Beaded Ornaments to Knit


Book Description

Whether you've just started knitting or been knitting for years, you'll love fashioning these sparkling orbs! Each of the twelve designs cradles a clear glass ornament inside, and each knitted creation is highlighted by dozens of beads. Use yarn enhanced with a metallic thread to make your knitted orbs glow with reflected light. Display them near a window, heap them in bowls or vases, or hang them on ornament stands. These decorator items are beautiful year-round, and they make wonderful gifts! Each is knit of light/sport weight yarn using four double-pointed needles in size 5 (3.75mm). Beaded Ornaments to Knit (Leisure Arts #4595)




Beaded Ornaments


Book Description

Whether you've just started knitting or been knitting for years, you'll love fashioning these sparkling orbs! Each of the twelve designs cradles a clear glass ornament inside, and each knitted creation is highlighted by dozens of beads. Use yarn enhanced with a metallic thread to make your knitted orbs glow with reflected light. Display them near a window, heap them in bowls or vases, or hang them on ornament stands. These decoration items are beautiful year-round, and they make wonderful gifts!




Deck the Halls


Book Description

Deck the Halls and Raid the Stash! In this exciting pattern book, we've got 20+ ornaments to keep those idle hands busy all season long as you happily knit the hours away creating handmade ornaments for your very own tree, and as treasured gifts for friends and family. Making these ornaments is easy on the wallet too. Luckily, Christmas ornaments are small, which means you don't need to invest vast amounts of time or money on making them. Also, these charming patterns are made using a variety of yarn weights so you can easily find your gauge and conveniently use whatever yarns you have on hand. If you're up for learning some new techniques, then you are in luck too. In Deck the Halls, you'll discover openwork techniques, knitting with beads, knitting in the round, stranded colorwork, felting, and drop stitch. You'll also be delighted by the range familiar friends— we've got Jolly Saint Nick of course, Donner the Reindeer, Elfie and Agnes the Lamb to name just a few. Let's pick up our needles, and make some Christmas magic!




Bead Crochet Jewelry


Book Description

Beading experts, teachers, and jewelry designers Bert and Dana Freed share their expertise in this delightful collection of jewelry patterns and projects. Using a wide range of stunning beads in lovely color combinations, the pieces may look complicated, but are very easy to make following the clearly explained techniques and directions. The projects are organized so that you start with the foundation of bead crochet---the basic chain stitch---then progress through each level to achieve more advanced techniques. Each section opens with clear photographs that demonstrate the techniques needed for the proceeding projects. The "Advanced Tips and Tricks" at the end of the book offer additional tips and tricks for making your bead crochet experience go as smoothly as possible. Beautifully photographed, Bead Crochet Jewelry provides all the inspiration and skills you need to create unique jewelry pieces to wear or give as wonderful gifts. From dangling earrings to chunky necklaces and plaited bracelets, these beautiful and intricate-looking pieces are sure to stand out and be admired by all.




Little Christmas Decorations to Knit & Crochet


Book Description

Presents projects with instructions and patterns for forty Christmas gifts or decorations, including Christmas stockings, reindeer, snowmen, an angel, and a star.




Knit with Beads


Book Description

Knitting and beading can blend. Projects include spool-knitted wire and bead jewelry, elegant purses highlighted with beaded fringes, and more.




Knit One, Bead Too


Book Description

Give your knitting a touch of sparkle! Judith Durant shows you how to add beads to any knitting pattern using five easy-to-learn techniques. It’s simple, fun, and can be done right on your knitting needles. With step-by-step instructions for each technique, as well as 16 original patterns, you’ll be turning simple bags and wearables into stunning special-occasion creations in no time. From eye-catching knit caps to surprisingly intricate socks, you’ll be inspired to explore the endless possibilities of beaded knitting.




Little Knitted Jewels


Book Description

For knitters who love crossover crafting projects, this book combines leftover scrap yarn, wire, beads, and embroidery floss in 12 mixed-media jewelry projects from expert designers. This how-to book features step-by-step tutorials and walks the knitter through several useful techniques such as knitting with beads, working in the round, knitting with wire, and more. Designs include bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, and each project is outlined with a bulleted list of the necessary skills and materials, close-up shots to illustrate technique, and a full-page color photograph of the finished project.




Easy Beaded Christmas Ornament Patterns for Beginners


Book Description

★★★Easy Beaded Christmas Ornament Patterns for Beginners★★★ If you're ready to learn how to make thrifty, long-lasting beaded Christmas ornaments this holiday season, you'll love these Easy Beaded Christmas Ornaments Patterns. These are not hard projects to complete and they will really bring some added glitz and zing to your Christmas season.




Knitting with Beads


Book Description

K nit one and bead too: these patterns combine two favorite crafts for breathtaking results. Thirty gorgeous projects for intermediate to advanced knitters, shown in color photos and accompanied by charts, offer a variety of styles, colors, and materials. Picture a lace-like angora scarf, accented with delicate crystals. Enjoy an evening out dressed in a black knit camisole, embellished with a shimmering beaded fringe. A techniques section details several methods for adding beads to a finished project, including embroidery, fringe, and appliqu�.