Jbead - an excellent program for creating knitted bundles

Since my childhood I take a great interest in needlework, and constantly develops new materials and technology. And as the beading among them is a big part, I try to keep abreast of all the news in this area.

A long time ago, I gazed at the knitted strands, but since I had never crocheted, it seemed to me that it is not so easy to master this technique. In addition, almost all masters recommended to develop patterns DB-bead program, and it is made exclusively for Windows.

As the use of virtual machine I had no desire, I began to look for alternative high-quality program and encountered Jbead program. I must say, evaluation she had, even better than the DB-bead. Although it looks, in my opinion, exactly the same way.

Unlike DB-bead, Jbead has not yet translated into Russian, so I would like to clarify some points for those who have not enjoyed such a program. Circumference - it's tow width, ie, the number of beads, which is part of a circle. Change this number, you can by going to Pattern> Width.

It is shown on the left square box on which you and will draw your pattern. In the middle - the way he would look at displacement beads in knitting time. And on the right - how it will look in the finished harness. When you already draw your pattern, in addition to the width, the program will display the required number of beads of a particular color, as well as the number of beads in the repeating units.

List of beads shows the order in which you have to string beads on a string. When I was knitting, began stringing beads, starting with the lowest beads. But you can try and top. The way to calculate the length of the thread with beads you need to use the following scheme: DH = * J. BC, where DH - length of the thread to which you want to string beads, J. - the length of the finished harness and BC - the number of beads in circle.

After mastering Jbead, I chose an interesting pattern for yourself, strung beads, and has mastered the technique of knitting polustolbikom harness. Here is the beginning of my work:

And very soon it will be ready knitted my first harness. In my opinion, Jbead - very convenient and useful program for any needlewoman, running on a Mac. Jbead you can download absolutely free, and then start to learn a new technique for themselves. If you have any questions, happy to answer them!