A Touch of Beaded Class

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Instructions

A touch of beads in alternating light and dark accent colors adds sparkle and stylish class to this lace fashion scarf that is wide enough to be worn as a shoulder stole. A touch of beads in alternating light and dark accent colors adds sparkle and stylish class to this lace fashion scarf that is wide enough to be worn as a shoulder stole.

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Difficulty:

Category: Knitting

Type of item: Accessory

For: Women

Style: Classic, Romantic, Formal / Bridal, Traditional, Retro / Vintage

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Materials

Yarn: 3 - 50g skeins Colinton 1000 100% Young Goat Mohair, or total of 345 yards fingering weight Beads: Glass seed beads: size 6/0 (4mm) in 2 colors as follows 135 transparent dark amber (approx 12g) and 168 transparent gold (approx 15g)

What was your inspiration?

The yarn company Colinton Angoras commissioned me to design a wide scarf/shoulder stole in a lacy stitch pattern using 3 skeins of their natural colored, un-dyed 1000 Mohair yarn (fingering weight thickness) with beaded accents in 2 colors.

This yarn already has lots of class. So I didn't want to overwhelm the design with a lot of beads. The plan was for just enough to give a touch of color here and there. Thus, the background on how the design got it's name A Touch of Beaded Class.

What are you most proud of?

A Touch of Beaded Class was presented at the TNNA Columbus June 2011 Fashion Show. You can see it in the segment from around 3:30 to 3:59 of this YouTube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6vxNy0lEuk&list=PL40A23BA2F00B8BFA&index=2&feature=plpp

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

For inspiration and ideas of other yarns people have used to make A Touch of Beaded Class, you can check out the project page at Ravelry here --
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-touch-of-beaded-class/people