Want to add a little sparkle to your knitting? Learn how to add beads to your projects while making the elegant Decadence Blouse. With a simple circular yoke construction and a gauzy lightweight fabric, this pattern allows us to focus on new techniques while working up into a timeless closet staple. We’ll also discuss how adding beads changes a knitted fabric and what to consider when modifying a pattern to include beads.

Two 2 hour sessions

Skills needed:

• Knitting and purling
• Increasing and decreasing
• Working in the round

Skills learned:

• How adding beads effects a fabric
• Swatching for beaded knitting
• Two techniques for adding beads to knitted projects

Materials:

• Size: (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL)
• Yarn: (630) 630 (630) 840 (840) 840 (1050) yards of laceweight mohair blend. We recommend Knitting for Olive Silk Mohair, Periwinkle Sheep Wolke, or Pasquali Manada 
• US 3 & 4 circular needles
• Seed beads in size 6/E
• Bead Color 1: (2) 2 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) x 30g box 
• Bead Color 2: 1x 30g box
• Pattern can also be done with a single color of beads if preferred
• 1 mm crochet hook
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• A copy of the Decadence Blouse pattern by Fabel Knits

Preparation:

If you’re unsure about which size to make, please bring a garment that fits the way you’d like your finished blouse to fit.