Crocheted Wallet With Beads
Introduction: Crocheted Wallet With Beads
If you're just starting out with crochet and only know how to double crochet and single crochet, but want to make something a little more than just scarves and washcloths, this beaded wallet is a good beginner project.
Before you start crocheting this wallet, you string beads on the yarn. And as you crochet, you slowly incorporate the beads in a certain pattern.
Step 1: Materials
You'll need:
* Yarn. I used 100% cotton "Sugar 'n Cream" yarn, which is worsted weight, for this particular Instructable, but you can also use whatever yarn you have, like regular acrylic, medium-weight Red Heart, or whatever. Just keep in mind the gauge might be different, so you might end up with a slightly larger-sized wallet.
* A crochet hook, size G.
* Scissors.
* Beads. I used tiny glass beads, but you can also use plastic pony beads.
* A needle. This is so you can string your beads on the yarn.
* A button.
Step 2: String Your Beads
String 50 beads onto your yarn with the assistance of your needle.
It took me a few tries to find a needle from my sewing box where the eye of the needle was both large enough for the yarn and small enough to slide through a small glass bead.
As you can see, I used all purple beads for the sake of this Instructable. But you can use varied-colored beads too.
Step 3: Start Your First Row
Row 1: Chain stitch 21.
Row 2: In the third stitch from your hook, double crochet. Double crochet until you reach the end of the row (18 dc in all). Slip stitch once, then turn.
Row 3: Double crochet 18. Slip stitch once, then turn.
Step 4: Continue to Crochet
Row 4: Double crochet in the first stitch from the hook and then in the second stitch (photo one). Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three), catching the bead in the stitch.
(Note: It's important to note that the beads will only show on one side of whatever you're crocheting.)
Step 5: Continue Crocheting
(Note: the work is flipped over in this step and beyond so you can see the beads.)
Row 4 (continued): Double crochet in the next two stitches. Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three). Double crochet in the next two stitches. Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three). 557
Double crochet in the next two stitches. Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three). Double crochet in the next two stitches. Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three). Double crochet in the next three stitches.
(Note: As you can see, there's a pattern. It sounds complicated, but this row (and half of the rows going forward) is really just DC2, DC+bead, DC2, DC+bead, DC2, DC+bead, DC2, DC+bead, DC2, DC+bead, DC3. That's a total of 18 DC (just like the third row), except you've added five beads that are evenly spaced throughout the row.)
Step 6: On to the Next Row
Row 5: Single crochet 18.
(Note: Because all of the beaded rows face the outside, each row in between will need to be bead-free.)
Step 7: Keep Going
(Note: We're alternating how the beads are spaced. Every alternate beaded row will have four or five beads evenly spaced throughout the rows.)
Row 6: DC in the first three stitches. Start a double crochet in the fourth stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch and finish the double crochet (photo one). Double crochet in the next three stitches. Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three). Double crochet in the next two stitches. Start a double crochet in the third stitch, but stop halfway. Slide a bead up to the current stitch (photo two) and finish the double crochet (photo three). 694