This is my first time incorporating beads into knitting or crochet. Also my first time knitting mohair, if you don’t count a scarf using yarn with only 10% mohair. This yarn bumps that up to 75% mohair (and 25% silk).

Using glass E beads-- “opal lined”.

What with a couple of false starts and a cooling off period, I’m not really getting started on this until August 23rd…

I’m basing most of my modifications on CraftyTaoCat’s helpful notes.

Long tail cast-on 31 sts, size 11 needle. The rest is knitted on size 10.

First row: sl 1 kw, p each st

Second row: work eyelet row:
sl 1 kw, k2tog, yo, ~k2tog w/ bead, yo, k2tog, yo~, repeat from ~to~, k last 2 sts. (In other words, bead every other k2tog, starting with the second one.)

To add beads (using size 11 steel crochet hook):
-slip purlwise 1st st of k2tog pair
-place bead on 2nd st
-slip 1st st back onto left needle
-k2tog

Work Rows 1 and 2 (see below) for a total of 15 rows, then work eyelet (beaded) row. Repeat as desired for length of scarf. End with eyelet row, purl row, and then bind off.

Row 1:
sl 1 kw, purl each st

Row 2:
sl 1 kw, knit each st

I used Elizabeth Zimmermann’s sewn bind-off in an attempt to match the long tail cast-on.