The other day on my peregrinations, I stopped at the bead store. I had it in mind to make a necklace--for a gift--and needed a few beads to embellish a knit edging. I bought very little, bead stores being singularly frustrating in their approaches to merchandising. You might have to visit three or more to come away with a proper bead needle, a string of reasonably priced freshwater pearls and the right-sized seed beads. But maybe that's just the nature of the beast.

Anyway, my original thought was to string beads directly onto the yarn--Silkience by Ella Rae--but that proved too heavy. I would love to knit this entire garment from Art Yarns' or Tilli Tomas' beaded silks, but my inner skinflint would never allow it. So that means a whole lot of stringin' is goin' on.