Dyna-mites 6/0 sead beads, color Gunmetal, used almost three 40 gram boxes.

I got the idea for this beaded scarf/shawl several years ago. I wanted to use beads as a decorative element on their own rather than as just an accent to a lace pattern. I was inspired by Barbara Benson’s Bitter Blue shawl.

I cast on 5 stitches and it grew assemetrically from there. I increased only, rather than the usual increase on one side & decrease on the other as I wanted a straight edge and not a curve.

I added beads every 10th stitch as the scarf grew.

I used Horseshoe lace pattern (page 209) from Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker. Because it is a 10 stitch repeat, it worked perfectly with the beading. You can see from my original design that I had planned to make the lace on the one edge longer, but ran out of yarn.

I did a crochet edge/bind off. My first time using this technique. Single crochet chain is the only crochet technique I know how to do.

It turned out just as I imagined. However, I did not anticipate how heavy all of the beads would be on the finished item.
Note: this heaviness is actually very comforting. It feels like someone putting their arm around your shoulder.

8/9/2021
The friend I mailed this to had moved, so the shawl came back to me. This was good in that I ordered more yarn in a different color and am going to redo the lace edging. Both sides will have the same number of pattern repeats.

Fingers crossed that I will have enough beads.

I ripped out the dark grey Tahki yarn over a tub to catch the beads. I then poured the beads into a zip sandwich bag and weighed it. It was 32 grams. I then added the beads left in the box and it totaled 44 grams, or only 12 grams of beads left. So I went online to Firemountain Gems and ordered another 40 gram box.