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Odd Count Peyote Stitch Instruction

Arts and Craft Idea > Peyote Stitch Instruction > Odd Count Peyote Stitch Instruction > The beading instruction on odd count flat peyote stitch, it is slightly more complicated than the even count flat peyote stitch but the instructions with picture should help with the learning process

Odd count flat Peyote Stitch Instruction

Notes before you start: For beginners, start with size 11 seed beads. The pictorials are illustrated with spaces between beads for a clearer direction, in the actual beading, there should be no spaces. You can use a string and needle or Nylon fishing line (0.25mm) without the needle.

Step 1:

String the first bead and loop through it again or tie a knot to stop the bead from slipping.

Leave one end of string (around 6 to 12 inches long) and start stringing beads from the other end, you can add any amount of beads as long as the total number or beads is maintained at an odd number (e.g. 5, 7, 9, 11)

To start on the next row (represented in the pictorial by red beads) string one bead and cross the string back through the second last bead of the first row.
Keep on adding one bead at a time and each time stringing back through a bead from the previous row.

Be sure to keep the tension tight but not too tight as this will make your work stiff and inflexible, especially if you want to bead around an object.

Step 2:

Now the third row, string the longer end of the string through the last added bead of the second row (red)
pick up one new bead (represented in the pictorial by green beads) and cross the string back through the bead (red) that you last added before this.

Keep on adding one bead at a time and eachtime stringing back through a bead from the previous row.

Step 3:

Now the fourth row, add a new bead (represented in the pictorial by black) and cross the string back through the last bead added from the third row (green)
Keep on adding one bead at a time and each time stringing back through a bead from the previous row.

after adding the last bead for this row, cross the string back the first bead of row 2 (red) follow by the last bead of row 3 (green) follow by second last bead of row 2 and back second last bead of row 4 (black) and back again through last bead of row 3 (green) and finally last bead of row 4 (black) making a shape of 8 lying down shown in the pictorial by the dotted blue line.

Now repeat step 2 and step 3 of the tutorial until you get your desired length. Remember to keep the tension of your bead work right.

By now you should be getting the picture of how this technique works.

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