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Use Crochet Beads On Everything
It's easy to want to add lots of beads to a crochet project because they are
so colorful and beautiful. As with all things crochet, the process is easier
than the finished project makes it look. Selecting beads with an appropriate
hole size is vital because they have to fit the thread that you're using for
your project.
Some kind of beading is appropriate for any kind of project except baby things.
As you know, if it's loose, it goes into the mouth and baby fingers can work
loose many stitches. With the one and only warning out of the way, we're ready
to begin. Decide where you want your beads to go and about how many you'll need.
Begin with the last bead you'll need, work from the back forward, place the
beads on the thread in that order and you're ready.
As you get to the stitch where the bead goes, feed it up to the hook. Set the
bead in its place just before you make your last yarn over. That last part of
the stitch locks the bead in place. Whether you can clear beads scattered on the
front of a sweater, or colored beads around an evening top's collar, you use
exactly the same process. Fancy designs of a lace motif can be accentuated with
beads of various colors crocheted onto the motif.
If you prefer sewing on the beads, make sure that you use the same crochet
thread so that the stitches don't stand out from the rest. The embroidery
half-cross stitch can be used to fasten beads to an area that's very tightly
crocheted. Open, lacy work calls for you to crochet beads on. If a project calls
for embroidery, you can use the little seed beads instead of – or in addition
to - colored embroidery thread. Adding beauty to an embroidery piece with dew in
the form of beads on embroidered flowers is a great idea. If you embroider
animals or birds, then beads make the perfect eyes for those creatures.
The first method mentioned can be used to create a bead fringe when you're
crocheting. Make sure all your beads are on the yarn before you begin. You then
feed the bead onto the hook when you get to the fringe stitch where you want to
place the bead. By making a chain the same length of the fringe, and including a
bead in each chain stitch, you'll make your work a little easier. These methods
are elegant, easy and versatile - in other words: crochet.
Written by Arcelia Kehoe. At www.lovecrochet.com you can get crochet
information, as well as crochet
hat patterns.
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