How to Knit with Beads
Hi guys! I'm Kristen and today we are going to be
knitting beads into any knitted project this technique it works great for pretty
much any knit stitch pattern and simply using a crochet hook it's a really easy
way to quickly add beads to your work so let's look at how the beads exactly are
placed into our work first its vertical so you can see that the placement has
the top and bottom of your beads inserted vertically right here and it's
also reversible so we have our beads laying within our stitches and this
allows the beads to be reversible so you'll see them exactly the same on both
the right and the wrong sides of your work here's how the beads look knitted
into the stockinette stitch pattern right here and then it also looks great
knitted into the Garter stitch I also have the step-by-step instructions over
on my website you also can pin this straight to your Pinterest board to save
for later and the links to both of those are in the description below I just want
to point out that beads can be a choking hazard so please do not add any beads to
items that are intended for children or pets for your materials in addition to
your yarn and knitting needles that you're using for your project you'll
also need beads and a crochet hook so when selecting the beads you plan to
knit into your work make sure you have a crochet hook that's small enough to
easily be inserted into the bead's hole my example here I'm using bulky weight
yarn with size 10 knitting needles and my beads are called pony beads you can
easily find them in craft stores my crochet hook is size zero us which is
also 2.55 millimeter I have a set here so that when I get smaller beads I can
use a thinner crochet hook this set here goes all the way down to size 10
u.s. and I have a link to where I purchased this in the description below
oh and if you're excited to learn how to knit with beads please like up this
video it really helps me out so let's get started
step 1 pick up the bead with your crochet hook step 2 pick up your yarn
loop from the left knitting needle with your crochet hook step 3
insert the yarn loop into your bead step 4
replace the yarn loop back on to your left knitting needle and carefully
remove the crochet hook
step 5 knit that yarn loop exactly as you would if you didn't have the bead there
again the beads are reversible so you're seeing them both on the right and
the wrong side of your work let's do it one more time together step one we're
picking up our bead with our crochet hook too we are picking up the yarn loop
from the left needle with our crochet hook three inserting the yarn loop into
the bead for replacing the yarn loop back on to our left needle carefully
removing our crochet hook and five simply knitting that yarn loop exactly
as we would if there were no bead I hope you are inspired to start knitting with
beads please write in the comments below what projects you think would look great
with beads thank you so much for watching studio knit and I will see you
next time guys bye