Yeah. I've sort of mashed up the Magic Mirror pattern with a pattern called Podster gloves. I'll put up pictures once I'm done; I'm pretty happy with how the first one has turned out. I'm just knitting the fingers now.
It is lovely; and once I found the 'fix' for the leaf lace chart, it looks even better (the pattern has a flaw).
The info about knitting with beads came in a Knitting Daily newsletter. They were trying to sell me something, but the information they DID give is probably enough for me to figure it out on my own.
I learned to knit with beads by stringing them onto the yarn before knitting, which works great. But in Sivia's class, I learned to place a bead on a stitch before knitting it. She places the bead on a tiny crochet hook, places a stitch on the hook, and holds the stitch tight against the hook. Then she uses a little flicking motion to flip the bead onto the base of the stitch. Then the stitch is knitted with the bead in place. The stitches with the beads at the bases are a little taller than the other stitches, but the height difference doesn't really matter on the finished product. Pretty slick, I thought.
I think I have tiny enough crochet hooks to do it, in my Boye kit.
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Date: 2012-05-25 03:23 am (UTC)From:It is lovely; and once I found the 'fix' for the leaf lace chart, it looks even better (the pattern has a flaw).
The info about knitting with beads came in a Knitting Daily newsletter. They were trying to sell me something, but the information they DID give is probably enough for me to figure it out on my own.
I think I have tiny enough crochet hooks to do it, in my Boye kit.