Menthol

Difficulty: 3
Technique: eye pin linking, sewing, stringing

Combining PRECIOSA Candy Oval and PRECIOSA PermaLux

Delicate, playful, yet still elegant: these are the Menthol earrings that you can easily make for yourself. They combine the freshness of PRECIOSA PermaLux seed beads and modern color shades inspired by the trends for autumn/winter 2025. The combination of rich, deep tones and delicate accents gives these pieces of jewelry a unique character.
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Material and Tools

PRECIOSA Candy Oval

111 01 388; 4 x 6 mm; 23980/15726 metallic coffee; 4x per pair
(C)

PRECIOSA Candy Oval

111 01 388; 4 x 6 mm; 02010/65431 marble khaki; 8x per pair
(C)

PRECIOSA Candy Oval

111 01 388; 4 x 6 mm; 63130 menthol; 18x per pair
(C)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 8/0; 22m16 menthol matt; 50x per pair
(R8)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 10/0; 22m18 green matt; 230x per pair (5 g for easier stringing);
(RT) (R10)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 10/0; 22m17 emerald green matt; 140x per pair (5 g for easier stringing);
(RG) (R10)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 10/0; 22m10 pink matt; 100x per pair (5 g for easier stringing);
(RP) (R10)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 10/0; 22m04 coral matt; 140 ks per pair (5 g for easier stringing);
(RO) (R10)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 10/0; 49095 metallic coffee; 100x per pair (5 g for easier stringing);
(RC) (R10)

Materials

Eye pins: 50 mm – 10x, 40 mm – 10x, 30 mm – 4x, 22 mm – 4x : longer eye pins are best, as they can be shortened; 4mm rings – 6x; earring hooks

Tools

A thin needle; scissors; thin S-lon or Nymo nylon thread; pliers with rounded, pointy ends; snipping pliers; flat-nosed pliers

Procedure

Step 1

The earring frame

It consists of five rows of C, which interlock (zig-zag). The 1st row = 5x, the 2nd row = 4x, the 3rd row = 3x, the 4th row = 2x and the 5th row = 1x. Keep an eye on the front and back of the C when working.

String 1x C in the upper hole and another 1x C in the lower hole onto a 40 mm eye pin. Alternate the stringing of the holes on the C until you have strung 5x in the 1st row and 4x in the 2nd row. Add the other C in the next rows placed on a mat. Pass the pin through the outer hole of the C at the beginning of the row. Insert a C into the gap and thread the eye pin all the way to the next empty hole in a C from the previous row. Continue in this way until you have completed all the rows. You can gradually use shorter eye pins, but keep in mind the need to create an eye at the end.

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Step 2

Start creating the second eye on the eye pins. Twist them in the same direction as the initial eye. The protruding piece of wire should be 7 – 8 mm long. This length will enable you to twist an eye that is the same size as the initial one. Grasp the end of the wire between the ends of the pliers. Twist the wire around the point. Gently tug on the pliers around the edge of the hole of the C so that the eye is centrally aligned above the hole. Do the same on all four rows.

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Step 3

Complete the outer lower row at the empty hole in the C from the 1st row. Use a 50 mm eye pin. String 1x R8 onto the eye pin, pass it through the empty holes and add 1x R8 between them. String 1x R8 after the last C.

Also add an eye pin into the empty hole of the C in the 5th row.

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Step 4

The tassels

String fifteen tassels. The longest is the central one, while the seven tassels in several R10 colours on either side of it gradually get shorter. The outer tassel 6.25 cm (RG); 6.5 cm (RG); 6.75 (RG); 7 cm (RP); 7.25 cm (RP); 7.5 cm (RO); 7.75 cm (RO); the central tassel 8 cm (RO); 7.75 cm (RC); 7.5 cm (RC); 7.25 cm (RT); 7 cm (RT); 6.75 cm (RT); 6.5 cm (RT); 6.25 cm (RT).

Prepare 3 m of thread. thread it through the eye of the needle and secure it with a simple knot. Tighten it occasionally. The thread is slippery and it will remain strung for a long time when prepared in this way.

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Step 5

String 1x R8 and 8 cm of RO. Move the stringing to the centre of the line. Leave out the last strung RO. Thread the line back through all the other RO. Thread the line through the R8 from the opposite side.

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Step 6

Pass the line through the strung RO under the R8 one more time. String 1x RO and 1x R8. Thread the line through the RO from above.

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Step 7

String 7.75 cm of RO. Include the RO under the R8 from the 6th row. Leave out the last RO and pass the thread back through the others. Pass the line through the R8 from the opposite side.

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Step 8

Like Step 6.

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Step 9

Repeat Steps 6 and 7. Choose the color and length of the R10 stringing based on the order of the tassel that you are currently working on. When you get to the outer tassel, pass the line under the R8 and 3x R10.

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Step 10

Create the second half of the tassels.

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Step 11

Thread a 50 mm eye pin through the R8. Twist the second eye. It should be twisted in the same way as the initial one.

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Step 12

Connecting the frame and the tassels

Thread a 50 mm eye pin through the eyes on the right-hand side of the frame from above. Do the same with another 50 mm eye pin on the left-hand side. Twist the eye pins after the outer lower row. The top eyes of the eye pins should lie flat.

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Step 13

String 1x R8, the eye on the pin with the tassels and 1x R8 onto the bent part of the eye pins.

Create an eye on the protruding part of the wire. Do the same on the bent part of the other eye pin.

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Step 14

Now sew the line into the outer tassels. Twist a loop around 3 R10 under the R8. Pass the needle through it once. Tighten. Pass the needle through 3 more R10. Once again create a loop around the thread from the stringing. This time, pass the needle through it twice. Tighten. Pass the needle through another R10 and cut off the thread.

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Step 15

Connect three rings onto the eyes at the top of the frame. Add an earring hook to the centre ring.

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Step 16

Create the second earring. Try to make its colors a mirror image of the first.

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Downloads

Rocailles Colors - Catalogue

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PRECIOSA Rocailles - Product Sheet

General product information and size availability.
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PRECIOSA Candy Oval - Product Sheet

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PRECIOSA PermaLux

Product information card
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PRECIOSA PermaLux

Merchendising
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Project Menthol

Download the PDF and print the entire project to your project library
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