Feather Beaded Cuff by Celeste Young

Feather Beaded Cuff

Knitting
September 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
34 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
100 yards (91 m)
1.75" wide, 9.5" circumference
English

Symbolic of truth, speed, and the celestial realm, feathers have played a powerful role in numerous cultures and religions around the world. Keep a feather close at hand with this beaded cuff, knit from a luxurious blend of mulberry silk and merino wool.

Finished Size: Cuff measures 1.75” wide, 9.5” circumference

Materials: Cascade Heritage Silk (85% Superwash Merino Wool, 15% Mulberry Silk; 437 yd 400 m 100 g): color 5633 Italian Plum, 1 hank.

Needles: Size 2 (2.75 mm) straight or double-pointed

Notions: 162 (approx. 12 grams) size 6/0 brass colored beads, 1 flat-sided 1.75” wide, 2.75” diameter plastic bangle, fingering weight scrap yarn for provisional cast on, tapestry needle, scissors, size 1.25 mm crochet hook and 3 mm crochet hook. Cuff shown used Beader’s Paradise Czech glass beads in Brown Iris LT6E8 (beadersparadiseonline.com); China brand black lucite marbled bangle X000EXOSLV (amazon.com).