Using the Beaded Loops Edging as a basis for casting on

How are you coming along with your Beaded Crescent Neck Lace? If you have completed the Beaded Loops Edging, then you are ready for the next step of using it as a basis for casting on.

You’ll notice that you have beaded loops along one side of the chain, and plain loops along the other side. It is into the plain loops that we are going to now pick up and knit to continue into the main body of the crescent.

Beaded Loops Edging to be used as a basis for casting on

Tip: This Edging is SO stretchy that you will never fear of having too tight of a cast on! To use Beaded Loops Edging as a basis for casting on in other projects, plan one bead for each stitch to be cast on (you did count your beads accurately, right?). Then follow the same instructions as in the Beaded Crescent Neck Lace pattern.

Picking Up and Knitting into the Beaded Loops Edging

The last stitch of the Beaded Loops Edging counts as the first stitch of the Cast On Row. Then continue to pick up and knit into each non-beaded loop as follows:

Insert needle from front to back into the next non-beaded loop …

… pick yarn or wrap yarn (depending on your knitting style) with needle tip …

… pull yarn through loop to create a cast on stitch.

Note: Using loops along an edging as a basis for picking up and knitting in the perpendicular direction was introduced in last year’s June KAL for Summer Anklets. In that case, the sock cuff edging was several stitches wide (and without beads), but the technique is the same.

Next up: Garter Stitch Simple Short Rows