Crochet beads in different ways. Crocheting beads

Crochet beads are very often used by needlewomen when making jewelry. We will learn how to knit such beads right now.

Summer has already left us with less than 20% of its time at our disposal. This means that you need to have time to fully enjoy and absorb its warmth, colors, mood and the opportunities that it brings with it. So warm and sunny greetings to everyone! And let's all go to the beach. Have you already been to the sea this summer? Personally, I don't. Well, maybe then not at sea, but on a river or lake? On the pond, after all!

In general, if you haven’t been anywhere yet, but really want to, then urgently, we’ll finish it right now, no, we’ll drop everything we’re doing (you’ll never redo them anyway) and run with your family somewhere to the water and water-sun baths. I'm already on my way. And you? Are you not? It's a pity. Well then, while I’m swimming, here’s a new master class for you. Crochet beads. Knit a few pieces, and then I will come, check and decide what to do with them next.

So, our task for today is to learn how to crochet beads, and a little further (in one of the next master classes) we will create beautiful beauty from these beads. I won’t tell you which one yet - it’s a secret (in fact, I just haven’t thought of it yet).

Today I will also share with you how you can dye yarn in the color you want at home. And in conclusion, I’ll tell you a little about what this summer brought to me and my family. Most likely not even for me personally, but for my husband. But it doesn’t matter - we are family. So we have everything in common. And that means this concerns me too. But more on that below. Now let's discuss how to tie beads.

Crochet beads. Description and video

In order to crochet beads, we will need:

• beads
• hook
• yarn

So, we have prepared everything we need. Let's get to work. Today I will knit from yarn of a beautiful milky blue color with the addition of bright turquoise Lurex thread, since the product to which this decoration is knitted has a deep blue color. A little later I will add some contrasting or intermediate color to it for greater expressiveness. But this is not today.

First, let's decide on the choice of hook number. The two ways this can be done were discussed in detail in this article about knitting rules. Since my yarn is quite thick (compared to a sundress), I took a two and was not mistaken. In this case, the size really matters, since you will have to knit quite tightly and the knitting should envelop our bead very tightly, without unnecessary holes. So that in the end the binding on it looks neat and even.

The first thing we do is secure the free end of the thread in the palm of our hand with our thumb, throw the working end over the index and middle fingers twice and remove the resulting ring. The result is a loop like this, with which we will begin work.

Holding the ring at the intersection of the working thread and its free end with the index and thumb of the left hand, we pierce our ring with a hook in the right hand and change its position. Those. insert the hook and, with the index finger of your right hand, press from above the place where the free end of the thread and the working thread itself intersect.

Now all the most important and necessary for further operation of crocheting beads is in our strong and confident right hand. And we release our left hand. Let him rest.

I'm kidding, of course. It's too early to rest. With our left hand we pick up the working thread, throwing it over the index finger and actually now we have everything as usual when crocheting - in the right hand the hook and knitting, in the left - the working thread.

We begin to knit the beginning of the bead. To do this, grab the working thread with a hook and bring it through the ring. We grab the working thread again and bring it through the resulting loop on the hook. Our first loop is knitted. We knit three more exactly the same, each time inserting the hook into the large initial loop under two threads.

Having knitted 4 single crochets in this way, we pull the free end of the thread all the way and thus tighten our large ring into a small circle consisting of the first four single crochets. Congratulations! Our first, most tricky row is finished!
The next row we knit two single crochets into each of the loops of the previous row.

Small but very useful advice. For convenience, we will make a mark with a thread of a contrasting color so that you can see where each of the rows of the circle begins and ends. We simply thread a small piece of bobbin thread through the edge of the knitted circle and that’s it. The tag is ready.

We perform the next row in this way. In the first loop of the previous row we knit one single crochet. And in the second we knit two single crochets. And alternate in this way until the end of the row. The second row is ready.

Depending on the diameter of the beads you chose, you may need to knit 1 or 2 more similar rows for expansion, only according to the following pattern: 2 (3) single crochets in the first 2 (3) loops of the previous row and 2 single crochets yarn over into the 3rd (4th) loop of the previous row.

Since the diameter of my beads is only 9-10 mm, what we have already knitted is quite enough for me. Therefore, I knit the next row (in my case, the 3rd row) in this way: one stitch at a time without Yarn over each of the loops of the previous row.

We try on our binding on a bead and see that in addition you can knit another exactly the same row. We knit the 4th row: one single crochet in each loop of the previous row.

Now the size of the binding is sufficient and we pull it onto the bead. All we have left is to knit the rows in descending order and the knitted bead will be ready.

In descending order, the bead is tied as follows: in the first loop we knit one single crochet. From the next two we knit one single crochet. Those. insert the hook into one (second) loop and grab the working thread. Without knitting it, insert the hook into the next (third) loop and grab the working thread again. And now we grab the working thread again and knit all three loops located on our hook. In this way we knit the entire 5th row.

For the 6th row we knit one single crochet in every two loops of the previous row. And we are left with a very small area of ​​3-4 loops, which we close by pulling a knot with a cut working thread through it.

That's all. We have just crocheted a bead for you. All that remains is to hide the cut tail from the working thread. We simply thread it through the bead using a hook and cut off the excess. Ready!

As a result, after you repeat all the steps described above 10-15 times again, you will get wonderful multi-colored (or single-color, as you prefer) crocheted beads. And next time we will make something beautiful and unusual from them. What it will be I don’t know yet. Perhaps something for our kids. Some kind of jewelry - or beads or a bracelet, or maybe something else... We'll see.

In the meantime, the promised few words about how you can change the color of yarn at home. We will, of course, be talking about initially white yarn. In this photo above, the pink beads are made from just such yarn. To color it, I used a small amount of liquid handmade soap pigment. Just not food ones, but pigments. They were already divorced for me (I don’t know what exactly, I won’t tell you here)

I unwinded the required amount of yarn, dripped a certain amount of red pigment into it, squeezed it a little in my hands, thus distributing it along the entire length of the yarn, rinsed it and... voila! The yarn I got was a soft pink color. Here is such a simple, but very effective and most importantly accessible method.

By the way, if you still have any questions or it’s simply more convenient for you when everything is shown clearly and live, you can watch this video. I specially recorded it for this post and for the members of my VKontakte group.

Fine. We’ll probably finish dyeing yarn and crocheting beads for today, and in conclusion, I’ll tell you a little about what’s so interesting happened to me this summer. Well, first of all, this is my new hairstyle and my new look. I already wrote about this in my last article, when I told you about how and under what circumstances I ended up in a handicraft magazine with one of my master classes. If you haven't read it, read it - it's interesting.

Then there was a long and painstaking work in preparation for my husband’s personal photo exhibition. He is my photographer. In addition to preparing the premises and the photographs themselves, it was also necessary to find and warm up the target audience and come up with something interesting for them.

Literally half a month before the exhibition, I finally finished the super-duper brooch that I had been dreaming about since last winter. She turned out gorgeous. All passers-by look at her with all their eyes, and she is also so big! It seems far away. I'll show it to you a little later.

Well, of course, I continue to twist and twirl bouquets of candies, which I really, really like, and just a couple of days ago I finished working on a very large order. I have never made such large compositions for anyone before! In size it was 70x70 cm, can you imagine? I’ll also show you photographs of this giant miracle later. Well, we have a long-awaited trip to the sea ahead. Because summer is coming to an end, and we haven’t swam or sunbathed anywhere except on the nearest lake (and it’s an artificial one). We need to fix this!

I’ll probably even write a separate article in the style of “How I spent this summer” and there I’ll tell you in all the details and with pictures how it was. Because you can’t describe everything in just a few words, but I want to tell you a lot. Therefore, those who have not yet done so, subscribe to updates and wait for my new article by email.

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I wish you creative success and a great mood!

Tatiana

A plastic table tennis ball or wooden ball can be crocheted and used for children's educational toys or crafts for young mothers. Knitted beads of various diameters are made using a hook and 100% cotton thread and strung on a ribbon or wax thread.

Materials and tools:

To work we need:

• - yarn, preferably cotton;
• - plastic or wooden bead;
• - tape measure;
• - scissors;
• - hook matching the yarn;
• - a needle with a large eye.

Abbreviations used in the text:

• RLS – single crochet;
• VP – air loop;
• DC – double column;
• Runway is an air lift loop.

We start work with the Amigurumi ring. It was invented by Japanese knitters to create small amigurumi toys. We call it a sliding or magic ring: we lay the thread so that the end of the thread is in the palm of our hand, and wrap the working thread around the index finger (away from ourselves), insert the hook into the resulting ring, pick up the working thread and, pulling the loop into the ring, knit a half-stitch . The ring is fixed.

You can start knitting the first row, but before that you need to determine the diameter of the ball. This will be useful to us when tying. Measure the circumference of the ball and divide by pi. It turns out to be approximately 4 cm.

1 row. We knit 6 sc on the ring.

Pull the free end of the thread tightly. We close the circle with a connecting loop.

2nd row. 2 runways. We knit 2 sc into each loop of the previous row. We close the circle with a connecting loop.

3rd row. 2 runways. We alternate the entire row with 1 RLS and DC. We end the row with a connecting loop.

4 row. 2 runways. We knit * 2 RLS, 1 DC. From the star we repeat the entire row. Let's close the circle. We get a circle with a diameter of 4 cm. We do not add any more so that the binding tightly clasps the ball.

5 row. 2 runways. We knit the entire row in single crochets, without additions. Let's close the circle.

We knit the 6th and 7th rows similarly to the fifth row.

We put the ball into the resulting cap and begin to decrease the loops.

8 row. 2 runways, * 2 sc, 2 loops together (In order to knit 2 loops together, insert the hook into the base loop, pick up the working thread and, pulling it out, leave it on the hook. We do the same with the next base loop. We knit with a single crochet three loops formed on the hook). Repeat from star to end of row.

9 row. In this row we knit according to the following pattern: 1 sc, 2 stitches together.

Master class: How to crochet a bead.

Yarn: optional. I use Iris or Narcissus.
“Iris” is a thinner yarn than “Narcissus”, which is why it takes longer to knit with it.

Hook: selected according to the yarn. I have number 1.5.

Bead: wooden or plastic. I have a plastic bead with a diameter of 2 cm.

Make a ring of thread.
1st row: In the middle of the ring, knit 6 single crochets.

Tighten the ring by pulling the non-working end of the thread.

Next, knit in a spiral, i.e. without connecting loops and without lifting loops.

2nd row: In each column, knit 2 single crochets

3rd row: in every second column 2 single crochets
(in one arch - 1 single crochet, in the second - 2 single crochets).

4th row: in every third column, 2 single crochets.

Let's try it on the ball.
The diameter of the connected circle should be a couple of mm larger than the diameter of the ball.

If the diameter of the circle is sufficient, then we begin to knit rows without increments,
those. in one arch we knit 1 single crochet.

(If the diameter of the circle is insufficient, then we continue to knit according to the pattern of 4 rows
until we get the required diameter.)

Let's try on the ball.
If the cup for the ball is sufficient, insert the ball and begin to decrease the loops.

We knit through one column.
Those. We knit a single crochet into one arch, *skip the next arch,
in one arch - 1 single crochet, in the next one arch - 1 single crochet *.
Repeat from * to *.

When the ball is completely tied, pull the thread into the last loop and tighten.

We hide the ends of the threads inside the ball.

The bead is ready!

It often happens that there is no jewelry to match a new outfit. The thought arises: “Shouldn’t I make such a decoration with my own hands?” You start going to handicraft stores and looking for beads and accessories of the required color. I very often come across a situation where I can’t find beads of the required color. This is where beads tied with yarn can help out. The color range of “Irisa” alone is very large and you can always choose the yarn of the required color. But for tying beads you can use other yarn: with the addition of lurex, shaped with knots, sectional dyeing, “grass”, etc. You can create melange compositions of the required color yourself by connecting two threads of different colors or shades.

Examples of where you can use a yarn-tied bead:
Bracelets:
"Spring"
"The sea is agitated once..."
"Tenderness"

Necklace made of tied beads Suitable for both summer and winter clothes. You can make a designer decoration from leftover yarn of various colors and qualities - either thick yarn from a warm sweater or thin linen thread or iris will be useful. For each yarn you need to select a hook of suitable thickness. Also look through the contents of the piggy bank - there will definitely be beads of different sizes or a wooden necklace that has lost its luster over time. It can just be updated.

To make a knitted necklace you will need:
Threads (you can use linen or iris, or absolutely any)
Hook (I have number 2)
Scissors
Wooden beads of some diameter (mine are 1.8 cm).

How to tie beads?

First, detailed steps of the initial stage are presented, for those who are not good at crocheting.

We make hemispheres - “bowls”:

STEP 1. Make an air loop.

STEP 2. Knit a chain of 6 chain stitches in a row.

STEP 3. Connect a row of six chain loops into a ring - put the first loop of the chain on the hook and knit them together with one loop.

STEP 4. Tie the resulting ring with a single crochet until it is completely closed (at least 12 stitches).

STEP 5. After closing the first row, go to the second row using one chain stitch and again make a single crochet row, alternating: one stitch in one hole, two in the next, then one again, and then two again. Repeat this until the end of the row (there will be approximately 18-20 columns or more).

STEP 6. Make the third row in the same way - 1 lifting air loop, one stitch in one hole, two in the next, repeat until the end of the row (there will be approximately 27-30 stitches).

STEP 7. Also knit the fourth, fifth and sixth rows with single crochets, but in each hole in columns. This is done so that a “plate” is formed.

STEP 8. Insert a wooden (or plastic) bead of the appropriate size into the knitted “bowl” and begin to close the “bowl”, that is, now skip one hole at a time and knit in a single crochet according to the “every other” principle. Continue to reduce the number of columns until you have tied a bead.

If you need to tie a large bead, then increase the number of columns in both the fourth and fifth (and further) rows. The number of rows “without changes” also needs to be increased by the same amount. Try on the desired bead and adjust your knitting as you go.

Have patience and materials and tie a lot of beads, of course not in one day, or get your girlfriends to work - and things will be more fun.

Everyone will have ideas for using prepared beads. Even one, three or five beads will work, or combine beads of different sizes and colors.

Video tutorial on crocheting beads.

Jewelry made from tied beads.
Knitted beads can be supplemented with untied ones, and can also be combined with knitted flowers, leaves, etc. Instead of beads, the knitted shell can be filled with padding polyester - the necklace will be soft. Come up with your own version of the necklace - originality and creativity are guaranteed!

The sling bracelet is both a decoration and a toy for a newborn baby. It is a bracelet made of beads tied with yarn, diluted with ordinary wooden beads. Using the example of a sling bracelet, we will show how to crochet a bead.

You can vary the order of such beads on the ribbon as you like. The rainbow color of the bracelet is universal in terms of design. For such a bracelet, you need to select 7 skeins of yarn in all colors of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

We also select a suitable hook for the selected yarn. For tying, we choose larger beads, and for dilution, we choose smaller beads. We will string the beads onto a thin satin ribbon.

The beads are first tied with a set of 4 air loops (ch), which are closed in a circle using a connecting post (ss).

In the next row you need to knit 2 sc in each loop from the previous row. In total, in the second row you should get 8 sc.

In the next row we repeat in the same way - 2 sc in each loop of the chain of the previous row.

In the next row we alternate - 1 sbn, 2 sbn, 1 sbn, 2 sbn.

The created case is evenly stretched over the volume of the bead.

Leaving a little distance to the end of the bead, we begin to decrease the loops in the same way as increasing them, i.e. First, through 1 loop we knit 1 sc, 2 sc with one vertex, 1 sc, 2 sc with one vertex.

In the next row we decrease in each loop.

Thus, we tie all 7 large beads with yarn of different colors in turn. We string the tied beads, alternating with smaller wooden beads.