Pearls on the Pulse Cuffs Completed
I've completed my Pearls on the Pulse cuffs. I used Velvet Bilberry Jitterbug sock yarn that was leftover from a pair of socks and size 8 beads. I provisionally casted on 24 sts on size 2.5 mm Brittany Birch dpns. This time I started the grafting from the bottom instead of from the top of the cuff. Before I graft, I remove the crochet waste yarn from the provisional cast on and then I take out the first row of knitting which is essentially the row where I picked up the stitches from the crocheted chain. When I knit the cuff, the beads are added every other row with a knit row in between. I stop knitting my cuff after the last bead row. I end up with one bead row on each dpn and then I graft a plain row of garter stitch between them. In the photo, I have placed the graft in the center of each cuff.
I will be at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday. I will help Kate with the Junior Spinning Contest. She has wonderful pictures from her Mitered Square Class with Candace Strick. I'm looking forward to seeing Opal and Patrick there, too. I do not plan on buying much, but as I recall last year, I thought I wasn't going to buy any sock yarn and I ended up going home with 5 skeins of sock yarn. I know at the very least it will be a fun & relaxing day.
Those are awesome! I'll have to give beaded cuffs a try sometime...
Have fun at MSWF! Take some photos for the blog!
Posted by:loribird | May 01, 2008 at 08:19 PM
Can't wait to see you! The cuffs are gorgeous!
Posted by:Opal | May 01, 2008 at 09:57 PM
The cuffs look great!
Looking forward to see you at the festival.
Posted by:textillian | May 02, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Those little fellars are so cute!!!!! I am so jealous that you get to go to the wool and fiber festival. I know you will have so much fun.
Posted by:Peggy | May 02, 2008 at 06:15 PM
The beads look so nice on the cuff. So far, I have only used beads in 1 project (a bag). Should try one of these cuffs.
Posted by:Ann | May 12, 2008 at 03:34 AM