From the gracefully curving ribs to the lace leaves, this “Juliette” styled cap is beautiful without the beads. But add the beads and it shines out as something special.
You need to be an intermediate knitter as the pattern is knit in the round and charted with of YO’s between purl and knit stitches.
Full explanation and photo tutorial of crochet hook bead placement also included.
Sizes: Child (2 – 4 years) 16in, Small 18in, Medium 20in, Large 22in.
Materials: 130m, 145yds to 160m, 175yds 4-ply yarn, 3.0mm US #2.5 16in circ and dpn’s, 250 to 350 8/0 beads and 0.6mm crochet hook. Approx. 2/3 of the beads are pre-strung and the rest are placed with a 0.6mm steel crochet hook.
Traditional Norwegian pulse warmers with modern twist. Plan on 800 size 8/0 glass beads. Beads are pre-strung and placed between purl stitches – a very easy beading technique.
Knit short these are pulse warmers, knit a little longer with a thumb hole they become fingerless mittens.
Two versions of the pulse warmers are in this pattern, one very simple and one a little more complicated. Both use the same bead placement technique with quite different results.
Size – one size, but easily adaptable
Gauge: Very tight, 36 st in 4 inches in garter st.
Materials: 170m 4-ply yarn. Samples used Drops Alpaca. 2mm, US #0 needles, straight for the simple mitten or dp’s for the lace version, 600 to 800 beads per pair of pulse warmers or mittens.
Note: Pre-string enough beads for each item before starting to knit. As you are knitting slide the beads along your yarn until you need to pull a bead up to the knitting.
Random Thoughts and Minor Musing of another Knitter – compulsively addicted to the craft!