Bev gives you the option of adding beads to the pattern, which I have never done before but decided to try this time. So, off to the crafts supplies store that's closest (which happens to be Hobbykunst Vösendorf, where I also bought the supplies for the stitch markers, see my post about it) and find all required items. Which, after most beading tutorials I found, consist of the actual beads and a very small crochet hook. As I didn't get one that was small enough at this store the helpful young lady working there showed me a hack that she's using for her beading work, so I got the thin silver wire (0.4mm) as well, in case I wouldn't be able to find the crochet hooks (which I later bought in my other favorite crafts store, Neidhart's Nähkistl).
To cut the long story short - beading with this small crochet hook and a fingering weight yarn SUCKS and is a major pain in the ...
I resorted to trying the wire hack and you know what? Works like a charm!!! Here are the step-by-step instructions how to do this:
Cut a small piece off the wire, shape a V out of it. Then, thread the steel wire though the stitch you want to put the bead on, slip the stitch off the needle:
Thread the bead onto both ends of the wire:
Slip the bead down, pulling the wire and the stitch through the bead (like a kind of hook):
Return the stitch onto the left hand needle and work it as usual:
That's what the finished row looks like:
Easy and guarantees not losing any strands of yarn or splitting it, as it's likely to happen with the crochet hook. It's a fantastic way to work beads if you have thicker yarns you work with. I'll keep you posted about the final results, I'm really looking forward to finishing this shawl <3
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