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Lace Cuff With Beads Lace Cuff With Beads From "Knitty Gritty" episode DKNG-303

Cathy Campbell, from Crystal Palace Yarns, joins Vickie Howell to create a beaded wrist cuff that features an openwork lace stitch.

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Knit Bit: Who needs needles to knit? Not Vickie. She shows us how easy it is finger-knit a scarf using just your hand.

Abbreviations (applicable to all three segments):
BO bind off
CO cast on
K knit
K2 tog knit two stitches together
Dec decrease
Dp double-pointed
P purl
Psso pass the slipped stitch over the stitch just knitted
P2 tog purl two stitches together
Rnd round
Sl 1 knitwise slip one stitch as if to knit onto the working needle
Sl 1 purlwise slip one stitch as if to purl onto the working needle
Sts stitches
Stst stockinette stitch
Yb yarn back (bring yarn to back of work)
Yf yarn forward (bring yarn to front of work)
Yo yarn over (add a stitch by wrapping the yarn over the working needle once)

Gauge: 22 sts = 4" over Stst on size-7 needles

Lace Cuff With Beads

Lace Cuff With Beads

Materials:

Crystal Palace Yarns Mikado Ribbon, color #2679
sewing needle and thread
40 6mm glass beads
U.S. size 5 (3.5mm) double-pointed bamboo needles
U.S. size 7 (4.5mm) double-pointed bamboo needles

Note: Remember that many yarns are seasonal and could be discontinued. If the specific yarn called for is not available, purchase a substitution yarn that comes closest to the specified gauge in your pattern. And be sure to make that all-important swatch to see whether the yarn works for your particular pattern.

To thread Mikado Ribbon with beads, proceed as follows:

	Figure A
	Figure B

Thread sewing needle with a fine thread. Tie thread to yarn, leaving about 3" at end of the yarn. Thread bead onto sewing needle and then onto yarn (figure A), pushing the bead farther down the yarn as you add beads. When you have 40 beads on the yarn, make sure they are far enough down the yarn to avoid being worked in during cast-on and ribbing.

Note: As you work, it will be necessary to push the beads that are not being used farther away from the work.

CO 36 sts on #5 dp needles. Work k3xp1 ribbing for 3 rnds. Change to #7 dp needles. Begin bead and lace pattern.
Rnd 1: *k5, yf, sl 1 purlwise, bring down bead and hold at front of slipped stitch (figure B), yb, k1, yf, sl purlwise, bring down bead and hold at front of slipped stitch, yb, k1, repeat from * to end of rnd.
Rnd 2: *k4, k2 tog, yo, k1, yo, sl knitwise, k1, psso, repeat from * to end of rnd.
Rnd 3 and 4: Knit
Rnd 5: Work as the same as for Rnd 2.
Rnd 6: Knit
Repeat these 6 rnds 3 more times.
Work Rnd 1 one more time. Change to #5 dp needles and k3xp1 for 3 rnds.
BO in ribbing. Weave in ends with yarn needle.

Next: Crossover Scarf

RESOURCES :
Taiwanese glass beads
6mm
General Bead
637 Minna
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-255-2323
Website: www.genbead.com

GUESTS :
Cathy Campbell
Knitting expert
E-mail: cathbell98@yahoo.com