three-drop peyote stitch christmas sweater · 2016-10-26 · sew through the beadwork to exit these...

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11 0 cylinder bead, cream 110 cylinder bead, green 110 cylinder bead, red Bracelet band 1 On a comfortable length of thread, attach a stop bead, leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. Starting at the lower-left corner of the pattern, pick up 110 cylinder beads for rows 1 and 2: one green, one cream, one red, one green, 16 cream, one green, one cream, one green, and one cream. 2 Following the pattern, work in three-drop peyote stitch using the appropriate color cylinders. End and add thread as needed while you stitch, and end the working thread and tail when you complete the band. Toggle button Add 12 in. (30 cm) of thread to the starting end of the bracelet, and exit a trio of up-beads in the end row so that your thread is exiting closest to the center of the row. Pick up seven red cylinders, the shank of the button, and seven red cylinders, and sew back through the same trio of up-beads (figure 1). Sew through the beadwork Christmas sweater bracelet THREE-DROP PEYOTE STITCH Stitch up a Christmas sweater motif (and not the ugly kind!) for some holly-jolly holiday wear. designed by Josie Fabre FIGURE 1 to exit the same trio of up-beads with your thread once again exiting closest to the center of the row, and retrace the thread path of the button connection. End the thread. Toggle ring 1 Add 12 in. (30 cm) of thread to the other end of the bracelet. Notice that one corner on this end begins with a trio of up-beads. Sew through the beadwork to exit these three up-beads, and then continue through the next three down-beads and three up-beads. 2 Pick up 37 cream cylinders, and sew through the next trio of up-beads with your needle pointing toward the beads your thread exited at the start of this step (figure 2, a–b). 3 Sew through the beadwork to exit the first cream cylinder added in step 2. Work in peyote stitch around the loop, using one cream cylinder per stitch (b–c). Sew into the bracelet and end the thread. w facetjewelry.com FCT-SC-102416_09 ©2014 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher.

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Page 1: THREE-DROP PEYOTE STITCH Christmas sweater · 2016-10-26 · Sew through the beadwork to exit these three up-beads, and then continue through the next three down-beads and three up-beads

110 cylinder bead, cream

110 cylinder bead, green

110 cylinder bead, red

Bracelet band1 On a comfortable length of thread, attach a stop bead, leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. Starting at the lower-left corner of the pattern, pick up 110 cylinder beads for rows 1 and 2: one green, one cream, one red, one green, 16 cream, one green, one cream, one green, and one cream.2 Following the pattern, work in three-drop peyote stitch using the appropriate color cylinders. End and add thread as needed while you stitch, and end the working thread and tail when you complete the band. Toggle buttonAdd 12 in. (30 cm) of thread to the starting end of the bracelet, and exit a trio of up-beads in the end row so that your thread is exiting closest to the center of the row. Pick up seven red cylinders, the shank of the button, and seven red cylinders, and sew back through the same trio of up-beads (figure 1). Sew through the beadwork

Christmas sweater

bracelet

THREE-DROP PEYOTE STITCH

Stitch up a Christmas sweater motif (and not the ugly kind!) for some holly-jolly holiday wear.

designed by Josie Fabre

FIGURE 1

to exit the same trio of up-beads with your thread once again exiting closest to the center of the row, and retrace the thread path of the button connection. End the thread.

Toggle ring1 Add 12 in. (30 cm) of thread to the other end of the bracelet. Notice that one corner on this end begins with a trio of up-beads. Sew through the beadwork to exit these three up-beads, and then continue through the next three down-beads and three up-beads.2 Pick up 37 cream cylinders, and sew through the next trio of up-beads with your needle pointing toward the beads your thread exited at the start of this step (figure 2, a–b).3 Sew through the beadwork to exit the first cream cylinder added in step 2. Work in peyote stitch around the loop, using one cream cylinder per stitch (b–c). Sew into the bracelet and end the thread. w

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©2014 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher.

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Difficulty rating

Materialsbracelet 8 in. (20 cm)• 13 ⁄16-in. (2.1 cm) shank button• 110 Miyuki Delica cylinder beads - 7 g cream (DB0732, opaque dark cream) - 5 g green (DB0663, dyed opaque olive) - 1 g red (DB0723, opaque red)• nylon beading thread, or Fireline 6 lb. test• beading needles, #12

Josie Fabre has been beading for more than 10 years. She became hooked on designing patterns after she made several squares for the 2012 Bead-It-Forward project (www.bead-it-forward.com). 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 [email protected], or visit www.josie.etsy.com.

FIGURE 2PATTERN