Bead Necklace - Bet you can’t knit just one – A potato chip knitting pattern. Knitting is my passion, but sometimes, the thought of knitting an entire garment becomes overwhelming. My days are busier now, so I can’t just knit the day away. Frankly, I never did that, but I might have enjoyed it! Rummaging through my stash, (all knitters have a ready supply of yarn), I came across a multi-colored skein of sock-weight yarn and aha, my bead necklace emerged. You will need about twenty-five grams (about 100 yards) of sock-weight yarn for one necklace. This may become one of those patterns referred to as potato chip patterns – you can’t stop making them!

The knitting needles need to be dpn (double pointed needles) which usually come in sets of four or five needles. If you remember playing Pick-up Sticks, you’ve handled double pointed sticks because they look just like dpn. I like to use size 2.25 to 3 millimeter size but size isn’t critical for this pattern. If you want bigger beads, use bigger needles and heavier weight yarn. To check out yarn weights, go to www.yarnstandards.com

For the Bead Necklace, you will only need two double pointed needles. This sample was knitted in Baah La Jolla yarn – just select a colorway you love.

The skills you need to know are the I-cord, knit stitch, the purl stitch, yarn over stitch, and k2tog (knit two together) which is a decrease method, but for some, p1tbl may be a new technique. P1tbl means to purl the yarn over from the previous row tbl, through back loop.

P1tbl - check out these websites for more detailed instructions using the Continental knitting style: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/purl-through-the-back-loo... or the
English knitting style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPh84pLRmcw

To work an I-cord after casting on 4 stitches, knit 1 row, then slide the stitches to the opposite end of the double pointed needle so the working yarn is attached to farthest stitch on the left; this is correct. Knit the 4 stitches. Repeat to knit an I-cord. A total of four rounds will be knitted to start but following each bead, six rounds will be completed. Check out this website for help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBq8HhyEv-g

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