Fun with Beads and more Ravellenics 2014

Well, last night I finished up my Stella by Starlight Headband.

It's a) a WIP for Ravellenics 2014, and b) my First Quarter project for EatSleepKnit's Yarnathon.

The beads were my new challenge, and they actually weren't as hard as I thought they would be. I did have to do some digging through my tools to find my teeny-tiny crochet hook, but once I read this knitty tutorial, it wasn't hard at all, just fiddly. 

I'm glad I finished it, and I'm surprised I still have a semi-decent quantity of yarn left, enough for another small project.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, at the moment. 

A New-To-Me KAL

So EatSleepKnit is hosting various knit-alongs.  They've revamped the Yarnathon so that we now have teams, and completing challenges gives us both more individual yardage, and the chance to win prizes.

The first challenge is here on their blog.

So, I cast on a Stella by Starlight Headband, using the leftovers from the Evening Star Cowl.

The pattern calls for beaded yarn, but I'm going to try beading (which I've never done before, hence the new-to-me part).   I'm thinking I'll add glass seed beads to the headband, probably at the centre of the lace motif.

I've got lots of things on the needles, but I'm excited about all of them right now.  Also, most of them don't have deadlines, so it's a lot less stressful.