PEYOTE STITCH
Spiral peyote
Use graduated beads to create a natural twist
by Anna Elizabeth Draeger
Hone your peyote skills with this easy bracelet.
Memory wire holds and mimics the shape of
the tube, but you can also make the tube longer
for a textured, chunky choker.
© 2008 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be reproduced in any form
without permission from the publisher. Bead&Button Online Project 1
size 110 seed beads
size 80 seed beads
knot
size 60 seed beads
size 100 triangle beads
the working thread with a
stepbystep
few half-hitch knots (Online
[1] On a comfortable length Basics), and trim.
knot
of Fireline, pick up five 110 [5] Cut a piece of memory
seed beads, one 80 seed bead, wire to the length of your
two 60 seed beads, two 80s, tube. With sturdy roundnose
and two 100 triangles. Tie the pliers, make a small simple
beads into a ring with a loop on each end to prevent
square knot (Online Basics), the wire ends from poking
FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2
leaving a 10-in. (25 cm) tail. out of the beadwork.
Sew through the first two Insert the memory wire
110s again (figure 1). into the tube. If the bracelet size 110 seed beads
[2] Working in tubular doesn t hold its shape,
size 80 seed beads
peyote stitch (Online Basics), insert a second piece of
pick up one bead per stitch in memory wire.
size 60 seed beads
the following order: an 110, [6] Using the tail, repeat
size 100 triangle beads
an 110, an 80, a 60, an 80, and step 4 on the other end of
a triangle. Step up through the bracelet. w
the first 110 added in the
round (figure 2).
[3] Repeat step 2 until your MATERIALS DESIGNER S
tube is 1 in. (2.5 cm) shorter bracelet 9 in. (23 cm) NOTE: To make a
than the desired length. " seed beads necklace, simply
[4] Work three rounds with 10 g size 60 make a longer tube, Anna Elizabeth Draeger
one 110 per stitch. Work a 15 g size 80 and insert a length of is an associate editor at
decrease round with 110s, 20 g size 110 necklace-diameter Bead&Button magazine.
adding an 110 every other " 10 g size 100 triangles memory wire into Contact her at anna@
knot
stitch. Work one more round, " bracelet-diameter the tube. beadandbutton.com.
adding an 110 between each memory wire
pair of 110s in the previous " Fireline 6 lb. test
round. Retrace the thread " beading needles, #12
path of the last round to " sturdy roundnose pliers
reinforce it, and pull the " memory wire cutters
beads into a tight ring. Secure
Bead&Button Online Project 2
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