How to Turn a Crocheted Flower Into a Necklace

by Anna | Tea and a Sewing Machine

A few months ago I made these crocheted flower earrings.

I have worn them a few times and people have remarked on how unusual they are. I’ve also found that despite them being quite long, they are very light and don’t pull on my ear.

So I decided to make a matching necklace!

how to turn a crocheted flower into a necklace

If you are a crocheter and you have never tried jewelry making, don’t be put off! They are easy to make. You will need some round nosed pliers though in addition to a 2 mm crochet hook.

I have also decided to start selling kits for some of my tutorials, so if you like the necklace (and the earrings), you might like to buy a kit so that you can make them without the trouble of hunting down the materials to make them! Here is the link to the craft kits page. Otherwise you can find the link in the navigation bar at the top. The kit for the necklace is £5 and the kit for the earrings is £3 🙂

I’ll be adding more kits over the next few months, so don’t forget to check back!

How to Make a Crocheted Flower Necklace

You will need: thread and a crochet hook (I used Anchor Pearle and a 2 mm hook), 11 jump rings, 1 head pin, 5 eye pins, 6 chip beads, round nosed pliers, ordinary pliers or wire cutters.

1. Make 5 crocheted flowers. The pattern is the same as for the crocheted hair bobble, which can be found here. Using lighter thread and a smaller hook will produce much smaller flowers!

2. Attach jump rings to either side of 4 of the flowers.

For the fifth flower, you will need to attach 3 jump rings evenly spaced around the flower.

3. Thread a chip bead onto an eye pin and bend the other end into a loop.

Depending on the length of the eye pins, you might need to cut off some of the excess first. If you are new to making jewellery, practise making some loops first you have an idea of how much you need to make a loop. You will need to make 5 of these.

4. Using the jump rings already attached to the flowers, join the flowers together using the bead eye pin things you made in the previous step. The flower with 3 jump rings will need to be in the middle.

5. Add the last eye pin and chip bead from step 3 to the 3rd jump ring on the middle flower. Thread a chip bead onto the head pin and make a loop. Using a jump ring, attach the head pin with a bead to the eye pin with a bead.

6. Take a length of chain and attach to one end of the flowers using the jump ring. Try it on to determine how long you need the chain to be. Cut the chain using pliers. Attach the other end on the chain to the other end of the flowers.