Bracelet with Delica® Seed Beads and Preciosa Czech Crystal Beads

Add a beading needle to an arm-length of Fireline® thread for beading. Add a stop bead to the end of the thread, leaving an 8-inch tail.

Starting in the middle of your pattern, string on nine #11 seed beads according to the pattern. These represent Rows One and Two of the bracelet.

Note: View the “How to Make a Peyote Stitch” how-to video and illustrated instructions for additional details.

As in even count peyote, pick up a #11 seed bead, skip a bead and pass through the next bead.

Continue down row three until you put on the last bead. (The turn) Pass through the bead below it in Row One. Pass through the diagonal bead in Row Two. Pass through the diagonal bead in Row One. Pass through the bead just above it in Row Three. Pass through the diagonal bead in Row Two again. Pass through the diagonal bead in Row One and finally pass through the bead you last added in Row Three with your working thread pointing in toward the center of your design. (See Odd Count Peyote Stitch in H11S).

Continue adding beads as in standard peyote stitch through Rows Four and Five.

(Alternate turn) At the end of Row Five you can do the turn around as described in Step 4, or you can pass your needle under the thread bridge between the ends of Rows One and Three. Then pass back into the last bead of Row Five with your working thread pointing in toward the center of your design.

Continue stitching according to your pattern using your choice of turns at the end of each odd row.

Allowing one inch for the tapered ends and one inch for the clasp, when you reach ½ the desired length of your bracelet, (about 2.5 to 3 inches), start to decrease. When you reach the last bead of a row go under the thread bridge at the edge and come back through the last bead with your working thread pointing in toward the center of your design. Complete two rows of seven, two of five, two of three and finally two rows of one.

Note: By starting in the middle, you can create any length bracelet you want and still keep the central pattern in the center.

Sew an oval jumpring to the last bead.

Note: If you still have a fair amount of thread, weave your thread back to the wide part of the bracelet to prepare for picot edging.

Work the other half of the bracelet as above.

For the picot edge, pass your needle out of the last bead on the wide section of the bracelet, add a 4mm bi-cone and a #11 seed bead. Pass back through the bi-cone and into the next seed bead on the edge of your bracelet. Pass out of the next bead of the bracelet and add three #11 seed beads. Pass back into the next seed bead and continue, alternating seed beads and bi-cones for the remainder of the bracelet on both sides.

Seed Bead Toggle Clasp

The Ring Instructions

Add a beading needle to an arm-length of thread.

Pick up twenty eight #11 seed beads. Pass through all the beads again and pull snug into a circle. Tia a surgeon’s knot with the working thread and tail.

Begin stitching even-count peyote to create a third row with #11 seed beads.

Step up by passing the needle up through the first seed bead of the third row. Add three more rows of #15 seed beads.

Add two more rows of #11 seed beads.

Note: The seed beads will begin to curve with each row, forming a channel.

Bring the two edge rows together like a zipper. Stitch through the beads, zig-zagging to secure, creating the ring.

Add a row of peyote-stitched #8 seed beads to the outer edge of the ring.

Add one more row of peyote-stitched beads to the outer ring, alternating #8 seed beads and bi-cones.

Where the last bi-cone should go, stitch the ring onto your bracelet through the oval jumpring on the bracelet. Weave the ends of thread into the ring to secure.

The Bar Instructions

Add a beading needle to an arm-length of thread.

Create a square of even-count peyote stitch with #11 seed beads, five beads per row and 11 rows long.

Note: 5 beads per row means there will be 10 beads across

Match up the two ends of the square like a zipper and sew them together into a tube in a zig-zag fashion

Add a brick-stitched row around each end of the tube. Coming out of one bead on the end of the tube, add two #11s and stitch under the thread bridge. Come up through the second bead you added so the two beads sit next to each other. Add one #11, go under the thread bridge and come up the same bead. Continue in this fashion making a row of brick stitch around the end of the tube. Repeat on the other end.

Pass your needle through the opposite end of the tube, add a bi-cone and a #11 seed bead. Pass back through the bi-cone and the tube and repeat on the opposite side. Repeat two to three passes to create a secure connection between the two bi-cone ends.

Pass your needle out through the side of the tube and weave through the seed beads until you get to the outside center of the tube. Sew on an oval jumpring. Weave your threads back into the tube to secure.

Attach the tube to the end of the bracelet using another oval jumpring.