Come learn an exciting new way to put beads in your knitting – on your cast-on! You can make so many lovely things using these techniques like a gorgeous waterfall beaded edge on a shawlette. Once you know how to use these techniques you will want to use it on everything from scarves to shrugs! Jean Elizabeth will be there to guide you through this process step by step all the while telling you about knitting with beads and the many ways you can use beads in your knitting. You will practice three separate cast-ons and walk away with the skills to make many wonderful projects. It’s fun, easy, and it looks fabulous!
Class is Friday, July 23, 2021 at 11:30AM EST
Supplies:
- supplies in kit: 1 tube size 6/0 Czech seed beads, 1 tube Japanese long magatama seed beads, 50 yards A Hundred Ravens fingering weight yarn, a big eye needle, and a size 0.8 mm Fleegle Beader.
- Student must bring: 3 pairs of Size 2-4 US needles straight or circular
- Order a kit at https://www.beadbiz.org/product/Beads_in_a_Cast_on_Three_Techniques/1210
Homework:
There is homework for this class. Homework will be sent in an email along with class handouts.
Skills Needed:
Knit, cast-on, bind-off
