Tutorial: How to make your own earring hooks
There are people among us, beaders, who love to create everything from scratch. Creating your own earring hooks, is easy and it doesn’t need a lot of effort. As it is handmade, it feels more exclusive than the the ready made one which you can buy at a very reasonable price.
You will need a spool of 18 gauge gold-plated wire, a sharpie marker, a round-nose plier, a flat-nose plier, a diagonal flush cutter and a ruler.
1. Use the ruler, measure 2” of the wire and cut 2 pieces of the same measurement using the diagonal flush cutter (image a).
2. Bend both wire using the sharpie marker (image b), ensure one end is longer than the other (image c).
3. Use the round-nose plier to twist inward the long end of the wire into a loop then do the other (image d, e).
4. Take both short end of the wires, bend them out it a bit using the flat-nose plier (image f) and you will get the same length of bend to both ends (image g).
Now, you have a perfect pair of hook which you can use to create a lovely pair of earring drops. Have fun!
