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HOW TO: Crochet a weighted blanket using PONY beads | Linked Double Crochet Stitch In this video I'll show you how to create your very own weighted blanket using pony beads and the linked double crochet stitch. This is a fun pattern and can be used in so many other projects as well.

How to make a Beaded Crochet Coin Purse. Some interesting things about this pattern: it has a flat round bottom, which makes for more space in the purse; and the increases are designed to match up to the number of holes in the purse frame, so that one stitch = one hole (plus three holes on each side for the gap). (For detailed instructions and a free printable pattern click here: http://bit.ly/2v8PEVi)

How to string beads with smaller openings onto yarn. This is a different method from the pre-stringing or steel-crochet-hook methods. It is like the crochet-hook method, but instead of using a crochet hook, one uses a needle and thread to pull the bead onto the yarn. This works for beads that are too small to string onto the yarn and too small to fit on a tiny crochet hook, or with yarn that is too thick for the crochet hook to grab cleanly.

This video instruction teaches how to make a beautiful cord with beads; large beads and small beads, making a shell-like edge.

Pattern by Esther Chandler. A flattish crocheted cord, to which one can optionally add beads; good for jewellery.

This shawl has an interesting method of incorporating beads in the design.

Pretty crocheted earrings, with extra dangles.

Pretty crocheted earrings with beads - and what is more, a tutorial!

A nice step-by-step tutorial for making a beaded lacy earring crocheted around an earring-hoop. Some of the photos are a bit blurry, but you can still make it out okay.

The Snitch is not so golden because the yarn/thread used to crochet them is not golden.

Free Crochet Pattern with Video Tutorials. Crochet and bead pattern, s-shaped curves with alternating beads.

Put the rope on a (Phillip's Head) screwdriver and crochet around it. The start of the rope will rest on the handle and not flop around.

This method of bead crochet does not require pre-stringing the beads onto the yarn. Instead, it uses an extra small crochet hook to thread the bead onto the current loop; a similar method is used for beaded knitting. The disadvantage of this method is that you have to start and stop; stop and thread the bead on the small hook and then exchange hooks, put on the bead, and then exchange hooks again. That's the trade-off for the advantage of not having to pre-string the beads.

Tutorial for a bracelet, crocheting with beads such that all the beads end up on the same side whether one is working on the front side or the back side. Useful technique which could be used for all sorts of things.

Simple yet elegant.

This video shows two different methods of how to add beads to your crochet project.

Turkish Beaded Crochet Video Tutorial