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Beaded Garter Stitch: A Peek Behind the Scenes

Posted on January 13, 2013 by jackiees

Beaded Garter Stitch is exactly what it sounds like: garter stitch with beads. Beyond this simplistic explanation, there are several intriguing things about this beading technique. Let’s take a closer look at Beaded Garter Stitch — Beaded Garter Stitch is … Continue reading →

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Combining beads and yarn: Learning to make good choices

Posted on January 12, 2013 by jackiees

The importance of selecting quality materials for your projects cannot be underestimated. After all, you put time and talent into your project, so you deserve the best choices! But what aspects of “quality” should you really be concerned about for … Continue reading →

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Stringing Beads Without Special Equipment

Posted on January 8, 2013 by jackiees

You don’t need fancy beading needles or gadgets to string beads. Anything that will get a strand of your yarn through the hole in your beads can be considered. In fact, you can use something you probably already have on … Continue reading →

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Beaded Garter Stitch: A fun and easy bit-sized start to knitting with beads

Posted on January 7, 2013 by jackiees

Knitting with beads is fascinating and fun. Who can resist adding bling to their knitting? Before you know it, you might find you are addicted to thinking of ways to add beads everywhere! The basic techniques of knitting with beads … Continue reading →

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Kicking off BOBBOL 2013 with Beads

Posted on January 3, 2013 by jackiees

Happy New Year! I’m excited to have you here to help me kick off BOBBOL 2013. BOBBOL continues the popular Bits of Lace 2012 Series with the addition of bit-size projects for building skills in beading (the BOB portion stands … Continue reading →

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What is BOBBOL?

Posted on December 31, 2012 by jackiees

The BOBBOL Series will be a little pattern project each month of 2013. But I bet you are still asking — What is BOBBOL? Stay tuned and check back soon to find out. (or you can leave your guesses here, lol) Thank … Continue reading →

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Q&A: Keeping track of which edging row you are on

Posted on December 29, 2012 by jackiees

Susan asked: Is there some secret method for remembering the edging? I keep losing track of which row I’m on and it’s pretty challenging to rip this back a few rows (having done it a few times already when I … Continue reading →

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