What I did with Santa's gifts - part 1

[BigV]

Originally Posted by limey

And here we have some beads knitted into the knitting. I shall have to work out how to show you the process. It's a little fiddly even without trying to take photographs!

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as for how... I know bupkis about knitting but I won't let that make me stick to my own... hahahah


It looks like you push a bight through the bead and then carry on knitting/purling (just words I parrot without knowledge), instead of threading the yarn through the bead like pearl on a necklace. That makes sense to me since where would you start with the threading?? At the beginning and then keep pushing them up toward the ball until you need just one? That doesn't seem workable.

Anyhow, I look forward to more pics of your work in progress. I love progress pics!

[limey]

Originally Posted by BigV

as for how... I know bupkis about knitting but I won't let that make me stick to my own... hahahah





It looks like you push a bight through the bead and then carry on knitting/purling (just words I parrot without knowledge), instead of threading the yarn through the bead like pearl on a necklace. That makes sense to me since where would you start with the threading?? At the beginning and then keep pushing them up toward the ball until you need just one? That doesn't seem workable.



Anyhow, I look forward to more pics of your work in progress. I love progress pics!

Your bupkis assessment is about right. I use the teeny crochet hook to pull the “bight” (that’s a nice nautical term! We knitters say “stitch”) through the bead. Yes, some knitters thread all the beads on the yarn before they start knitting but I’ve NEVAH been able to get my head round that ...



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