Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1910 — Knit-In Beads. [ARTICLE]

Knit-In Beads.

Be careful to use a needle fine enough to go through even the smallest of the various kinds of beads to be employed. Prepare a length of fine thread and pass both ends of the thread through the eye of the needle, thus forming a loop through which hang the end of the wool selected for knitting.

Begin threading the beads according to the pattern.” When they are all worked in, cast off on the first row after the last bead row. The number of beads in a row is often found to be one less than the number of stitches, the odd stitch being slipped without a bead at the beginning of the row for firmness and regularity. To secure the beads, slip the first stitch; knit the rest plain, passing one bead up close to the needle at every stitch before the silk or wool is raised; second, slip one, knit without beads.