Shame on you all for perpetuating an ugly stereotype.

Witches have enough trouble with harassment, discrimination, hate speech and threats to their livelihoods and lives without your adding to the false images.

Take me off your list -- immediately!

oh for heavens sake chill, this is a bit of halloween fun, don't take it so personally :)

These are really cute. I am a "witchy woman" and don't find these offensive at all. But then, I don't find full moons spooky either -- I like them, and black cats and all kinds of Halloweeen fun. It is my favorite holiday. Thank you for the pattern.

Oh Please! You have got to be kidding Barb! CHill out!

I used to sell some lovely handmade Pukka Baby Witches and once did a Pagan Craft Fair, I sold one to a real witch... she wasn't offended, she said she loved them and actually collected witches of all shapes, sizes and descriptions - pretty or ugly she didn't care!

This project is not offensive, it's a bit of fun for Samhain or Halloween and I like it - I'm definitely going to have a go and make a pair for myself to wear! A bit of spooky fun.

have i missed something here?

I have been called a witch on more than one occasion, (I have an uncanny knack of fore telling things) I dont find these offenceive at all, they are rather cute.

As for perpetuating a steriotype, I was a pawn broker for nearly 8 years, the are suppose to be jewish men in little dark dusty shops... Im not and the shop wasnt. dont take it to heart.

If any one upsets me too much i just turn them into a frog!!

Hahaha wishwitch... I know a few people who could do with that treatment... fancy passing on the spell LOL!

I think some people take things just a tad too seriously at times.

My friend's a Wiccan and she's the kindest, gentlest person I know and not at all green, old or decrepit (altough I think she feels it sometimes hehehe!)

Barb has a point if you're a Wiccan, but I think these earrings are really cute, too.  I think we all probably all have a little bit of the Wicked Witch of the West and a bit of Glinda the Good Witch inside us.  Besides, I'd love to cackle like the witch in Bugs Bunny cartoons.  These look really fun to make.  If they offend, there is also a great pattern on the inspiration section of Fusion Beads for spider Halloween earrings, too.  (Not plugging Fusion Beads, though I love their site.)  I just loved the "spidey" earrings.  Happy Halloween everyone.  (This is the first blog comment I have ever done!)

Whimsical 1

I can't open the .pdf file - I have the latest Acrobat reader but my system said the file is corrupted from the email.  Please reload or email me privately.

Thanks.

I think she was joking. I've been call a witch or was that b****.  Never took offense, if I had earned it. :0) BJW

I've downloaded the latest Acrobat reader, too and haven't been able to open any of the recent free pdfs. What gives?

I hope Barbara was joking-  I think these are funny.

If she wasn't joking, she wouldn't like the sign I found earlier this week:  "Don't make me get the flying monkeys! "  I'm going to have to figure out how to bead that in a pin.  LOL  I know peyote would work but I'm thinking more gold wire letters...

Bobbi

Just because HER witch is ugly does not mean you have to make your own witches ugly!  I have the pleasure of attending a birthday circle soon. These give me inspiration for an appropriate little gift.

Barb, the world is full of Real things that are offensive,

harassing, discriminating and threating. Try and put your focus where it might do something better for all of us. This is a decoration for fun and the art of beadwork. Enjoy your Halloween.

Tsk, tsk --reminds me of Shakespeare -- Much Ado About nothing!

Stan B..

How cute....I love them!

I think there great, gunna make my hub's mother a pair *hehe*

My aunt is obsessed with the Wizard of Oz and the wicked witch is her favorite character.  She is totally getting a pair of these!

We can all learn jewels of wisdom from the many cultures around the world. In this case, I'd suggest Barb take a page from the Budhist,

"There is no offense, where none is taken."

I to enjoy the holiday. I'm interested in this pattern. I'm not sure what the big bead is that makes the skirt or the cape. Is the skirt an upside down hart? Not sure I can find the beads and don't want to buy if I can't, but it is cute.

I love being a crone and love the crone earrings.

I think the beadwitched earings are cute.  I'm going to make 3 sets.  One for my Mom, daughter & me.  I may make some for my daughters teachers.

Melissa

i love these earrings!  I cannot find the right size beads online anywhere for the hematite hearts.  

My PDF is in a bad mood right now and won't download.  What is the bead that makes the bottom of her hat?  Thanks!

Nothing worse than a witch with no sense of humor.

i am so tired of so called "wiccan" people being offended by something so stupid!   i am tired of them complaining about the whole black magic and white magic thing too.  get over yourself, if u are a true "beader" then these are absolutely adorable.  u dont have to like them, and u dont have to make them.  that comment was uncalled for, and no one really wants that opinion! have a good day, and blessed be!

I'm Wiccan and find the earrings cute, but early on I most likely would have overreacted too. We all learn at different speeds.

As to errors downloading the PDF, I got a corruption error, signed on, and then could download the PDF just fine -- I suspect trying to download the file without signing in is a no-no but the error message isn't terribly helpful.

Minor errata -- the size of the purple beads is missing. I presume they would be size 11 as well?

Can this be done with black beading thread instead of wire to avoid the kinks?   I'm gonna try it.

(I'm ignoring the original comment.  Well, are you a good witch or a bad witch?  hee hee)

its so cute.

My mom is Wiccan, and she would love those!  She would consider it an inside joke.  She does live in a largely Christian community, and she says sometimes the ignorance and prejudicial reactions to her religion are tiresome and insulting, but she just says you do what you can to help change perception. Blessed Be...

Hi.  I am Wiccan.  These are so cute.  They represent the Crone in the trinity of Goddess, so how can they be offensive? I plan on making several for gifts and one set for myself.   Blessed Be.

Silvermoon

I can't believe what was said about these earrings. They are portraying a fictional character from a story (the wizard of oz). That is what the wicked witch of the west looked like in the movie! How can you call it offensive?

Okay, I downloadedand printed the instructions for this really cute witch earring project and they are not in English!! I don't know what language it is in but what I want to know is how did this happen??

These earrings are totally awesome!  I think Barbara W. was just having a bad day (we all have them) and needed to vent.  And she is entitled to her opinion just as we are.  Hey, let's just enjoy the upcoming holidays.  Now, when can we expect the flying monkeys to go with these earrings?!?!?  Oh my gosh, I can just see them...lol   Have a great day everybody.

 There's always one in every crowd..... And, judging by the comment, and, the tone of the comment, she sounds like a very bad witch to me !

  All you have to do is scroll down and unsubscribe.

  But, on a lighter note, you did give us all " our laugh of the day ", thank you for that.  LOL...

jcstyles: Im not sure if you have your answer or not but it looks like: 8mm black metallic sequin for the hat, hope that helps :-)

Thank you for a very fun pattern. I´m making these for me and my daughter for Halloween here in Sweden. They are perfect and as a white witch, I don´t see what Barbara saw. We all got to have fun, right?? :-)

These are such fun earrings.  I'm going to try to make them.  Barbara, I feel sorry for you.  Where's your sense of humor?  I've always thought Halloween was a fun holiday.  Life is what you make it.  I choose to have fun.

I'm a witch, have been for over 30 years, I collect witches in all sizes, shapes and forms and I think these earrings are adorable.  I can't wait to make these for myself and my witchy friends.

Hi All,

I hope that I'm not breaking a rule here and since the pattern is a freebie I'm assuming that I'm not.  I do feel sure however, that someone will inform if I'm making an assumption.  But there just seems to be so many folks that can't download the pattern that I figured that you'd probably find it helpful to have someone cut and paste the materials list.  I think most of us could look at the picture and figure out how to do the wiring.  If not if anyone wants to email me I'll be happy to copy and paste the whole thing into an email that you can then do what you need with it!

Thanks - shellyscorner

shellyscorner@yahoo.com

MATERIALS LIST  (For 2 Witches):

Witch:

2 silver-lined lime green size 6 seed bead

20 lime green size 11 seed beads

2 black size 6 seed beads

2 black size 8 seed beads

2 black size 10 seed beads

52 black size 11 seed beads

16 black size 14 seed beads

60 size dark purple metallic seed beads

12 red size 11 seed beads

8 white size 11 seed beads

2 8mm black metallic sequin

2 13mm Czech flat triangle

2 12-13mm flat hematite heart bead

2 sterling silver earwires

40" of 28-gauge black or silver wire

Witch’s Broom:

2 size 11 matte brown seed beads

10 size 11 matte amber seed beads

2 size 2 matte brown bugle beads

4 size 5 matte brown bugle beads

10 size 2 matte amber bugle beads

28" of 28-gauge copper wire

Again please feel free to e-mail me if you need something more from the pdf. (e-mail address about materials list)

Barb--thanks for the reminder how often stereotypes slip past us as acceptable. But who said this witch is ugly or mean? She made me laugh. And I've been running in Circles my whole life.

Hey, Barb :)  Personally, I see this witch as a bedtime story witch. When I think of real "witches" today, my mental image is of beautiful, mysterious women with long, red locks and sultry eyes - smokin' HOT, in other words, not all green and warty!   I think the stereotype has had a bit of a turnaround.  I know the wiccans in my coven are lovely ladies, and this would just make them laugh.  Deep breath and blessed be! :)

I am also a practicing Witch. Yes, a man can be a witch too! *laughz* I don't find them offensive at all. Barb is one of "those" kind of people that give us all a bad name.

I'm not mad at her or anything as opinions are like butholes. Everyone has one and thinks that everyone else's stinks. So be it, let her go if she wants.

I'm going to make a pair for my wife who is Christian, and yes it is strange to have a Heathen(I'm 1/4 Cherokee and a Wiccan Priest) and a Christian to be married, but we make it work because we both have TOLLERANCE. Some people don't get it, but it maters not.

I think that they are cute and I am definitely going to make at least one pair for the wife and maybe a couple of pair for my Priestess and her daughter. I may even wear one for Samhain myself. I am performng a Handfasting that night and I think that the Bride might like a pair too.

Don't worry about Barb too much, she's the one with the bug in her bonnet. Blessed Be.