Pleated

PEYOTE STITCH / NETTING

 cuff Stitch a band with

a ruffled channel
in the center
designed by Rebecca Peapples

Monochromatic
hues create a
sophisticated bracelet.

Combining two techniques and sizes of beads creates a band and adding thread (Basics) as needed.
with a soft, rippling center. Surface embellishments can add The netted section in the center will
ruffle and pleat as you stitch. End the
elegance or whimsy, depending on your color choices. working thread and tail. Add a new
thread to the bracelet, leaving a 12-in.
stepbystep Work another two-drop peyote stitch (30 cm) tail, and exit an edge pair of
(Basics and c–d). cylinders at one end of the bracelet.
[1] On a comfortable length of thread, [3] Pick up three 110s, skip three 110s [5] Pick up a 150 seed bead, a fringe
attach a stop bead (Basics), in the previous row, and sew through drop, and a 150, skip the next pair of
leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. Pick up the next 110 (d–e). Repeat twice, and cylinders on the edge, and sew down
eight 110 cylinder beads, 13 110 seed sew through the last 110 in the previous through the following pair of cylinders
beads, and eight cylinders (figure 1, a–b). row (e–f). Work two stitches of two- (figure 3, a–b). Pick up a 150, and sew
[2] Pick up two cylinders, skip the drop peyote using cylinders (f–g). up through the next pair of cylinders
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previous two cylinders, and sew back [4] Repeat steps 2 and 3 (figure 2) until on the edge (b–c). Repeat (c–d) along
through the next two cylinders (b–c). the band is the desired length, ending the length of the bracelet. Sew through

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f e d c
a
b
g f e d c

a
b
g f e d c

a b
FIGURE 1

Combine bold,
contrasting
colors for a
playful cuff.

FIGURE 2

a c d

b b
a c d
a b
b

a c
a c d

FIGURE 3 FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5

the beadwork to exit an edge pair on or not you skip a 150 as you add the
the other side of the bracelet, and repeat embellishment. Repeat on the other materials
along the opposite edge. Do not end side of the bracelet. bracelet 6½ in. (16.5 cm)
the thread. [9] Using one of the remaining threads • 52–66 3 mm round beads
[6] Add a new thread to the beadwork, or tails, weave through the beadwork to • 3 g fringe drops
b
and exit the beadwork as shown in exit the front of the bracelet between • 8 g 110 seed beads
figure 4, point a. the first and second stitches on one end. • 7 g 110 Japanese cylinder beads
[7] Sew down through the next pair Pick up the loop of one half of a clasp, • 3 g 150 seed beads
of cylinders, pick up a 150, and sew up and sew intoa the beadwork. Retrace the • 2 magnetic clasps
c
through the following pair of cylinders thread path several times, and end the • nylon beading thread
(a–b). Repeat to the end of the band, thread. Using another thread or tail, exit • beading needles, #12 or #13
and then along the opposite edge. the beadwork on the back of the oppo-
[8] Weave through the beadwork to site end of the bracelet, so that the two
exit a lower 150 on one end of the halves of the clasp will line up and close
bracelet. Pick up six 150s, skip the first comfortably. Sew the second half of the DESIGNER’S NOTE:
150 in the upper row of embellishment, clasp to the bracelet as you did the first. As you add and end thread,
and sew through the next 150 (figure 5, Repeat on the other end with the other try to make any knots in the
a–b). Pick up a 150, a 3 mm round bead, clasp. End all the threads and tails. w netted portion of the cuff rather
and a 150, skip a 150 in the lower row, than the peyote sections. This
and sew through the next 150 (b–c). will make it easier to sew
Repeat to the end of the row, keeping through the beadwork and add
in mind that the irregular spacing embellishments later.
between the rows will dictate whether