Category Archives: Bits of Beads

Fabulous Beaded Eggs KAL

Posted on March 12, 2015 by jackiees

3-dimensional easy-to-knit eggs glistening with colorful beads Get ready for the prettiest Easter egg hunt ever when you knit your own beaded eggs! Fab Bead Eggs is a Faberge-inspired knitting pattern for beaded 3-dimensional egg shape whimsies. These eggs do not … Continue reading →

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Next Up KAL: Fabulous Beaded Eggs

Posted on March 1, 2015 by jackiees

3-dimensional easy-to-knit eggs glistening with colorful beads Get ready for the prettiest Easter egg hunt ever when you knit your own beaded eggs! Fab Bead Eggs is a Faberge-inspired knitting pattern for beaded 3-dimensional egg shape whimsies. These eggs do not … Continue reading →

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Beaded Mosaic Knitting KAL Open Now!

Posted on November 5, 2014 by jackiees

Today, November 5th, is the official kick-off of this month’s Beyond BOBBOL KAL for Beaded Mosaic Knitting. The project for our November learn-and-knit-along is Beaded Basket Weave Mosaic Hat. If you love beads and glitz, then this one is for … Continue reading →

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Next Up KAL: Beaded Mosaic Knitting

Posted on October 28, 2014 by jackiees

Make a snazzy hat in two colors of DK weight yarn of your choice and size 6/0 seed beads  Do you love beads and glitz? Then this one is for you. The next KAL features slip-stitch color knitting and beads … Continue reading →

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Spot Weaving KAL: Shopping List

Posted on September 2, 2014 by jackiees

Spot woven knitting that mimics the look of beads Our next Beyond BOBBOL Learn-and-Knit-A-Long is going way beyond lace and beads to try new things in another area. I call it “spot weaving” because the design looks like … well, … Continue reading →

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Bonus: an option to beading the Lace Leaf pattern stitch

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jackiees

Joy wrote: ” This is a gorgeous pattern I’ve been looking forward to very much. I would indeed appreciate some beading advice PLEASE, beads add so much to an accessory like this one. Thank you for this pattern, and this site! ” … Continue reading →

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Bonus: Rotating even-count grid designs

Posted on February 21, 2014 by jackiees

antics with even count designs Because of the “square” nature of beaded garter stitch, our little beaded shamrock design  can easily be rotated 90° or 180° or 270°, as though it were doing cartwheels. Since the design is not exactly … Continue reading →

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