How to Make Earring Hooks

How to Make Ear Hooks with Round-Nose Pliers

1. Hold two eye pins or head pins together so they’re perfectly aligned.
2. Grasp both pins with round-nose pliers so that about 1/4" of each pin is visible between the pliers and the pin’s loops. Don’t grasp the pins with the tip of the pliers. Hold the pins where the jaws are thickest.
3. Wrap the pins around the pliers, forming a half loop. The pin should now be parallel to itself.
4. Still holding the pins in the pliers, press the two ends of the pin together to narrow the arch.
    
   
5. With the wires still held together, use the pliers to place a slight bend in the straight ends.
    
   

How to Make Ear Hooks with an Ear Wire Form

1. Drape the pin over the ear wire form at a point where the dowel and foam are attached. Bend the wire over the form to create the arch in the ear hook.
    
   
2. Slide the bent hook down to the part of the form where the dowel extends past the foam. Here, pinch together the ends of the hook to narrow the base of the arch.
3. Remove the pin from the form. With wires still held together, place a slight bend in the straight ends.

How to Make Ear Hooks From Multi-Loop Eye Pins