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    Making Jewelry with a French Knitter: The Easy Way to Make Beautiful Beaded Accessories
    Making Jewelry with a French Knitter: The Easy Way to Make Beautiful Beaded Accessories
    Making Jewelry with a French Knitter: The Easy Way to Make Beautiful Beaded Accessories
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    Making Jewelry with a French Knitter: The Easy Way to Make Beautiful Beaded Accessories

    By Carol Porter

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    This new book offers an easy, fun way to learn to use the versatile French knitter. You'll develop advanced skills with this amazing tool as you combine beads with yarn, stretchy cord, monofilament or embroidery thread to create simple yet elegant jewelry and accessories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDesign Originals
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781607651369
    Making Jewelry with a French Knitter: The Easy Way to Make Beautiful Beaded Accessories
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    Carol Porter

    Carol C. Porter was born and raised in Washington State. She has taught quiltmaking since 1988 and currently teaches a variety of classes at quilt shops around the Pacific Northwest.

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      Making Jewelry with a French Knitter - Carol Porter

      Getting Started with the French Knitter Tool

      This booklet showcases French knitting, also known as spool knitting. This form of knitting conjures up childhood memories of a wooden spool with four finishing nails hammered around the core. With this device, you formed a long knitted tube (known as an I-cord). Later, you might coil it into a hot pad. This book takes this basic process, then adds modern assorted beads and an array of fibers to get contemporary French knitting projects—glamorous, spectacular jewelry pieces. I present specific projects here so you can see how the process works. You will be delighted to see how easy it is to create jewelry in your own style.

      The French Knitter Tool

      I recommend the French Knitter, a bead jewelry tool manufactured by Clover Needlecraft Incorporated. This tool has great versatility. The interchangeable heads each have a different number of pegs. Included also is a hook that allows for easy manipulation of the stitch over the peg. This tool fits comfortably in your hand.

      To remove the head, turn the head counterclockwise and gently pull up.

      To attach the head, set the head in the notches on the main body and turn clockwise until it clicks.

      French Knitter tool. Main body, 4-peg head, 5-peg head, 6-peg head, hook.

      Fibers & Beads

      Fibers

      Traditionally, knitters used hemp and yarns with the French Knitter tool. Today there is a growing selection of fibers and fashion colors available to complement any project. In this booklet, we most often use yarn with metallic threads, bead-stringing wire, monofilament, 2-ply lamé cord, Perle cotton, embroidery floss, and leather. No doubt you will establish your own palette of favorite colors and

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