THREE-DROP PEYOTE STITCH Animal magnetism Hear the call of the wild as you stitch these gorgeous bracelets representing two favorite animal prints — zebra and peacock designed by Josie Fabre © 2013 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be reproduced in any form © 2013 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be without permission from the publisher. www.BeadAndButton.com reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Bead&Button Online Project 1 110 Delica beads In the October 2013 issue of Bead&Button, we brought you Josie’s giraffe- and leopard-print bracelets. Add these two additional patterns to your menagerie for eye-catching, quick-tostitch fashion! 110 Delica beads color A color A color B color B FIGURE stepbystep Bracelet bases materials Both bracelets are worked in three-drop peyote stitch, a technique based on twodrop peyote stitch. Refer to our Online Beading Basics to brush up on two-drop peyote before beginning this project. [1] On a comfortable length of thread, attach a stop bead (Online Beading Basics), leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. Pick up 24 110 cylinder beads for rows 1 and 2 of the desired pattern. [2] Work in three-drop peyote stitch using cylinders for the desired length, minus 1 in. (2.5 cm) for the clasp. End and add thread (Online Basics) as needed while you stitch, and end the working thread and tail when you finish. [3] Choose the appropriate steps below to add a clasp and edging to the base. both bracelets 7 in. (18 cm) • Fireline 4 lb. test • beading needles, #10 or #11 zebra bracelet • 200 3 mm fire-polished beads (Czech, ruby red) • 110 Miyuki Delica cylinder beads 10 g color A (DB0010, opaque black) 4 g color B (DB0035M, galvanized silver) • 1 g 150 seed beads (Czech, black) peacock bracelet • 1 12 mm rivoli button (Swarovski, crystal) • 190 3 mm fire-polished beads (Czech, crystal vitrail) • 110 Miyuki Delica cylinder beads 12 g color A (DB0035M, galvanized silver) 8 g color B (DB0022, dark bronze) 1 g color C (DB0027, metallic rainbow green/teal) 1 g color D (DB0416, galvanized aquamarine) 2 g color E (DB1763, rainbow eye of peacock) • 1 g 150 seed beads (Czech, blue-lined clear) Zebra Toggle bar [1] On 1 yd. (.9 m) of thread, attach a stop bead, leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. [2] Referring to the figure, work in flat even-count peyote stitch (Online Basics) using cylinders to make a strip that is 18 beads wide and 12 rows long. Roll the strip into a tube, and zip up (Online Basics) the first and last rows. End the tail but not the working thread. [3] With the thread exiting an end cylinder in the tube, pick up a 3 mm firepolished bead and a 150 seed bead. Sew back through the 3 mm and the cylinder your thread exited at the start of this step, and sew up through the next end cylinder. Repeat this stitch around this end of the tube. Add a 3 mm and a 150 to each cylinder at the other end of the tube in the same manner. [4] Sew through the beadwork to exit a center cylinder in the bar, and work Josie Fabre has been beading for more than 10 years. She became hooked on peyote stitch and designing patterns after she made several squares for the 2012 Bead-ItForward project. She is a full-time scientist and mother but beads every chance she gets. She is inspired by nature, art, and architecture. Contact her at jpfabre@bellsouth.net or www.josie.etsy.com. ZEBRA PATTERN Bead&Button Online Project 2 a 110 Delica beads color A 110 Delic color B colo color C colo color D colo color E colo colo b [2] Pick up a 3 mm fire-polished bead and a 150 seed bead. Sew back through the 3 mm and the cylinder your thread exited at the start of this step, and sew up through the next edge cylinder. Repeat this stitch along both edges of the base. End the thread. Peacock Toggle button in even-count peyote stitch to create a tab that is two beads wide and 16 rows long. [5] Stitch the end of the tab to the center cylinders at one end of the bracelet base. Retrace the thread path of the join, and end the working thread. Toggle ring [1] Locate the last row at the other end of the base, and notice that one side of the row begins with three up-beads. Position your beadwork so these beads are on the right. Add 20 in. (51 cm) of thread to the base, and exit the second set of three up-beads from the right with your needle pointing toward the center of the band. [2] Pick up 26 cylinders, and sew through the next set of three up-beads with your needle pointing toward the center of the band. This forms a ring. [3] Sew through the beadwork to exit this same set of up-beads, and work a round of peyote off of the cylinders in the ring (photo a). [4] Sew through the beadwork to exit the first up-bead added in the previous round. Pick up three 150s, and sew through the next up-bead. Repeat this stitch to complete the round, and end the thread. [1] Add 12 in. (30 cm) of thread to the base, exiting a center cylinder in the fifth row from one end. Pick up six cylinders, a 150, a 12 mm button, a 150, and two cylinders. Skip the last two 150s and two cylinders, and sew back through the next cylinder. Work two peyote stitches with one cylinder per stitch, sewing through the cylinder in the base your thread exited at the start of this step. [2] Sew through the first cylinder picked up in step 1. Work a peyote stitch with two 150s, and then work a peyote stitch with one 150. Sew through the next cylinder, 150, button, 150, and two cylinders. Work a peyote stitch with one 150, and then work a peyote stitch with two 150s. Retrace the thread path through the button, and end the thread (photo b). Toggle ring Work as in steps 1–4 of “Zebra: Toggle ring,” but in step 2 pick up only 23 cylinders. Edging Work as in steps 1 and 2 of “Zebra: Edging.” w Edging www To brush up on the Online base, and exit an end cylinder along one edge. Beading Basics referenced in this story (plus other techniques!), go to www.BeadAndButton.com/Basics. [1] Add 1 yd. (.9 m) of thread to the PEACOCK PATTERN Bead&Button Online Project 3 Get Over 100 New Projects This Year Bead&Button magazine is your complete beading resource. Subscribe today to... • Learn new techniques! • Expand your beading skills! • Get scores of projects ranging from basic to advanced! 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