PEYOTE STITCH / LADDER STITCH
Make a dainty, feminine
necklace with a sparkling
crystal stone, seed beads,
and WireLace
Bezels and
bows
Add a beaded bow
to a crystal stone
designed by Jennifer Makely
Bows made a comeback on fashion
runways in 2009. Enjoy this romantic
style with a crystal stone topped by
a dainty beaded bow and attached
to a ruffled strand of WireLace.
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materials
necklace 15 in. (38 cm)
" 18 mm CRYSTALLIZED"! vintage
square rivoli stone (#4650) (Beyond
Beadery, beyondbeadery.com; or
Beadin Path, beadinpath.com)
" 8 mm vermeil bead
" 10 g 110 Japanese cylinder beads
" 3 g 130 Czech Charlottes
" 3 g 150 Czech Charlottes
" 2 3 mm vermeil spacers
" 2 crimp beads
" Fireline 4 lb. test or nylon beading
thread, size O
" flexible beading wire, .014 .018
" 18 in. (46 cm) WireLace, 6 mm
stepbystep [7] To make the bail, attach a needle to " beading needles, #13 and #15
the thread from step 5, and sew through " clear nail polish (optional)
Bezel with bail the beadwork to exit a cylinder in the " crimping pliers
[1] If desired, coat the back surface of middle round of the bezel, at the center " wire cutters
the rivoli with an even layer of clear nail of one side (figure 1, point a). Pick up a
polish, and allow it to dry. 130, a cylinder, and a 130, and sew
[2] On 1 yd. (.9 m) of Fireline or through the cylinder in the bezel again
thread, pick up 52 110 cylinder beads, (a b and photo a). Continue through the
and tie them into a ring with a square three new beads (b c). Picking up a 130,
knot (Online Basics), leaving a 12-in. a cylinder, and a 130 in each stitch (c d),
(30 cm) tail. Sew through a few beads, work in modified ladder stitch (Online
pulling the knot into a bead. Basics) until you have 16 three-bead
[3] Picking up one cylinder per stitch, stacks. To form a loop, sew through the
work two rounds of tubular peyote cylinder in the bezel that your thread
stitch (Online Basics). exited at the start of this step. Retrace
[4] Picking up one 130 Charlotte per the thread path several times to secure
stitch, work two rounds of peyote. Pull the connection, and end the thread.
a
the thread snug so that the beadwork
begins to curve inward.
[5] Picking up one 150 Charlotte per
stitch, work one round of peyote.
If you have trouble getting your needle
d
through the 150 Charlottes, you may
c
want to switch to #15 needles. Secure
the thread with a few half-hitch knots
(Online Basics), but don t trim.
[6] Insert the rivoli, coated side down,
a
into the beadwork. To complete the bezel,
b
thread a needle on the 12-in. (30 cm) tail,
and work one round of peyote with one
130 per stitch and one round with one 150
FIGURE 1
per stitch. End the tail (Online Basics).
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Bow
[1] Add a new 1-yd. (.9 m) thread
(Online Basics) to the bezel, and exit the
d
next cylinder in the middle round of the
bezel on one side of the bail (figure 2,
point a). Work as in step 7 of  Bezel
with bail to make a three-bead ladder
c
b
with 17 stacks, and form a loop. Do not
end the thread.
a
[2] Sew through the three beads of the
first ladder stitch (a b).
[3] Pick up a 150, and sew through the
three beads in the next ladder stitch (b c).
FIGURE 2
Repeat (c d) along the rest of the loop.
When you reach the end, sew through
the first ladder stitch so you exit the side
that does not have a 150 (figure 3, a b).
c
[4] Repeat step 3, adding a 150 between
each pair of stacks that doesn t have
one (b c). When you ve added 150s
along the entire loop, sew through the
c
beadwork to exit the first 150 added on
one side (figure 4, a b). Pick up a 150,
and sew through the next 150 along the
b
edge (b c). Repeat along the entire edge, b
a
a
then sew through to the other edge of
the loop. Repeat to embellish the other
FIGURE 3 FIGURE 4
loop edge. End the thread.
[5] To make a tail for the bow, add a
new 1-yd. (.9 m) thread to the bezel,
and exit a cylinder adjacent to one of
the loops (figure 5, point a). Pick up two
130s, a cylinder, and two 130s, and sew
through an adjacent cylinder (a b). Sew
through the cylinder you exited at the
start of this step and the first four beads
just added (b c). Pick up a 130, a cylinder,
c
and a 130, and sew through the middle
130, cylinder, and 130 in the previous
b
stitch (c d). Working as in step 7 of
 Bezel with bail, stitch a three-bead
a
ladder that is 13 stacks long. Do not
d
form it into a loop. Working as in steps
FIGURE 5
2 4, embellish the ladder. Exit a cylinder
about halfway down the ladder, and sew
through a bead in the bezel and through
the cylinder in the ladder again. Repeat
to tack the ladder to the bezel in a few
places. End the thread. EDITOR S NOTE: I broke several #15 needles while making this
[6] Repeat steps 1 5 on the other side project. They re very delicate, so be gentle with them. If you re having
of the bail. a hard time getting the needle through a tight spot, grasp it with a pair
of chainnose pliers and gently pull it through.  Julia
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Necklace
[1] Cut a 14-in. (36 cm) piece of bead-
ing wire and an 18-in. (46 cm) piece of
WireLace. With an end of each aligned,
thread the end 1 in. (2.5 cm) of the
beading wire into the end 1 in. (2.5 cm)
of WireLace, so the beading wire is
inside the tube of WireLace. String a
c
crimp bead over the beading wire and
WireLace (photo b). Crimp the crimp
bead (Online Basics). Trim the end of
the WireLace and beading wire if needed.
[2] Manipulate the first 9 in. (23 cm)
of WireLace by pinching and pulling
the WireLace as desired (photo c).
[3] String 10 15 130s on the beading
wire, then go through the WireLace
(photo d). Repeat several times until
b d
you reach the center of the necklace.
[4] String the bail of the pendant over
the beading wire and the WireLace.
[5] String the other side of the necklace
as in steps 2 and 3, string a crimp bead
on the beading wire and WireLace as in
step 1, and crimp.
Clasp
[1] On 1 yd. (.9 m) of thread, pick up
six 130s, and sew through all six beads
again to form a ring. Before snugging up
e f
the ring, slip the ring over the crimp
bead on one end of the necklace. Sew
through the next two 130s, and pull the
beads snug so they fit tightly around
the beading wire and WireLace below
the crimp bead (photo e).
[2] Picking up one 130 per stitch,
work in tubular peyote stitch (photo f)
for about six to eight rounds to cover
the crimp bead. Sew through the beads
in the final round of peyote to taper
the end.
g h
[3] Pick up a cylinder and a 130, and
sew through the next two 130s in the
end round of peyote (photo g). Pick up
a 150 and a cylinder, and sew down
through the first cylinder, and up
through the first 130 picked up in this
step (photo h).
[4] Pick up a 130 and a 150, and sew
down through the next 150, and up
through the next cylinder. Pick up a
cylinder and a 130, and sew down
through the next 130, and up through
the following 150. Pick up a 150 and
a cylinder, and sew down through
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the next cylinder, and up through the
following 130.
[5] To make the beadwork twist,
continue working in odd-count tubular
herringbone as in step 4, but in each
stitch sew up through two beads in a
stack instead of one (photo i). Keeping
the tension snug, continue until the
twisted tubular portion reaches about
i j
1½ in. (3.8 cm).
[6] Repeat steps 1 5 at the other end
of the necklace.
[7] To add the clasp bead, pick up a
3 mm vermeil spacer, the 8 mm vermeil
bead, and three cylinders. Skip the cylin- CHANGE IT UP
ders, and sew back through the 8 mm, To make this variation with a 30 x 22 mm
the 3 mm, and the top few cylinders or oval stone, adapt the instructions
130s in the herringbone tube (photo j). as follows:
Sew back up through the adjacent beads " Start the bezel with 64 cylinders.
in the next stack. Retrace the thread " Instead of making a ladder stitch bail,
path a few times, then end the thread. stitch 18 rows of cylinders in odd-count
[8] To make the clasp loop on the other peyote (Online Basics), making a three-
end, pick up a 3 mm and enough 130s bead-wide strip, and form it into a loop.
to make a loop around the 8 mm " Instead of making a ladder stitch bow
(approximately 26). Sew back through with tails, work in modified increasing and
the 3 mm and a few beads in the decreasing square stitch (Online Basics)
herringbone tube. Retrace the thread to make a strip that is 19 rows long
path through the loop a few times, (figure 6), then sew through the first
and end the thread. w cylinder to make a loop. Stitch another
18 rows off of the original cylinder to make
a second loop. Embellish the bow as in
steps 3 and 4 of  Bow. Attach the bow
Jennifer to a cylinder at the top of the stone, add-
Makely, of ing a 6 mm pearl to the front of the bow.
Evanston, Ill., in
the U.S., has been
beading for about
seven years. She loves working with
vintage crystals and precious-metal-
plated seed beads. When she s not
beading, Jennifer enjoys reading,
biking, running, meditating, and
spending time with her family.
Contact Jennifer at jennifermakely@
FIGURE 6
out-ofthe-blue.com, or visit her
Web site, out-ofthe-blue.com.
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