Tassel earrings are pretty big right now, even Gwen Paltrow
has been seen wearing them (and if you’ve read GOOP you know that woman has no
clue what’s going on). So I thought I’d do a tutorial on how to make your own
set.
Cost: ~$1.50-5
depending on materials selected
Time: 15-20
minutes
Materials:
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Scissors
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Earring hooks. These pictured are for non-pierced ears
(as I don’t have mine done), they cost around 70c a pair and are harder to find
than normal ones. Good craft stores or beading stores will have them and
costume stores such as Diva stock them but you have to ask (they won’t have
them on show). Hooks for pierced ears can be found at all craft stores and cost
around 30c a pair.
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Cotton in one or two colours. Metalic cotton can also
be used, it’s usually about double the price of normal cotton and can be
brought from craft and fabric stores.
Step one:
Wrap the cotton around a soda can until there is a thickness
of the cotton about half of the desired thickness that your tassel will be.
Some people use their hand to do this, I find wrapping around a can results in
fewer tangles and even length cotton pieces after cutting the loop of cotton.
Step two:
Pull the cotton off the can, being careful to retain the
shape. Tie a piece of matching cotton around the width of the loop; this will
be the top of the tassel.
Step three:
Fold the loop in half where the cotton was tied in the
previous step then tie a piece of the other coloured cotton around both sides of
the loop as shown. Wrap this piece of cotton around until a band is formed then
tie this off.
Step Four:
Cut the opposite end of the loop and give the tassel a quick
brush with a comb or brush to detangle the treads.
Step Five:
Attach the earring finding to the tassel using the
overhangings from step two. Then cut all extra treads and even up the bottom of
the tassel.
Step Six:
Wear and be fabulous!
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