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Knitting Planner
Feb. 12th, 2004 07:50 pmJust FYI, this post is almost entirely about knitting. *Points to icon* You have been warned.
( Leading up to my present fascination with beads in knitting )
When I first saw a knitting pattern with beads strung in it, my brain nearly imploded trying to figure out how one strung a bead (let alone dozens) into the middle of a project involving one huge long piece of continuous yarn. Then I read the instructions. The way it's done is simply to pre-string the required number of beads onto the yarn and knit them in as you go. Now, this means that you might end up with several hundred beads strung onto the yarn between the needles and the skein, but, damn, it can look really cool.
I've been making some test swatches, and I think I might even knit some pillowcase edgings for Christmas presents. I'm not sure, though, that I'll be able to incorporate the beading technique into the baby blanket edgings I'm planning. The edging I'm using is pretty wide, and it's likely to either overwhelm any subtle beading, or require so many beads that it'll weigh twenty pounds. I'll work on it.
( Leading up to my present fascination with beads in knitting )
When I first saw a knitting pattern with beads strung in it, my brain nearly imploded trying to figure out how one strung a bead (let alone dozens) into the middle of a project involving one huge long piece of continuous yarn. Then I read the instructions. The way it's done is simply to pre-string the required number of beads onto the yarn and knit them in as you go. Now, this means that you might end up with several hundred beads strung onto the yarn between the needles and the skein, but, damn, it can look really cool.
I've been making some test swatches, and I think I might even knit some pillowcase edgings for Christmas presents. I'm not sure, though, that I'll be able to incorporate the beading technique into the baby blanket edgings I'm planning. The edging I'm using is pretty wide, and it's likely to either overwhelm any subtle beading, or require so many beads that it'll weigh twenty pounds. I'll work on it.