[Nfb-krafters-korner] circular needle question

[Eileen Scrivani]

Correct.  I've mentioned this before on this list that to pre-thread beads 
onto yarn you can use either the large eyed needles that are used for 
beading or you can also use one of those Gum-Ez Dental floss threaders.  You 
are not limited to only those large poney beads, but you can use seed beads 
and A dk or finer weight yarn.  Seed beads will not work well with worsted 
weight.

Alternatively, if you wish to use seed beads and place them on individual 
stitches, you need a very small crochet hook.  It is only the  Steel hooks 
in sizes .75 or .66mm thereabouts that allow you to place a seed bead on the 
shaft of the hook, temporarily place a stitchon the hook and then slide the 
bead onto that stitch and then replace the stitch back onto your knitting 
needles.

Eileen

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Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] circular needle question

> When you knit with beads you take the strand of yarn or beginning of yarn
> coming off the ball of yarn and you have to thread all the beads on the 
> yarn
> first.  Many projects tell you exactly how many and of what color in the
> order you need to put the beads on.  Then you begin to knit.  It is
> something that you need to plan out.
>
> You don't want to have to cut the yarn and add beads as you go along as 
> the
> yarn may not feed through the bead holes and then the beads will not end
> up in  the proper place.
>
> Joyce  Kane
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> Blindhands at AOL.com
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