| Small rounded-off colored glass beads are known to | | | | the thread. Take a different thread and place fifteen. |
| all of us. We see them on our hand bags and fancy | | | | Now capsize, leave one chain & get the hook in the |
| accessories, on paintings, shoes, jewelry and else | | | | middle of the up half and down half of the 1st chains to |
| where too, and there's no reason why they cannot be | | | | start the single crochet stitch. Draw the final bead you |
| used in crochets! Wouldn't it be a great idea if we can | | | | have from last strung, attach beside the chains & hook. |
| use these beads on our sofa cushions, pillow covers, | | | | 3. Place the wool and hook over (wool besides hook) |
| or even to decorate our wall hangings and crochet | | | | the bead and draw a loop. You are having 2 loops |
| hats? These beads could add a new lease of life to | | | | there on hook while the bead must be adjacent to |
| an ordinary pattern. I am sure you will enjoy this | | | | chain foundation. 4. Build similarly second wool; draw a |
| method once you learn to make a crochet beaded | | | | loop, resulting in one crochet stitch. Bead is just worked |
| rope. No reason to despair because here is your | | | | in the 1st wool over; the other wool is a typical make |
| chance to learn and make your own beaded crochet. | | | | of solitary crochet stitch. 5. Replicate for all |
| Before we go any further with the lessons I want you | | | | 14(remember we skipped the 1st chain) 6. Thus like |
| to understand one important thing, the use silk or | | | | circular patterns can be created. In circular pattern you |
| cotton thread in the rope is disallowed, as they won't | | | | would be required to attach basic chain rope using the |
| go the distance. The reasons being that the heavy | | | | initial point to the last using help of slipstitch. 7. The |
| nature of these beads will after some time make them | | | | more add more rows as per desire or pattern |
| loose and then drop leaving you to cry foul on your | | | | requirements. There are various things you can do on |
| efforts. Polyester threads are recommended for | | | | a completed project too, like adding beads or if |
| beaded ropes. The other thing to remember is that try | | | | projects like Tunisian crochet does not allow you to |
| not using think thread as sewing and placing in a | | | | add the beads in it then you can stitch the beads on |
| patterns shall not be easy as beads cannot be easily | | | | the outer part to make it attractive. But for good |
| moved due the thickness of the thread. This can ruin if | | | | appearance use colorful beads and the work on it |
| you are doing an intricate design. Now it is time that | | | | should be neat and tidy. These under mentioned |
| me start with how to do breaded crochet. Things To | | | | websites could come in handy if you'd like to explore |
| Do: 1. You will need a polyester thread of size 10, | | | | more ideas. |
| Crochet hook, glass beads of size 8. 2. Put beads in | | | | |