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A trellis Fashion Earrings is really a multi-strand necklace crocheted using Lion Brand Trellis yarn. Trellis yarn is a novelty yarn that mixes ribbon and thread in a colorful ladder pattern. Although Trellis yarn is officially discontinued at Lion Brand, you will find balls than it at retailers and internet based stores that still have stock at auctions from second hand sellers. You can even use another ribbon yarn with similar qualities, including NuMei Mosaic, Plymouth Eros or Herwool ladder yarns to make a trellis-style necklace.

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Knot the ladder yarn loosely in your crochet hook. Start to see the resources section below if you want to review any crochet basics.

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Make chain stitches with the ladder yarn by looping the yarn over your hook once and pulling it with the loop already on the hook.

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Follow the chain until the strand will be the length you need it for your necklace, then cut the yarn, leaving a 6-inch tail of yarn for sewing.

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Repeat steps 1-3 at as many strands as you would like to possess in your necklace. In the event you vary along the crocheted strands, you are able to developed a tiered multi-strand necklace in which the strands get shorter the closer they are in your neck.

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Tie the tail ends with the necklace together in the event the strands are of sufficient length to slide easily too deep. If you prefer to work with a jewelry clasp, use the two pairs of pliers to Fashion Earrings open the jump rings and fix them to the metal loops about the jewelry clasp halves, then make use of the tail ends of yarn to sew the crocheted strands for the jump rings.