To incorporate beads into your knitting, you need to start by stringing the beads you're going to use onto your working yarn. This video shows you how to do the rest.
One of the most basic skills you'll need for either knitting or crocheting is how to make a slipknot. Just in case this is not something you already know how to do, here's a quick video that will show you just how easy it is.
This video shows how to knit a scarf using an interesting, yet easy, patterned stitch. The scarf uses some beautiful yarn from Manos del Uruguay, but any wool yarn would probably do. The scarf uses the following stitches: knit, purl, slip, psso, purl two together.