How to peyote stitch a beaded bead
Technique Tuesday!
To make a peyote beaded bead without worrying about tension, use a lightweight resin bead as the core. I chose a pretty light purple resin bead in a drum shape, and used crystal aurora borealis size 8/0 beads so that the color of the resin would show through.
It’s hard to see the pattern that I’m using on the bead above, so I made a sample bead with higher contrast so that you can see if your pattern is working up properly:
Here are the steps:
- Pick up 1 size 8/0 seed bead and 2 size 11/0 delicas, five times. Pass the thread through all the beads again and tie a knot so that you have a tight circle of beads.
- Pick up 1 size 8/0 and 2 size 11/0s, and pass the needle and thread through the 2 size 11/0s of the previous row. Continue, allowing the bead to spiral until it is as tall as desired. Slip the resin bead in at any point.
- Tighten down the last row by adding only a size 8/0 and passing through the 2 size 11/0s of the previous row five times. pass through all the beads in that last row again and pull snug.
- Work the thread back down to the bottom to tie off with the other end.
String ‘em up as you please!
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5 opinions for How to peyote stitch a beaded bead
Marilyn Parigian
Mar 25, 2008 at 10:35 am
Timing is everything! I was just trying to figure out how to cover a bead with peyote and my problem was answered. Thanks SO much. Really appreciate all of your tips and the fact that you so freely share your experience with jewelry making.
Cyndi
Mar 25, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Don’t you just love it when that happens?! :-)
Kathy
Mar 26, 2008 at 3:28 pm
This works very well! And so much simpler than some of the other instructions I have seen.
My only other comment is what size is the resin bead you used? I have some wooden beads I’d like to use…
Cyndi
Mar 26, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Yeah, I forgot to say that, didn’t I? The resin beads I used are 10 mm cylinders (in both directions). You can easily use a different size and just adjust the total number of stitches to fit.
Kathy
Mar 27, 2008 at 11:46 am
Thanks… I think my wooden beads are 8mm but I think I can figure out how to adjust. I’ve seen a lot of beaded bead instructions that use size 15/0 and you know, I just don’t LIKE working with a bead that’s tinier than a mosquito. I’m getting too old to see the hole well and I hate trying to bead under magnifying lenses. Thanks again…
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