How to Add Beads to a Knit Scarf Fringe

Add beads to glam up the fringe of your knitted scarf.

Spice up your knitted scarves by adding beads to your yarn fringe. Beads come in such a wide variety of colors and styles that you are bound to find something that suits your scarf. Add a touch of glamor to a dull piece or make an extra special knitted item for a loved one. As scarves have to withstand a certain amount of wear and tear, choose beads with wider holes so that you can use the yarn from your fringe to secure the beads.

Things You'll Need

• Beads
• Beading needle that will fit through the bead and can take the yarn
• Needle threader (optional)

Instructions

1. Thread the wood fringe through the beading needle. Use a needle threader if you are having trouble. Yarn has a frayed end that may be difficult to thread through a needle.

2. Lay out the beads on your work surface. Pick up the beads with the sharp tip of the needle and thread them onto the yarn. Thread on as many beads as you want.

3. Take the free end of the yarn fringe piece and make a loop. Bring the end of the yarn through the loop twice and pull tight; this is a blood knot. Continue to thread the fringe pieces onto the needle, add beads and tie the yarn off until your whole fringe is beaded.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have beads with large center holes, divide your fringe into many equal parts. Each part should only have four yarn fringe pieces in it. Thread a bead onto the first group, divide that group in two. Do the same with the second group. Tie the two half groups closest to each other in a knot. Repeat with all the other pieces to form a fancy beaded fringe.

References

• Unique Beaded Jewelry: Adding Fringe to a Bag
• Dust Bunnies Under My Loom: Fringe Finishing
• Deep Fried Kudzu: Putting Fringe on a Knitted Scarf
• BnB Jewelry: Blood Knot

Resources

• Knitty: Seduced By Beads