Used glass seed beads with metallic finish from Twisted Sister Beads.

On the bind off, going up two needle sizes is not enough (and I’m NOT a tight knitter). You either need to go up a few more sizes or use a stretchy bind off technique.

I only went up two needle sizes (to US 8) and the edge was much too tight when block. Hence the unusual shape I blocked it to.

On US 6 I used literally all of the yarn. Probably not even a full yard remaining.