Lily Chin
Friday All Day
Beads may be glamorous or primitive, glitzy or rustic, delicate or bold. They invariably impart a texture and dimension to our knits. Whether added on spontaneously as we knit, added on after the fact, or planned and mapped out ahead of time, the results will always garner attention and admiration. Learn the many ways of applying different types of beads. Find out which method is best in which situation. See the effects on different kinds of materials. "Draw a bead" on new techniques to achieve all this.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Student Supplies:
- Several colors of Worsted Weight yarn and appropriate needles.
- Several colors of sport weight yarn
- Several colored pencils or markers & eraser or white-out.
- A swatch of 4” x 4” any stitch.
- OPTIONAL: A few of your favorite stitch patterns, both color and texture, knitted up and charted out on graph paper. Xeroxing the knitted-up results would also be helpful. OR, xerox the pattern from the picture in the book or stitch dictionary (if small, try to enlarge to real-life size).
- Needle, thread and scissors.
- OPTIONAL: Any of your own favorite beads.
Homework: None
Materials Fee: $20.00 materials fee will be charged for many, various, assorted bead types and colors, special beading hook, and special bead threader