Winter Berries and Beads
My Winter Berries bag is almost finished. All the knitting is done. The bag itself is felted, and all the branches are made waiting to be felted and sewn onto the bag.
I wanted to share with you my solution to using pre-beaded yarn for the branches and the berries.
We found that Jojoland solid worsted is a perfect yarn to knit the Noni bags. Not only are the colors glorious but it is very cost effective.
I wanted to use the Jojoland solid worsted for the branches and the berries because I had it on hand. Of course, the yarn does not come pre-strung with beads.
I happened to have a bag of reddish beads in my stash that I had bought to do a beaded scarf. I decided to try them on the brown and red worsted to see if they would give the yarn that extra glint as shown in the picture of Winter Berries.
Of course, I couldn’t find a beading needle. What a pain. I am sure my beading needle is in a safe place with all the other things I have put in that safe place. But, I have no idea where my safe place is located.
Oh, the frustration. In fact, I was so annoyed, I asked Leah to find a beading needle wholesaler, so that we could always keep them in stock. We are now stocking Beading Needles and the red beads to make the bag.
To get back to the branches and berries. I strung the beads and then had to play it by ear since I wasn’t using the pre-strung yarn suggested in the pattern.
For the berries, I used one bead per berry on row 3. For the branches, I moved a bead into the knitting every 7 or 8 rows.
I am just trying to give you an idea of what I did. I was pretty random on the branches. I would slide a bead up to the knitting when the time felt right.
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