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Peyote Stitch

Peyote Stitch is an easy, all around basic stitch, used for making any flat piece of bead work. Used extensively in bead work for many applications.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Start by threading a #12 beading needle with about 1 yard of prepared thread.
  • String on the first bead on the left side of the first row of your pattern and loop through it again. Be sure to leave a 6 inch tail. This bead will hold your work in place and the thread will be woven back into the finished piece.
  • String the rest of your beads for rows 1 and 2 onto the thread. Make sure they are alternating, row 1 bead, row 2 bead, etc. and make sure there are an even number of beads strung.
  • When all beads for the first 2 rows are strung, begin your 3rd row.  Pick up a Row 3 bead, then pass the thread through the second bead from the end.
  • Continue the 3rd row by picking up a bead, and passing through every other bead until you come to the end of the row.
  • To start row 4 and to begin all rows after, pick up a bead and pass through the last bead strung on the previous row.
  • Continue on by picking up a bead, and passing through every other bead until all of the rows indicated on your graph have been strung.
  • Complete your piece by weaving any loose threads back in to the piece.

TIPS:

After stringing all of the beads for the first 2 rows onto your thread, place the beads for the 1st row onto a long needle or thin piece of wire to make starting the third row much easier.  Introduce new thread at the beginning of a row.  Just thread your needle and start the row as if it were the same thread, then weave in the ends later.