20-06-2020

The new beads were much bigger and did the job perfectly!
I had added a row of dtr eyelets before adding the beaded row. I used roughly 350 tiny beads every other stitch all the way round, plus 110 (I didn’t count them..) on the edge.
I’ll write down the stitch pattern for the beads later.

21-06-2020

The beaded edging.

Rather than thread the beads onto the yarn, I added them one by one with a 1mm crochet hook, using it to pull a stitch through the bead. This means there are 2 strands of yarn through each bead, not 1,so they sit better.

I added tiny Japanese toho beads every other stitch along the last row of trebles according to to the pattern, before the pompom trim. (See close up photo)
Then I had added a row of double trebles eyelets in the stitch between the beads, right the way long that long edge again, allowing extra chains on the tips so it still formed a point.

I tried several stitch patterns before finally settling on this really simple one to add the beads along the edge. (They are larger 6mm faceted crystal beads.)

Work a dc, then 3 ch. Dtr into the next tr. Ch1, add a bead, ch1, sl st into the top of the dtr, ch4, dc into next tr. I worked into the treble stitch of each eyelet, not the chain space.
(My tension with ch st is a little tight, so I needed to work ch4, not 3, after adding the bead.)

To actually add the beads, I used a 1mm crochet hook.
After making the chain stitch I pulled that stitch up a little and took out my regular hook. Then I put a bead on the 1mm hook and put the hook into the stitch. I slid down the bead onto the stitch and put down the 1mm hook.
Then I picked up the stitch with my bigger hook and worked the next chain stitch. Then I sl st into the front top 2 loops of the dtr. This makes the beads sit neatly.