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Hi there. Today, I'm going to show you how to create those super cute beated fringe earrings. So, first I'm going to get through the material that you're going to need. You are going to need at least five shades of seed beads. Here, I'm using the Miyuki ones that are 1.8 8 mm if I recall correctly. You're also going to need some beading threads. Here, I'm also using some Miyuki be- uh beading threads. I'm going to add all the links in the description of this video, so it's going to be easier for you to find it. And then, you're going to need one beading needle. From there, you're also going to need those two little hoops. You can just use silver or gold or whatever works for you. We're just going to use them to attach the earring to the earring ends. So, you're also going to need some scissors, of course. And you're going to start by cutting at least 1.5 to 2 m of thread. Uh the longer it is, the more annoying it's going to be to work with, but then the less changes you'll have to do during the project. So, that's up to you. Here, I went for around 2 m. So, I'm going to put it on your needle, your beading needle.

⏱️ 01:16 — Visual Progression
And now, we're just going to get started with the fun foundation rows of the brick stitch. So, in order to do that, you're going to need to get through six beads in total. So, just put them on your needles like that and get them through the thread. Once you're at that stage, you're basically going to loop back through the three first beads that you put in. So, just put your needle through those ones and pull through. It's going to create a little circle exactly like that. So, I tried to make this little drawing to show you where you're going to have to put your thread next. So, here you can see the rest of the free beads and you're going to try to get back through them so that both ends of your fret are going to be on the same side. So, there should not be on the opposite side. So, here I'm going to pull a little bit. Pull tight on both sides and yeah, here you can see both frets. So, the ends and the beginning are on the same side. So, you're done with the first step and now we're just going to keep going. So, you're going to add three more beads.

⏱️ 02:31 — Visual Progression
There we go. So, pull through and every time we're going to get back through the top of the last three beads that we have added. So, you put your needle, you get through them again, and you pull through. This is a little Yeah, drawing that I made here as well so you can visualize it better. So, here you see your fret is at the end. Now, we need to get back again through the last three beads. So, you're going to put it in and pull through all the way over. So, at the ends your frets from the beginning and the latest one should be on opposite ends, exactly like that. So, one is facing one side, the other is on the other side. All right, let me show you one more time. You're going to put three beads on the needle. Pull through. And then you're going to get back in

⏱️ 03:33 — Visual Progression
Through the top of the three last beads that you added. Pull through. And now you're going to need to pass through again by the bottom of the latest three beads and then you're going to pull through again. And pull tight on both ends. Your two threads are on the same side and you're going to keep going like that until you have 13 columns in total. Now we're going to work on the first row of our brick stitch foundation. So, in order to do that, you're going to start with two beads. You're going to pull your needle through.

⏱️ 04:16 — Visual Progression
And once this is done, we're going to be working with the threads that are in between the different columns that you see. And you're going to go and pass your needle through the second little bridge that you see there. So, exactly like that. And then with the same thread, we're going to go through this last bead again but from the front, not from the back anymore. So, you're going to pull it and now it's going to be well tight. And we're going to get through again the first bead that we added. Exactly like that. And now we're just going to loop right back in again the second bead. You pull through. You tie it well and now it should be holding well together. So, we did our decrease and now you're going to have one less bead per row every time. And we're just going to keep going but now we're going to work with one bead for the rest of this row. So, you just put one on your threads. Go through the next bridge from the back, right? From the rear. Pass through the little bridge that your thread made. And then loop right back into the bead from the front side. Pull tight.

⏱️ 05:42 — Visual Progression
And you're done. Let's keep going with one more bead. Grab a beads, pull it on your needle. Go through the little bridge from the back. Like that, pull through. And then pass through the beads but from the front this time. Pull through. So, keep going like that until you make it to the very last uh little bridge that you can see. So, your whole row is going to be completed exactly like on this image. Once you're there, just flip your work around. And we're going to start exactly the same way we did but from this side. So, again, grab first two beads.

⏱️ 06:35 — Visual Progression
Put your needles through. Then pick not the first but the second bridge that you can see with the little threads. Get in from the back. Pull it tight. Pass right through the second bead from the top. Pull. And then get right back in the second bead. And then again one last time through the other bead. And now you pull. All right, pull tight. And now we're going to get started with single beads every time. So, one by one, put one beads on your threads. Get through the next bridge that you see from the back and then put your needle through again but from the front side this time. Pull. And your bead is settled. Again, grab one bead. Get it for your needle.

⏱️ 07:48 — Visual Progression
Go through the next bridge that you see from the back and then pass through from the front side. And pull tight. And you're going to keep going like this for a little while. So, you're going to keep going like that by flipping your work every time and just working your way through each row and you should have 10 rows in total. And now I'm just going to show you how to make the last row work. At this point, you have three beads on top and you have to add your two last beads. So, you're just going to grab them exactly like you did for the other rows. Get through it with your needle. Pull through. And again, grab the second little bridge that you see. Get your needle. Under the bridge.

⏱️ 08:39 — Visual Progression
So, nothing new at that stage, right? You do exactly the same thing that you did for the other rows. And here you're going to get through from the front side. And here, what we're going to do is that you're going to grab one of these little hoops that you gathered at first. So, this is where we're going to attach the the yeah, the body of the earring to the rest, basically to the head of the earring. So, you pull it through through your thread and it should be tight enough so that it doesn't go away, right? And then you're going to keep going exactly the same way you did with the other rows, except that this time you're going to have your little hook in the middle, but it should not be that annoying. So, yeah, get through the first bead and then get right through the second bead again. Pull very tightly. Everything should be holding and your little hook should be standing on the top, exactly like that. So, at that stage we're pretty much done. So, we're just going to wrap around the thread a couple times to make sure that it's well secured and that it is not going to get loose at any point. And in order to do that, here I'm just wrapping it up back and forth like around the little hook and just pulling. I'm not doing this in a very clean way. I guess you can do that a little bit better than I'm doing here, but yeah, you got the the purpose is just for it to avoid being being too loose. And once you're done, you're just going to get through a couple of beads. So, here I'm just going to go down and follow kind of like a diagonal diagonal path, if that makes sense. Just so that my string is nicely tied around and I'm not scared of like breaking things. So, yeah.

⏱️ 10:34 — Visual Progression
So, yeah, here I'm going through all of the beads at once. It's much easier. And then, I'm going to pass them through this little column from our foundation rows. And here, you should have still a quite a long thread that is hanging from the side of the of the earring and we're going to use that for the next steps in order to start adding the fringes. So, that's step number five. So, if you can screenshot this pattern, it's going to be super useful for you. So, I encourage you to do so. I wrote all the numbers of beads that I added and the colors, the different color patterns that I'm using for each fringe. Feel free to adjust it or use your own colors, make your own mixes, make it longer as much as you want. But, if you want to do it exactly the same way that I'm showing on that example, try to follow the pattern. So, here I'm adding my beads for my first fringe. So I'm following exactly the first pattern and it's 17 beads in total and I'm alternating, so I have a nice gradient at the end between my five colors. I pull through with my needle and then what we're going to do is that we're going to skip the last bead, but then we're going to get back through each bead that we added on that thread. So, put your needle through exactly like that. Pull.

⏱️ 12:02 — Visual Progression
And now you're going to pull again, but not not too much cuz otherwise your fringe is going to be super stiff. So, pull very carefully and make sure that it's not too tight basically, but also not too loose. So, there shouldn't be any empty spaces or gap between the last beads. And then you're going to get through the three first beads of your foundation bricks basically. And here you have your first fringe. It is settled. So, what you're going to do to go through for the next one is that you're going to pull your needle right through the next column of three beads exactly like that and pull through until you make it there. Again, don't pull too tight cuz otherwise it's going to look bad. And then I'm going to follow up with the next fringe. So, this time I'm using 19 beads. So, I'm making it slightly longer every time.

⏱️ 13:02 — Visual Progression
And showing you one last time. So, you got your whole fringe there. Ignore or skip the last bead and get through all the other ones with your needle. There we go. Pull through but not too tight and not too loose. And then get through the three beads of that column. So here, going to try to grab thing well. And yeah. Pull again. Sometimes the fringe is going to get stuck in the in the frays. It's a bit annoying, but you can just and yeah, untie it every time. It's It's a bit frustrating though. Uh but yeah, here we go. We got our two first fringes and third one, we do exactly same. We get through the next column and you can keep that going until you have not enough thread anymore. And that's our next topic. How to change the thread cuz at some point it's going to be too short to make a fringe. So what you're going to do is that you're going to grab some thread again and take at least a good 2 m I would say. Um the longer the better cuz you're going to have less work if and you're going to avoid having to change it every time. So you got your 2 m in and you're going to put your needle in and now what you're going to do is that you're going to get through some of the columns that you see. Basically not too far from where you ended the thing. There's no real nice way of doing it or at least from my experience. So I'm just passing my needle back and forth and back and forth so that my thread is well secured. So for example here, I was starting from the top and then I'm going to get right back through the bottom of my last fringe.

⏱️ 15:15 — Visual Progression
Okay, I got a little bit of a mess there. And then in order to make it extra secure, I'm going to go up a couple rows by moving diagonally with the next beads and pulling it a little bit, but you don't really have to do that. But it's just to make sure that it's extra secure. Here I was just making a mess, so I'm not recommending that you follow my advice on that side. I should have cut and yeah, cleaned off the other frets first. So that was a mistake. I'm going to show you at the end of the thing how to cut the frets properly. But if you're at that stage, I would suggest you just do it right away, so they're not going to bother you for the rest of your work. So basically I went up a couple of rows and now I'm going down again and I'm going making sure that and the last three beads I'm going through is the column of my next fringe, basically. So I just got through it and now I'm ready to keep going exactly the way I did previously with my next fringes. Um so here I have a lot of extra thread and I don't suggest keeping it that up. Uh if you can clean it earlier, it's better. All right, you're going to keep going exactly like you did until you get to the middle. So every time I'm adding two beads or three beads. So once you get to the seventh fringe, you got to the middle and now you're just going to decrease every time and you start from the biggest to the smallest fringe. Okay, so keep going and meet me when you're at your last fringe. Okay, we're almost done. Uh now you're just working through your last fringe. Keep going with the pattern or whatever you worked with in the previous fringes. Pull your needle through, skip the last bead and pass your needle through them again exactly like you did for the previous ones.

⏱️ 17:19 — Visual Progression
There we go. And basically what we're going to do now is try to hide and secure all these extra threads that are a little bit everywhere. So, you're going to go up and down the brick stitches that you have on the foundation. And you can always work in diagonal or you can just skip to the bead that is right on the side so that the thread shouldn't show at the end of should be exactly like it's transparent basically. Um and you can go and do something like that a couple times and once you went up, you can also go down and try to nest your thread in one of the fringes. So, I'm going to show you how I did it here. I went down as a diagonal. Threads got stuck.

⏱️ 18:12 — Visual Progression
And then went right through my foundation. And then I went through some of the beads of my fringe. And here my thread is very well secured. So, I just have one last thing to do is just to cut it. Almost cut my earring there. That was risky. All right, cut it. And pull a little bit on the fringe and you shouldn't even see the thread there. So, that's good. In case you see the thread, I'm going to show you on that side. So, I've got four threads to hide. Um going to show you again like the whole process. So, I went up a couple of rows and then decided to go down diagonally. And I'm going to then my threads in that very first fringe.

⏱️ 19:21 — Visual Progression
So, if your work is well tight tighten up like mine is going to be a little bit annoying, but you should still be able to get through all of these big beads. Uh if not, make sure that you're using a real beading needle cuz they're very very thin, so it should be way easier to do it. All right, so cutting my thread and here you see it's not it's I mean you can still see it. So, what I'm using is I'm just pulling a lighter and lighting up this very end. And yeah, it just magically goes away and now it's all clean and neat. Uh make sure that you don't light up your whole thing on fire. That's the most important part, but otherwise it's very easy to use and there's not much risk, so you can do that whenever your ends are not very clean. All right, I kept going for the last two threads, so cutting, using the lighter to make it clean. Et voilà, my earring is almost finished. There's just one last step and I forgot to show that at the very beginning, but you need the earrings heads basically, so you can use any that you like. Here I'm using some very basic ones cuz they're the only ones that I had left. Uh you open them with either some pliers or just scissors, whatever works. Put your little hoop through and then tighten it up again with the pliers.

⏱️ 20:47 — Visual Progression
And there you go, you're done with your first earring and now you just have to repeat all of the work for your second earring. And once this is done, here is the set that you created and you can be proud of yourself cuz it's not that easy. Look at these, they look so good and especially in the sun like they reflect the light super nicely. So, hope you enjoy yours as well. Let me know if you have any comments or thoughts or questions. I'd be happy to help. And don't forget to subscribe and let me know which other tutorials you'd like to see.