Happy June everyone!
If you’ve been around here before you know that during the month of June I love to make and show off rainbow colored designs. This is because June is the month of Pride for the LGBTQIA community. And I like to donate the proceeds of patterns sold during this month to the Trevor Project and to Trans Lifeline. And this June we are kicking the festivities off with the Flora Rainbow Earrings crochet pattern.
Like many of my previous Pride designs, this one is a pair of earrings. I love simple accessories like this because they’re perfect for any Pride events you may be going to but also work up well in any number of colors you might have on had. And they’re also great anytime designs you can work up in a day and wear all year.
As I say in the notes below, be sure to fasten off between colors and weave in your ends. This makes adding the next row much easier when you’re changing colors. And I don’t know about you, thread can be hard on my hands. I have been making crochet jewelry for years and it still makes my hands a tad crampy each time I make a pair. Luckily they take no time and I can hope over to something requiring a larger hook at any time (many wip club, where are you??).
Overall, I hope you have a great time making these earrings and wear them all over. I am so very happy with how they turned out and just can’t wait to make another pair for my friend.
And even though this month is a celebration, it’s also a time to remember the first Pride was a riot and a fight against police brutality. We haven’t left that behind and we must keep being there for the most vulnerable of our community. And I’m done soapboxing, I swear.
Have a happy June and remember to no matter how hard it seems out there, you are loved and you are valuable. Hugs <3 <3 Take care of yourselves and your friends and family around you.
This post is linked to Loop Scoop 39
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Where to purchase the Flora Rainbow Earrings crochet pattern
Level
Easy
Materials
- US 2.00 mm steel crochet hook
- Size 10 crochet thread
- Less than .1 oz total
- 1 – 6 colors
- I used Aunt Lydia’s Size 10 crochet thread
- Needle that will weave in your ends
- Jump rings
- Metal french hooks
- Jewelry pliers
- Fabric stiffener (optional)
Gauge
- 8 scs x 8 rows = 1″ (it’s also not critical, you can adjust as needed)
Terms/ Stitches used
- Sk: Skip
- St: Stitch
- Ch: Chain
- Rnd: Round
- Magic Circle
- Sc: Single crochet
- Dc: Double crochet
- Join: Join with a slip st
- Hdc: Half double crochet
- RS/WS: Right side/ Wrong side
- Fphdc: Front post half double crochet
Notes
- This pattern is worked in the round from the center out in 6 colors. Fastening off and weaving in your ends after each color is suggested.
- Feel free to adjust the hook sized for the ease of making the stitches.
- The ch-1 at the beginning of some rnds does not count as a stitch.
- The ch-3 at the beginning of rnd 2 (it’s a ch 3 acting as a dc plus and ch 2) counts as a stitch. Feel free to replace this with a standing dc (as I have done in the photos).
- Feel free to replace the Magic Circle with a ch-4 if you’d prefer.
- Color A is purple, color B is blue, color C is green, color D is yellow, color E is orange, and color F is red. Aunt Lydia’s Size 10 crochet thread was used for all colors.
Approx Finished Product Details for the Flora Rainbow Earrings crochet pattern (does not include jump rings or hook)
Height 2.25″ | Width 2.25″ |
Flora Rainbow Earrings Crochet Pattern Instructions
Rnd 1: A: Create a magic circle, ch 1, hdc 8 times into the circle, join – 8 hdc
Fasten off color A. Switch to color B.
Rnd 2: B: Ch 5, (counts as a dc + ch 2), *dc into the next st, ch 2,* repeat from * to * the rest of the way around, join – 8 dc, 8 ch-2 spaces
Fasten off color B. Switch to color C.
Rnd 3: C: Ch 1, fphdc around the first st, sc 3 times into the ch-2 space, *fphdc around the next dc, sc 3 times into the ch-2 space,* repeat from * to * the rest of the way around, join – 8 fphdc, 24 sc
Fasten off color C. Switch to color D.
Rnd 4: D: Ch 1, fphdc around the fphdc, ch 2, sk the next sc, sc into the next 2 sc, *fphdc around the next fphdc, ch 2, sk the next sc, sc into the next 2 sc,* repeat from * to * the rest of the way around, join – 8 fphdc, 8 ch-2 spaces, 16 sc
Fasten off color D. Switch to color E.
Rnd 5: E: Ch 1, fphdc around the fphdc, hdc 4 times into the next ch 2 space, *sk the next 2 sc, fphdc around the next fphdc, hdc 4 times into the next ch 2 space,* repeat from * to * the rest of the way around, sk the next 2 sc, join – 8 fphdc, 32 hdc
Fasten off color E. Switch to color F.
Rnd 6: F: Ch 1, fphdc around the fphdc, sc into the next 4 sts, ch 4, *fphdc around the next fphdc, sc into the next 4 sts, ch 4,* repeat from * to * the rest of the way around, join – 8 fphdc, 32 sc, 8 ch-4 spaces
Fasten off color F. Weave in all your ends.
Finishing
Like I do with all my earrings, I stiffened these with fabric stiffener. Just wet them down with the stiffener (I dilute it with water), pose them (extend the ch-4 on Rnd 6 out) and lay them flat to dry completely. When they’re dry, attach the findings, such as jump rings, and wear them.
And don’t forget you can buy the Flora Rainbow Earrings crochet pattern on Ravelry.
Tammy
Tuesday 28th of February 2023
I love them, and Rainbows 🌈 are perfect for this old Hippy. They will go great with my Rainbow 🌈 suspenders from the 70s. I love anything Rainbow 🌈, it brings me back to those 70s and 80s, when Rainbows 🌈 first became really popular. I still have my Rainbow 🌈 toe socks too. When Robin Williams wore his Rainbow 🌈 suspenders on Mork & Mindy. Thank you for sharing, and I hope other straight people are not afraid to wear Rainbow earrings, because the Rainbow 🌈 will always be God's covenant with Noah first and forever.
Susan Thurman
Tuesday 21st of June 2022
This is such a pretty pair of earrings! Thank you for sharing the pattern!
However, I can not get mine to look like yours. I believe my error has something to do with “fphdc” stitches. My a multi-dimensional while yours look flat, which flat is what I want!
Thanks for sharing!
Divine Debris
Wednesday 22nd of June 2022
Oh, mine isn't flat, it does have a big of height to it due to the fphdcs. You could probably replace the fphdc with sc in the pattern and it would lay flatter for you. I hope that helps. :)