Saturday, September 18, 2010

I'm a hooker all the way

I've been on a beading bender lately--two projects in the last month have required placing beads on yarn. I call it a bender because this is the first time I've ever knit with beads or had the desire to do so. It's all Romi's fault, but really, it's growing on me. I wish I could show you what I'm working on right now, but let's just say there's a whole lotta beads involved.

I've never liked the idea of pre-stringing beads onto yarn. For one thing, I've never seen a pattern that tells you exactly how many beads to use. It would be a major pain in the butt to either string too many or not enough, and I'm afraid sliding multiple beads over a strand of yarn might result in some very frayed yarn. Bummer. No pre-stringing for me; I'm a hooker all the way.

Actually, finding the size 10 crochet hook needed for adding beads to my projects proved to be tougher than the beading itself. I ended up buying this set from Michaels, mainly because I had a coupon. Yes, I realize the link isn't for Michaels, but I couldn't find it on their site.

I will leave you with an adorable photo of my adorable granddaughter Tilly. It has nothing to do with beads and yarn. I simply couldn't help myself.

8 comments:

  1. she is adorable!

    One of my sock patterns or two - will have beads. I am looking forward to trying it out soon. I may be coming to you for advice! Going to check out the Romi link.

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  2. Tilly is the cutest. Who could resist posting a picture of her.
    So, what colors are the beads?

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  3. Isn't she a cuteeeeee!!!! Hi, adorable baby Tilly...

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  4. Is this the mysterious test knitting project? (I'm kind of fascinated with the idea of test knitting -- maybe someday I'll be good enough!) I have done a few beaded projects and I actually liked the hooking method better. It does slow down the knitting flow, but then scooting all these beads up and down the yarn isn't exactly a speedy way to knit either.

    I will stop here before I give in to my temptation to do baby talk for Tilly. (What a sweetie!)

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  5. Thanks everybody. I am completely smitten over this child. You have no idea the amount of self control it has taken not to bust out the iPhone and corner people with a slideshow of photos.

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  6. that child is delicious. Oh how I envy you your beautiful granddaughter! Beading and yarn can be amazing the 'slider' way. But it DOES compromise the yarn, I think. I've made a few beaded bags with Koigu and size 6 needles and they were lovely, but stringing the beads is a bear!

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  7. Your granddaughter is just too, too cute! I can see why you can't help yourself :)

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  8. Adorable baby!

    Good luck with the beads!

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