Seed beads are sold in strings of approximately 425 beads (90cm)- and beacuse they are already strung they can be added quickly and easily to yarn. We've strung beads to 90cm lengths as they are short enough to be easy to handle.

 

This is how your beads will look when they arrive.

There's an end with some yarn tied through it.

There's an end where the stringing thread is knotted together.

Move the beads down the string to the end with the knot, so there's space at the end with the yarn.

Thread your knitting yarn through the loop of thread that the beads are strung onto - not the bit of yarn at the top. Pull a tail about 10cm or 4 inches through, then cut the spare yarn(white in this photo)

 

Take the end of your knitting yarn and hold it against the yarn coming from the ball, so the knitting yarn is looped through the stringing thread.

Slide your beads onto your knitting yarn. It's easier to move the beads in small batches, and they slide more readily once they get past the doubled length of knitting yarn.

You'll be left with one bead which was there to stop the other beads falling off the end of the string.