Special Abbreviations Qlg
BP1 Bead Purl 1. On a WS row, purl the stitch to be beaded, making sure rhc bead gets pushed through the stitch along with the yarn. In this way, the bead is also purled through the stitch. b kltbl on RS BP1 on WS J pattern repeat BK1 Bead Knit 1 used for neckband . On a RS round, knit the sr to be beaded, making sure the bead gets pushed through rhe stitch along with the yarn. Ribbing Prestring about 413 455, 497, 525 beads on one strand of yarn. CO 123 135, 147, 155 sts, and work setup row...
Beaded Knitting Prestrung atop Slip Stitches
This method employs slipped stitches, with die yarn to the right side of the work. Each head is pushed up to the knitting, where it lies on the strand of yarn as a float atop the slipped stitch. The stitch that the bead sits on top of is not knitted bui slipped instead. Always slip as if to purl. The bead sits on top of the unknitted stitch on the floated strand of yarn. Thus, on the wrong side of stockinette stitch or die purl side , bring the yarn to the back when a bead is desired, slip the...
Beaded Knitting Hoisted atop Stitches
Ethereal Lace Tunic, Bogus Bohus Cardigan Hoisting heads atop stitches is one of my favorite methods of getting beads on knitting. I adapted the technique from machine knitting. It requires no pre-stringing, vet it is an integral part of the fabric. An unstrung bead is hoisted atop a whole stitch. 1 use a special little latch hook called the American Beadle, which is actually a needle with a wooden handle used on a hosiery machine. You can also use any small, steel crochet hook meant for fine...
Bead Knitting Prestrung Knitted through Stitches
As described in Chapters I and 4, true Bead Knitting, with stockinette stitch as its base, entails two premises that a bead is actually worked through all stitches, and that every stitch is subsequently secured on the following row by working through its back loop. There is an inherent problem with this ailover bead fabric. As in the needlepoint that ir emulates, the fabrics nature is ro bias or torque. To alleviate this tendency, you can alternate the twist ol the stitch with each row....