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Give the gift of friendship with a heartfelt, hand-knitted beaded bracelet. The basic knit stitch and an easy bead knitting technique make Beading Hearts Friendship Bracelet quick and fun for even a beginning bead knitter.

Finest pure white Ulster 100% Irish linen handkerchief with narrow 1/8" hem and decorative hemstitching. 10½" square. Exquisite true Irish linen is worth your money and time to make an heirloom for someone special.

This handkerchief is ready for you to embroider or add your own handmade lace edgings. The narrow hemstitched hem makes the ideal basis for a crocheted, knitted, or tatted lace trim.

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.

This supplies pak includes yarn and beads in your choice of colors to make one Fab Bead Egg, plus floss threader to string beads. Option to add high grade no-lump polyfill stuffing. NOTE: PATTERN NOT INCLUDED. Please purchase downloadable e-Pattern separately.

A snuggly lap blanket or afghan is a comfort to knit and give to loved ones. Here is a design for a handsome small blanket in a "warm hearts" theme appropriate for anyone. A bonus is that the stitch pattern is different yet pleasing on both sides — it's like getting two blankets for the effort of making one!

Knit a bit of fictional history with this 39-star placemat size version of a red, white and blue flag. The lacy feather and fan stripes symbolize the flag waving in the breeze. The 5-pointed stars are created with a nifty combination of knit stitch and simple embroidery.

Note: This Americana pattern is not an actual U.S. flag, nor makes any claims to be. Out of reverence, of course you would want to protect and care for it as you would any of the precious items you knit.