Creating & Reading Tubular Peyote Patterns
Copyright 2003: Susan Mandel, All Rights Reserved
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If you want to create an amulet or peyote pouch and weave it in a tubular
fashion, but you have only the front side of the design, follow these instructions
for setting up the tube and reading the pattern.
Step 1. Creating the  Tube in Tubular Peyote:
Note that this method works only for patterns that are read along the horizontal
(the jagged edge is the horizontal edge) If you don t know how to identify the
jagged edge please see pattern #8290 for details (FREE on this site and the
companion to this lesson).
a. First, count the number of beads in rows 1 and 2 which are along the length
of the first side. Once you have this number, double it to get the total number of
beads along your base row.
For example, if your image is 20 beads wide, then twice that amount, or
40 beads, will be the full circumference of your base row.
Hint: When you string your base row, you will string the beads by reading the pattern in a
sequential fashion. As with flat peyote, you will read and string rows 1 and 2 sequentially as
shown in the diagram:
1 3 5 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Once you have strung the front beads, you will repeat the bead order for the
back side, if you wish to repeat the pattern on the back. If you want to weave a
plain back side, then add the same number of beads (all the same color) as
are on the front side of the pattern.
Once you have strung all of your beads, create a circle by passing through the
all of the beads a second time - and exit out bead #1. This will set you up to
begin reading row #3. (Remember your base row is rows 1 and 2 combined
and that you begin weaving with row #3).
TIP #1: When you create a peyote tube, the total number of beads in your base
row will always be an even number. That means that you will always be doing
even count, tubular peyote. Ex. 19 beads wide, doubled (for a tube) means 38
beads around! Trick: For an odd numbered pattern, add a bead on either side
of the image, so you can center both the back and front (draw it on your pattern).
Counterclockwise (L to R) Clockwise (R to L)
TIP #2: When you read a pattern as a tubular pattern, you will always read right
to left or left to right. This is because you are always reading/weaving in a
clockwise (reading right to left) OR counterclockwise (reading left to right)
direction around the tube. This tutorial is oriented counterclockwise.
Step 2: Begin Reading and Weaving Row #3. As in Flat Peyote, the third row sets up
the weaving process and creates the peyote  Start , when the beadwork starts
to look like peyote! (Please see FREE pattern #8290 for more info).
ex. If you went through all of your beads on your base row and then went
through bead #1 again (red bead in up position on left), you will begin reading
and weaving the third row starting with the first bead on the far left in row #3:
Row 3
Gold
When you have reached the last Gold bead on the right, you will continue
around the backside, weaving the back of the tube (pouch). If you are repeating
the image on the back, you will start reading/weaving from the  X again (left to
right) until you have completed that row. Completion of that row will place you at
the front of the pouch.
Tip #3: Since this is tubular even-count peyote, at the completion of a row you
will need to  Step up to the new row in order to weave it. This means you will
pass your needle and thread through the red bead and on up through the gold
bead (which is the very first gold bead  X that you began with) and exit the gold
bead. You are now ready to read/weave your fourth row.
Step 3: Tubular offset: Notice in the diagram on the next page, that each new row
that you will read/weave begins one up and over from the first bead of the last
row. This is called Tubular offset and occurs because after you have finished
a row, you must step up through the first bead of the row you just finished, and
exit that bead, in order to start your new row. You will then be one bead up and
over from the start bead of the last row. (This happens with even count
tubular peyote).
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Row 4
Ex. Tubular Offset: The start of each new row lies under the arrow.
Hint: Notice the lime bead in row four is one row up and over from
the Gold bead that you started with in row 3.
Step 4: Reading the Pattern: To read/weave row four, you will start at the lime bead
under the arrow. For this row I have used both lime and purple beads. As you
add your beads you will be adding them in this fashion:
1 lime, 1 lime, 1 purple, 1 lime, 1 lime, 1 purple, 1 lime, 1 lime, 1 purple.
But wait!! What about the purple bead on the far left - before the lime bead
under the arrow in row four?
If you are repeating the image on the back of the pouch, after you weave the
last purple bead in the row above (on the right), you must then read/weave the first
purple bead in row 4. Once you have woven the purple bead before the arrow, again
you start at the arrow and weave all the beads to the right. When you are done with the
back, you will notice that you have one blank space to add a bead - in order to finish
the image - on the front side of your pouch. Again you add the purple bead on the far
left - to the front of your pouch. Then you will pass through the gold bead and up
through the first lime bead and exit, and you will be ready to weave your fifth row!
TIP #4: When reading/weaving a row, you start with the bead under the arrow
and then all beads to the right of the arrow, then finish the image by
weaving the beads prior to the arrow. This ensures all beads in a row are
added. Think of it as though you are reading a sentence. If you start in the
middle and read the right half, you have to come back and read the left half in
order to read/complete the whole sentence.
Read Second Read First
TRICK: If this is confusing, try weaving a pouch with a completely different color on the
backside (don t repeat the image). You will know when you ve come back around to
the front, and then you can finish weaving the image by adding the beads sequentially
before the arrow.
Tip #5: Draw a line through your graph so you know where your own personal tubular offset
is! Remember, this tutorial is oriented counterclockwise or left to right. Simply change the orientation
to right to left, in order to weave clockwise.
Copyright 2003: Susan Mandel, All Rights Reserved
Distributed by www.bead-patterns.com