Description The lovely little beaded bag is completely seamless, and knit in the round with beads placed using a crochet hook.
Yarn
One 100 gram ball of Holiday Yarns Flock Sock [75% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon]. 400 yards/366 meters. Total yardage: 30 / 28 meters. Colorway: Mango Tango.
Needles
US size 5 DPNs or needles needed to get gauge. And Optional 17 inch US size 5 Circular Needles for main body knitting. Gauge 30 stitches and 35 rows over 4 inches in Main Body Pattern Stitch.
Bag Measurements
Unstretched Diameter 16 inches Length from bottom to handles 6 inches
Materials
33.5 inches of 1/4" organza ribbon in color that matches lining. 11 inch dyed square of 100% silk hankie for lining. 52 grams of beads in transparent Cream Soda, size 6. Optional 1 mm crochet hook for adding beads.
Abbreviations
DPNs = Double Pointed Needles. m1 = make one using backwards loop. yo = yarn over. K = knit. p = purl. k2tog = knit two stitches together. sk2p = slip 1, k2tog, psso.
Please visit
http://www.fickleknitter.com/archives/2012/04/fic kle-knitters-guide-to-knitting-with-beads.htm for info on how to knit beads into your knitting.
Pattern
Cast on 8 stitches on DPNs. Place marker at beginning of round, knit one row and join in round. Rnd 1: \*K1,m1\* seven times, k1 (15 sts). Rnd 2: Knit a bead onto every stitch. Rnd 3: \*K1,m1\* fifteen times (30 sts). Rnd 4: Knit a bead onto every stitch. Rnd 5: \*K1,m1\* thirty times (60 sts). Rnd 6: Knit a bead onto every stitch. Rnd 7: \*K1,m1\* sixty times (120 sts). Rnd 8: K120. Repeat Rnds 9-14 four times total placing a bead onto every sk2p stitch. Rnd 9: \*Yo, k1, sk2p, k1, yo, k1\* twenty times. Rnd 10: K120. Rnd 11: K120. Rnd 12: \*K1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sk2p\* twenty times. Rnd 13: K120. Rnd 14: K120. Repeat Rnds 33-35 three times total. Rnd 33: \*K2tog\* sixty times, adding a bead t0 each stitch. (60 sts) Rnd 34: \*K1, m1\* sixty times. (120 sts) Rnd 35: K120. Repeat Rnds 9-14 two additional times total placing a bead onto every sk2p stitch. Then begin Handle.
Handle
Break yarn. Place first 3 stitches onto stitch holder. Bind off 57 sts, placing bead on every 2nd stitch before passing 1st over. Break yarn. Place 3 sts from onto second stitch holder. Bind off 57 sts, placing bead on every 2nd stitch before passing 1st over. Place stitches from first stitch holder onto Size 5 DPN or Circular Knitting Needle and work icord for 5.5 inches. Work a 3 needle bind off with sts from second stitch holder. Weave in ends, block and then sew in lining if desired.
