You can't just have one acorn necklace i discovered so I was making some more this evening and decided to take some photographs along the way and make a little tutorial out of it. All you need is some crochet cotton, fine gauge works best, a small crochet hook, a yarn needle or tapestry needle and acorns of course. I used the real ones but I don't see why the wooden ones wouldn't work, they are just larger.
Start by making a chain of 5 stitches and join to make a very small circle. The opening of the circle is where the sharp tip of the acorn will poke through later so don't pull too tight.
Make a single crochet in every stitch of the chain circle, five total to make the first row.
Now for the second round make 2 single crochet stitches in every stitch , thus doubling the number of stitches to 10 at the end of this row.
Continue now on these 10 stitches for at least two more rows or until you have reached the desired height for your acorn. Remember not all acorns are created with the same dimensions.
You should at this point have a very small crocheted bowl .
Now with the cotton yarn still attached make a long chain of chain stitch until it is the desired length to fit around the neck of the recipient.
Secure it with a stitch to the exact opposite side of the tiny basket.
Sew in your loose threads with a tapestry needle or yarn needle.
Insert your acorn and make sure the sharp tip is inside the bottom circle you started with.
Admire your beautiful little creation and then place it on the neck of a special person where it will be very appreciated.
There is an old british folk tradition that if you carry an acorn in your pocket or purse ( or maybe around your neck) it will prevent old age. And If you don't want to wear your acorn they look really sweet as ornaments in your home.
I would love to give one of these necklaces away. Please leave a comment below and I will draw a name on Canada Day, July 1st.
Who wouldn't want to wear one of these delicate acorn necklaces?
Thanks for another great tutorial.
Please don't enter me in the giveway! I am still so thankful for all of the fabric and trims I received and am very late in sending you your swap. I'm working on it!
Posted by: Patricia | June 24, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Aw... Love the photos you taken!
THanks for the tutorial! I will give it a try once I find some acorns around my area!! heehee
Posted by: Steff | June 24, 2008 at 12:43 AM
These are so great! I love your love of nature. Always makes me smile. Thank you! :)
Posted by: Dawn | June 24, 2008 at 12:59 AM
Thanks for the tute! This is cute. I think they'd be a great way to decorate a fall/winter tree :)
Posted by: Annie | June 24, 2008 at 01:40 AM
I am checking your blog everyday and I love it. I am from Turkey and looking around the seasides to find strange stones for u. I will send u if i find some.
Posted by: Tugba | June 24, 2008 at 03:19 AM
Ohhhh...I love acorns!!!! And yours look so BIG! I have a oak in my garden and I have millions of acorns here in autumn :)
Your posts always make me smile and I feel sooooo inspired to make things when I have visit your blog...thanks for sharing all your ideas with us...LOVE IT!!!!!
Hmmm, maybe I should make myself a necklace with many acorns...and maybe my next birthday I feel like 20 :)
Have a great day !!!!!
Big hugs from Clara
Posted by: Clara | June 24, 2008 at 04:10 AM
I just discovered your blog through whipup. I guess I will take the hook tonigt!... :) Thank you for the inspiration.
xo from Switzerland
Posted by: filambulle | June 24, 2008 at 04:34 AM
These are soooo cute! I just love them. Thank you for the tutorial I am going to try it too. :o)
Posted by: Judi | June 24, 2008 at 07:56 AM
Hi there
I hope you don't mind I've added you as a link because I've enjoyed coming to visit your blog.
I'm from Canada also - from Ontario. Where are you?
Posted by: Judi | June 24, 2008 at 08:04 AM
Hello!
I stumbled upon your flickr photos and blog very early this month and I'm so glad I did. My daughter and I are lovin' the snails' stories and your appreciation of nature.
Posted by: Kris | June 24, 2008 at 08:09 AM
Thanks for posting the tutorial! This is the perfect autumn craft. We are very sentimental about acorns at our house and save our favorites for enjoying the rest of the year. I'd love to be entered into your contest. :-)
Posted by: Brandy | June 24, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Oh how adorable!! I just love them with the birdies! Our acorns are tiny, tiny. It would take some skill to make a bowl small enough for them. Actually, the squirrels have eaten most of them so there probably aren't any that are whole.
Your blog is so fun!
Posted by: Molly | June 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Thanks for posting this! I saw that necklace in the picture and I thought I would have to try and figure out how to do that- but you shared the tutorial! Thanks so much. I am keeping an eye out for stones, and now acorns!
Posted by: Jess in MA | June 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM
This is my first visit to this blog. I love nature-inspired art and these are great tutorials! Thanks for sharing; I may try my hand at crocheting now ;)
Posted by: Jean | June 24, 2008 at 11:52 AM
I love your blog! I found you through hullahtallulah! I want to win!
Posted by: Cindy | June 24, 2008 at 11:57 AM
This makes me wish I could crochet! They are so cute!
Posted by: Christina J. | June 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM
My friends and I made your rock babies at our annual Midsummer's Eve Party. I will be collecting acorns this fall so I can make acorns for the event next year!
Posted by: Kimberlee | June 24, 2008 at 02:31 PM
i have enjoyed your blog the few times i have visited. your crocheted rock dolls are wonderful. i have a very large collection of rocks from the hudson river. i guess it's time to teach myself to crochet. thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: sarah | June 24, 2008 at 04:11 PM
Neat! (I came here from Flickr.)
Posted by: Andrea (noricum) | June 25, 2008 at 12:38 AM
What a great idea! I love the acorns. I'm going to need to learn how to crochet! Ever crochet driftwood?
Posted by: Heather W | June 25, 2008 at 08:23 AM
so sweet Margie!!! I can't believe how tiny you work! I could never do that! wish I could take lessons from you! I'm going to keep my fingers crossed! xoxo, kt
Posted by: Katie Runnels | June 25, 2008 at 08:47 AM
so sweet Margie!!! I can't believe how tiny you work! I could never do that! wish I could take lessons from you! I'm going to keep my fingers crossed! xoxo, kt
Posted by: Katie Runnels | June 25, 2008 at 08:48 AM
dear margie. just a note to say that although i don't always have time to comment i read your blog almost every day. mostly while drinking coffee in the morning.. it is truly a most excellent way to start the day. you are always giving me ideas for projects of my own.. the acorn necklaces are too adorable
have a lovely day.
your niece in winnipeg.
emily
p.s. do you have any good suggestions for learn to crochet websites or books?
Posted by: Emily | June 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM
This is excellent! I already have two people I want to make them for!
Posted by: Cassandra Brown | June 25, 2008 at 09:09 PM
Hi Margie,
I love the simplicity and beauty of these necklaces. Lovely!
Posted by: Rose | June 25, 2008 at 09:22 PM
How very sweet! This is beautiful and simple in its elegance!
Posted by: Karen Chartier | June 25, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Beautiful! We love acorns.
Posted by: Sarah | June 25, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Wow Margie!!
What a wonderful idea!
So simple and creative and cute and perfect!
Thank you sooo much for this tutorial!
It is very appreciated!
I think that Bill needs one because he is worry about turning 50 next year :o
Elsita :)
Posted by: Elsita :) | June 25, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Aww...so cute. It makes me want to run out and find some acorns right now...even though it is 10 at night and I would never find them in the dark. Now I need to go to the thrift store to get the proper cotton yarn. Yeah!! New Project!! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Beth | June 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM
so adorable! plus it would make a lovely gift for a totoro!
Posted by: marianne | June 25, 2008 at 11:24 PM
These are SO cute. I highly doubt i could make it on my own though :/
Posted by: Stephanie | June 26, 2008 at 08:00 AM
found you via whip up - this is fantastic!
Posted by: Elizabeth | June 26, 2008 at 08:13 AM
wonderful idea; in France also, we think that accorn prevents from age.
i lke crochet, doing something with hand is resting..thanks for your blog!It's in my favorites
Anne
http://quilt007.free.fr
Posted by: Anne Gailhbaud | June 26, 2008 at 08:24 AM
Very pretty! I don't have any acorns on hand but this fall! Maybe I'll have to go get a wooden one...
Posted by: gardienne | June 26, 2008 at 08:47 AM
These are just adorable. What delightful little gifts they will make!
Posted by: Anita | June 26, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Oh I love these! Now I know just what to do with some of the acorns I found on campus this spring! Sweet! Thankfully I can crochet too! THANKS!
Posted by: Anna A. | June 26, 2008 at 09:32 AM
it's beautiful :)
the display with the bird is magically delicate...
OX
Posted by: Zaz | June 26, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Thank you for this tutorial! Acorns are one of my favorite things. I will have to try crocheting this with beads. (I'm a bead nut) Would it be okay if I post a link to your tutorial on my blog? I'd love to share this. Please let me know if you don't mind. Right now, I'm going to run out in the yard and find an acorn to try this with-I'll post pics and let you know when I finish. hugs - Ginger Leigh
Posted by: Ginger Leigh | June 26, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Thank you for this tutorial! Acorns are one of my favorite things. I will have to try crocheting this with beads. (I'm a bead nut) Would it be okay if I post a link to your tutorial on my blog? I'd love to share this. Please let me know if you don't mind. Right now, I'm going to run out in the yard and find an acorn to try this with-I'll post pics and let you know when I finish. hugs - Ginger Leigh
Posted by: Ginger Leigh | June 26, 2008 at 10:55 AM
These are adorable! I don't know how to crochet... but I want to go to the park now and start rummaging around for acorns ;) Though I don't know if I've had an acorn in hand since I was 5 or so... haha
Posted by: Natch | June 26, 2008 at 11:02 AM
This is such a sweet project. I'm always looking for unique crochet projects and your blog is wonderful! Not sure I can find acorns where I live but I'm inspired to find something I can apply this technique to. :) Many Thanks!
Posted by: Christina Conway | June 26, 2008 at 12:40 PM
These are so adorable.
Thank you for sharing the pattern.
Posted by: Anna | June 26, 2008 at 01:12 PM
such a sweet project. this may be the thing that pushes me to put down the knitting needles and learn to crochet...
Posted by: kate | June 26, 2008 at 04:28 PM
how darling! thanks for the tutorial! i am loving your blog as well... :)
Posted by: Katy | June 26, 2008 at 04:40 PM
Thanks so much for the tutorial!! These are wonderful and remind me of my dear sister who sent it to me. Your blog is awesome, and I am looking forward to reading through it! such cute acorns!!
Dawn
Posted by: dawn | June 26, 2008 at 04:57 PM
These are so beautiful, what a sweet idea.
Posted by: Angela | June 26, 2008 at 07:48 PM
so dang cute those necklaces!
Posted by: Sharon | June 26, 2008 at 09:34 PM
how nice of you to share the tutorial! these acorn necklaces look adorable! can't wait to try making my own! thank you!
Posted by: Ana Lilia | June 26, 2008 at 09:43 PM
That is just fabulous! I have a friend who loves acorns, and I think I'll make one for her! Great tutorial! Thank you.
Posted by: Mokihana | June 27, 2008 at 12:47 AM
these are delightful! I'm sure I'll never get to making my own so I hope I win one :). I would wear it all the time.
Posted by: Elise of Argyle Whale | June 27, 2008 at 01:06 PM