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The Star Spangled Bangle Bead Knitted Bracelet - Bead Kit

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Star-Spangled Bangle Bead Knitting Kit from Earth Faire Designs

Using beautiful metallic threads and wooden knitting needles, you can create this gorgeous, wintry mix of a bead soup necklace with the Star Spangled Bangle Bead Knitting Kit by Earth Faire Designs.

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A bred knitted bracelet dream come true! Knitted on larger wooden knitting needles instead of those long steel straight pins that some call knitting needles, these bead knitted designs work up fast and make beautiful beaded jewelry. Oh, and don't let the "star spangled" name fool you into thinking of July celebrations; this set is more "starry winter sky" that a hot day in summer. This Star Spangled Bangle bead knitted bracelet, alone or stacked with others, will make a perfect winter accessory.

The Perfect Bead Knitted Bracelet for Winter

Or any other season, depending on the colors you choose. I have this bead knitted bracelet kit in the silvers/white combination and I think it is the perfect winter time bracelet. Bead knitted with Size 0 or Size 1 wooden knitting needles, it is a beaded knitting project I can actually accomplish, too.

Most beaded knitting kits are geared towards those very tiny 0000 steel knitting needles, which is fine when you're working with seed beads alone, but for chunky, stylish bead knitted designs, the larger needles work just fine, thank you.

Also, this Star Spangled Beaded Bangle is designed using a twisted knitting stitch that will cause the finished bracelet to twist as it is worked; the finished piece will have no "right" or "wrong" side, and it will show off all of the beads to their best advantage.

This kit will make a perfect gift for a beader wishing to learn beaded knitting, since these kits are designed to allow for the use of larger wooden knitting needles. This type of knitting needle, though small, is much easier to hold, making the actual knitting, manipuating the beads and the thread while learning a much easier process than with steel size 0000 needles. Plus, the designs are gorgeous, so new beaded knitters won't get bored!

Pair this Star Spangled Bangle with the Star Spangled Bead Knitted Necklace (below) for the perfect set of kits or finished items for the jewelry lover or the beaders on your gift lists.

The Star-Spangled Bead Knitted Necklace - Bead Kit

Star-Spangled Necklace Bead Knitting Kit from Earth Faire Designs
Using beautiful metallic threads and wooden knitting needles, you can create this gorgeous, wintry-mix bead soup necklace with the Star Spangled Necklace Bead Knitting Kit by Earth Faire Designs.
Photo Credit: © Earth Faire Designs
This Star Spangled Necklace Kit contains enough beads to make a very nice, long bead knitted necklace, using the twisting knitting stitch. Just start adding beads until you get tired (the designer had about 40" on her thread before she got bored stringing and wanted to knit, which gave her a long finished piece.

However, you may keep adding beads and make your Star Spangled Bead Knitted Necklace as long as you'd like to, or until you run out of beads, whichever comes first. Just be sure that if you add a lot of extra beads from your own stash that you order an extra spool of the correct metallic thread for the design so that you'll have plenty of thread to do the beaded knitting.

Since this beaded necklace has a clasp rather than having connected ends like the Star Spangled Bangle you can double or ever triple it around your neck or twist it with a pearl clip to wear torsade-style.

Every beaded knitting kit from Earth Faire Designs comes with the finest quality beads, threads and findings. The instructions are a breeze to follow, even if you aren't a very advanced knitter, and the designs are so fun to bead knit, you'll forget you were ever afraid of beaded knitting.

Grab a few of these fantastic kits today, in a variety of colors, for yourself or for a beader friend who wants to learn beaded knitting. If you both want to learn beaded knitting, then grab two kits and surprise your friend with one, keep one for yourself, and learn beaded knitting together. It'll be a fun learning project for any level beader.
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