Basic Bead-Stitch Orientation
for Brick/Peyote/Comanche
Copyright Rita Sova 2003
Brick
Hole Orientation
Beads are woven together
using the loops of thread
from previously worked
rows.
Peyote
Comanche
Hole Orientation
Hole Orientation
Looks like Brick and is sometimes
called the "Other" Brick stitch.
A BRICK graph page is turned 90
Beads are woven together by
degrees (Landscape vs Portrait).
weaving through the beads (not
the loops of thread).
Beads are woven together by
weaving through beads.
Color graphs set up for Brick can be stitched using the Comanche Stitch (the weaving
technique is different not the graph layout). Brick or Comanche color graphs can be
rotated 90 degrees and the pattern can then stitched using the Peyote Stitch. Peyote
graphs can be rotated 90 degrees and the Brick stitch can be used.
Word Charts/Word Maps can not be adjusted in the same manner. Word
Maps/Word charts are words/text describing which and how many beads to pick up
when using a specific stitch.