Introduction:
I have always been fascinated by different cultures of the world. One of those is the Japanese culture. I love the look of the dainty and delicate ladies adorned with a Kimono while holding a handmade paper fan.

I love it so much that I bought a few vintage Japanese fans. I later learnt that these fans are called “Uchiwa” in Japanese.

A couple of years ago, one of my good friends gifted me a golden colored metallic pendant which was an Uchiwa fan. She bought it on one of her trips to the far off lands.

It even opened and closed like a fan and had a cool Phoenix painting over the fan which was only visible when the fan opened. The bottom of the fan had delicate, golden metallic tassels. I have added pictures of that piece of loved jewelry closed and open with all its fine detailing.

I love it when 2 cultures meet. Here, I have taken the inspiration from this Uchiwa fan pendant and converted it into an Indian style statement earrings which looks like Jhumka. Jhumka is a style of large bell shaped earrings worn by women of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

I always knew I would be converting the Uchiwa pendant into a crochet jewelry someday. I did not make a pendant, I made it into a pair of earrings in 2018. Finally, I got around to writing its pattern.

Yay to Uchiwa! Now the entire world can enjoy my long ago loved memory.

Skill Level:
Easy
A little know-how about jewelry making.

Materials:

Suggested Yarns:
You can use any embroidery floss to make these earrings. You will need approximately 2 skeins of each embroidery floss in 3 different colors of your choice.

I Used:
1) Anchor Stranded Cotton(100% Cotton; 9 yds8m/; CYCA # 0): Green(A), Red(B), Yellow(C), 1 skein each.

Crochet Hook Size:
1.75mm/ US 00 steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions:
Stitch Marker(S)
Sewing Needle
Scissors

Jewelry Supplies:
12 pearl beads
12 ball head pins
2 earring hooks
Flat nosed pliers
Round nosed pliers

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