on the other side from one of the yellow beads at the ends and make the second part of the diamond. For the last pearl the thread will be seen. Thread it alone and fix it as for all other pearls. Then go through the pearl from below and wedge the thread into the weave and cut it. Do the same with the center wire.

Step 9:
Close the ring of the ear studs correctly then pass the thread of the first part of the rhombus in the ring, return in the pearls then leave the same pearl as before and return a second time in the ring. Wedge the thread into the weave and cut it.

Step 10:
You can put jewelry glue at the junction of the ring to prevent the wire from coming out of the ring. You can also stiffen your curls by putting liquid glue with a brush on one side.