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Companion reference books are a great way to keep crafting tips and techniques right at your fingertips. Whether you can't remember a cast-on method, need help when your fiber won't draft, or even want to add a bead to your project, the companion guides offer fundamental basics to advanced resources for your crafting needs.

Adorn your wardrobe with this fluid scarf. Sparkly beads frame a crescent of interleaved chevrons of knit lace.

Here’s an easy circular center start method that begins on just 2 needles. It might feel like cheating, but will still produce a neat, tidy center. (Available free to Premium members here.)

Silk Smoke is a versatile accessory you can wear laid on your shoulders as a dressy cowl neckline, or pulled over your head as a wimple.

This smoke ring is knitted circularly to make a seamless tube. Although the lace pattern looks complicated, the spectacular results are accomplished with a stitch sequence that is repetitive and relatively easy.

Give your feet some sweet fun. Ribbed columns of mixed bead colors with coordinating multi-color feet.

Kit includes S07 Mixed Jelly Beans pattern, 1 50g ball each of Steinbach Wolle Strapaz 80% superwash wool/20% nylon yarn in a solid base color and its coordinating multi-color, 25g of size 8/0 Miyuki glass seed beads in HeartStrings' custom Jelly Bean mix, and nylon collapsing eye threader for easy stringing of the beads.

Make your choice of solid color yarn and it will paired with its companion multi-color.

High quality Japanese glass seed beads (a.k.a. round rocailles) by Miyuki in size 8/0 (3 mm diameter). Use this size bead for stringing on fingering weight yarns and for crochet hook method with fine threads like size 8 perle cotton, size 10 crochet thread, and size 5/2 tencel thread or finer.

Beads are packaged in clear zip-top bags for easy handling; no tubes to roll around or tops popping off and spilling beads. Approximately 800 per 20g bag unless otherwise noted (premium beads come in smaller 10g bags; mixes come in 15g bags). You can also optionally purchase a nylon floss threader for stringing beads.

If you need help in selecting a color to coordinate with your yarn, please ask and I'll do my best to describe and help you.