While at Stitches Midwest, I took one of their market sessions with Deanna Van Assche for bead knitting and that it was one of those techniques that looked much harder than it was. So I bough some beads (she sells the kind that are pre-strung) with the intention of designing something using beads. I really do like the pre-strung beads as you tie the string that the beads are on to the yarn and slide them over. This way, I did not have to worry about chasing beads on airplanes. Last December, I had written a scarf pattern for Kim in our office to make with Venezia Worsted and never got around to making myself. It had a ruffle on each end and a simple lacy rib pattern for the body of the scarf. I thought the beads would be beautiful at the end of the scarf and I absolutely love an excuse to play with Venezia Worsted . So I picked a lovely shade of purple that matched one of the colors of beads that I had purchased. Then I...
- Musings and Happenings from Cascade Yarns