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Bead Assortment
Why do rats collect inedible items?
I went to clean out my rat’s cage and change her nest, when I found my candy necklace. (Candy=Beads)
And below her nest I found an assortment of items. I found bits of string, beads, a bell, a penny, and bits of fabric which I soon found out was from a jacket I had hanging near her cage. (How she reached it is beyond me.)
Is there a reason for this?
Ever heard the term pack rat?
They are so intelligent that they like the stimulation… shiny things go over well, but anything they can get their grubby lil paws on entertains them.
In the wild rodents hoard food, in a cage they don’t have to so I think it is because they still have to express that instinct.
Make it work in your favor… it can be quite entertaining.
I had a lovely rat named Jamaica, that had free run when I was around to supervise. For a while at first I did not notice her antics (I wonder now how many of my earrings I threw out with her nesting.)
Then I caught her in the act of stealing my change off a dresser tray. I started to treat her whenever she would come out of her house take a coin from me and scurry back to deposit it in her nest (in the back of a custom 2 room “bird house type” cage).
It got to where I could call her and rap it on the table. It was a fun little thing to start up when friends came over. She would jump down, scurry over and climb up to get to where we were. I would jokingly tell them if they wanted their coin back they would have to reach in and get it, but that she was verrry possessive.
Hey! She earned her keep!
She learned to leave my earrings, necklaces, rings, hair clips, and even my papermoney alone… and everything else I would toss in my tray.
All coins were hers though!
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Seed Beads – Assortment $10.00 |
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Pony Bead Assortment – Transportation $0.99 |
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Bead Assortment $2.99 |
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300 MIXED ASSORTMENT OF BEIGE GLASS BEADS – VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES $1.00 |
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100+ Assortment of Various Styles and Colors of Beads $2.99 |
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Pink Quartz Semi-Precious Beads- Assortment $2.99 |
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15 Kitty Cat Face Glass Beads Color Assortment SO Cute! ONE Strand $4.90 |
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Tiger Tail Beading Wire * Color assortment P 100 feet $5.95 |
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Flex-rite Beading Wire, 49 Strand,3 spool assortment $16.98 |
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Pony Bead Assortment – Pearlized Dog $0.99 |
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Pony Bead Assortment – Christmas $0.99 |
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230 Piece Assortment of Wood & Plastic Beads Black $3.75 |
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Light Assortment Laliberi-Flowers And Brass Floral Beads FBBP-10089 $13.46 |
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LOT Of 30 Black Glass Bead Assortment Mixed Shapes $0.90 |
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Vintage Glass BEAD ASSORTMENT 1+ LBS $3.00 |
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LOT Of 100 Glass Bead Assortment, Mixed Colors 3-13mm $0.99 |
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Multi-Color Opaque 8mm Glass Bead Assortment 48ct G335 $4.46 |
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Toho Japanese Seed Beads 3-cut 12/0 ASSORTMENT (10 bags) $17.99 |
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600 Silver plated Crimp Beads Assortment 4 sizes $10.99 |
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Toho Japanese Seed Beads Triangle 11/0 ASSORTMENT (8 bags) $18.99 |
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And the Bead Goes on
Memories of the ’60′s – love beads, hippie beads, beads on a string around necks and wrists, homemade, handmade, swinging with long hair and flowered skirts. Beads were such a strong fashion element of that decade. The subject of beads is a vast one and the hippie incarnation was just a small part of beading history. It is thought that our early ancestors were stringing sea shells as early as 30,000 years ago and the first beads, that developed as a significant trading item, were likely made from seeds. The many materials and methods used in making beads have resulted in an infinite variety. When raw materials of stone, metal, glass, plastic or resin combine with assorted artistic and cultural influences, the bead is in very little danger of becoming boring.
Even with the vast choice of beads available there are a few cautions that should be noted when it come to using beads in your knitting. Along with beads, anything that can have a hole drilled in it or have a shank attached can be successfully worked into your garment. This would include items such as buttons, small charms, mirrors, or even coins. The first consideration is weight. Adding bead ornamentation to your knitted garment will add extra weight whether attached with an embroidery method or knitting in the bead. The trick is to find the beads in the right weight and quantity without causing your garment to sag. So decisions must be made as to what size of bead to use, how many, and is it suitable to the yarn weight. The size of the bead hole must also be considered. A larger bead hole may cause the bead to hang loosely with a dangling effect, unless that is the intent. A bead hole that is too small will not allow for passage of the yarn thickness that you have chosen. Before you begin, it is always best to test your bead choice through whatever cleaning process the finished garment will have to undergo. Join a few of the chosen beads to a knitted swatch and wash or dry clean. Check the sample carefully for dye leakage or staining on your ground fabric.
Beads or decorative objects should be threaded onto the yarn before you begin knitting. If you are working from a chart which will require specific placement and a certain color order, remember that first is last. The first bead to be strung onto the yarn is the last bead to be placed in the knitting. Joining a marker on the yarn to indicate row changes is also helpful. It is advisable to practice the threading and knitting in of the bead to know how the bead will “sit” on the knitting. The proper placement can vary with size, shape, the way the bead is threaded, and direction of the bead hole. Beads can be knit on a variety of stitches but to start, practice on knit stitches, working as follows: Knit to where you wish to place the bead, bring yarn and the bead to front of work, slip the next stitch purlwise, take yarn to back of work, leaving the bead at front, knit the next stitch.
If this experiment gets you hooked on beads, there a number of books which outline the fascinating history of beads as well as tempting projects. A classic standby, both encyclopedic and inspirational, that will give you wonderful lessons in the history and classification of beads is “The Book Of Beads” by Janet Cole and Robert Budwig (Simon and Schuster). A more recent offering from Lily Chin, “Knit and Crochet With Beads” (Interweave Press) will walk you through specific beading and knitting projects.
Placing beads on your knitting can add additional layers of color and texture to your knit and purls, not to mention triggering all those flower child memories.
About the Author
Maddy Cranley is a professional knitwear designer, who has created exclusive designs for knitting and craft magazines, authored and published three books on the subject of creating felt garments and projects from handknitting, and produces an ever-expanding line of maddy laine and maddy baby handknitting patterns. For additional information, see http://www.maddycraft.com
