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5 Sew teardrop black bcads.

2$*^r'ⁿ8 on a secoftd bcad. skip the next be ad in thc baw row, and take

the nccdlc through thc fulkiwing bcad. Keep the thrrad tension light. The beads you arc adding should bc Miting on top <>f thc beads in thc baw row witli u spucc bctwccn every bcad. as in figurę -I L

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3condmw tn the same manner as uep 2 with pwking up a brad. skippmg one ut thc bas* row. and passing thc thread through thc nett base row bcad until sou have woeked your way arotutd thc stone and get boek to thc beginning, as shown.

4 Por thc nett row, add a bcad betwccn ca cl) sci mtd-row bcad. just as in step ł and as shown in Figurę 4-J. You arc mow doutg a peyote ttńch around thc ciboclson

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3 Make «veral roso of peyote stitch, as in Figurę 4-4. so that you havc enough to cumę up ovcr thc curve oi thc stone.

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^Sorl your l>cad» and use thc thinner ono in thc top rows. Rcmcmbcr to kccp your thread sery mig Go through the top row a secutid timc, pulling sccurdy ifter each bcad to tighten and strcngtlscn thc top row. Work tlw thread to uttderside and tic o fi seeutely. as shown.

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To add ombolUshing bead*:

1    Seture a new thread ui lite u mienicie oi thc backing and brutg thc tsccdlc up at any point about a half-bead width from thc coitiplctcd collar (bereł).

2    Altcmaring red bcads with blask nutte ft” beads, thread on ciMntgh bcads to go oompłetdy around thc collar and lay śmigły against thc base of tlw collar. Pass the necdlc through tlsesc bcads again. and take thc necdlc and thc thread into the backing to tecurc.

3 Hołd the ring ol bcads against tf backing, refcTting to the couchm: instructions. page 26, if ncccssary and begin U» cooch thc ringof bcads to the backing between esc: two bcads. as shown. until you gci back to the beginning.

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4"’ł*^cn couching is compłcte. carctulh¹ tran the exccss backing materiał away from the pitce *o it just dightly łarger tłun thc beades oval. Be sery carcful not to CUt ao threads Bctorc doing thc nett fMj use this ova! backing as a pattem ent thc black Icatlser nccdcd for tl finał backing

altcrnating with opaqur black bcads. around thc edge to cncircl thc beaded piece.

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