Bathing Beauty Cloche - Short Row Shaping

I've used short row shaping to create the brim shape and open ripple design of the navy blue lines.

In order to reduce the separation of stitches on short rows, the following technique is used:

1. After turning the work in order to knit in the other direction, slip one stitch from the right hand needle to the left hand needle.

2. Wrap yarn around to the back.

3. Place slipped stitch back onto the right hand needle.

Box-Pleat Top - Beading

I've been working with beads on the Box-Pleat Top, using 6x4 Czech Glass Faceted Large Hole Roller Beads that I bought at a local bead store.  Knitting with beads is fun and easy once you get started.  When knitting with beads, you can either string all of the beads on the yarn before you start your project, or you can add the beads to the yarn as you go using a crochet hook.  For the Box-Pleat Top, I have employed the second method.

Here are some photographs of the process I've used for placing beads on the Box-Pleat Top:

1) place one bead on a crochet hook and use the crochet hook to remove one loop on the left hand needle.

2) slide the bead from the crochet hook onto the loop. 

3) replace the loop onto the left hand needle. 

4) knit the loop.