*** Start Edit *** I put the beads on before I did the spool knitting ... as inspired by
this post by Diane of Crafty Pod. My beads have way-huge holes, so I used a needle to thread them *** End Edit ***
Here is my spool knitter with just four, closely arranged nails. This produces a tightly woven tube that, as Andrew noticed, closely resembles a shoelace. In the piece above, I placed a bead in every third "stitch."
I'm using size 3 crochet cotton in black and red glass beads that are painted silver on the inside. The beads seem to glow, like little red LED lights.
For this piece, I put a bead in every other "stitch." As you can probably see, the fabric of a spool knit tube kind of twists around subtly.
I'm going to make the top one into a bracelet ... once I get a clasp. :)
If you are interested in more about spool knitting, definitely check out this great blog by Marian,
Spool Knitter. She has all kinds of great info and vintage spool knitters.