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Base1 On 1 yd. (.9 m) of thread, attach a stop bead, leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail.2 Pick up 10 110 cylinder beads, and work in flat, even-count peyote stitch to make a band long enough for the ends to meet around your finger with-out overlapping and ending on an odd-numbered row. End and add thread as needed. Work an additional eight rows. Fold over and align the ends to confirm they are a mirror image of each other. If not, remove or work anoth-er row. Remove the stop bead, and end the tail.3 Sew through the beadwork as shown to exit the fourth edge cylinder from the end (figure 1). 4 Align the ends of the band, and create two flaps by pinching the base 1⁄4 in. (6 mm) below each end. Sew

through the corresponding fourth edge cylinder on the other side with the needle pointing toward the bead-work (photo a and figure 2, point a). Pull the thread tight, and retrace the connection to reinforce the join.5 Zip up the flaps: Sew through the fourth cylinder from each end of the band, alternating sides, and pull the thread tight (figure 3, a–b). Sew through the connection cylinders on the last outer column to reinforce the join (b–c).

EmbellishmentWhen adding the pearls, each stitch will be attached to the third cylinder from the end of the flap.1 Sew through the adjacent edge cylinder sewing toward the end of the flap, with the needle pointing toward the beadwork. Continue through the

Metallic bronze cylinder beads add sparkle to this dazzling peyote stitched ring.

by Cassie Donlen

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PEYOTE STITCH / BEAD WEAVING

Glamour ring

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Materialsring 1⁄2 in. (1.3 cm) wide• 3 5 mm pearls (Preciosa, blue)• 8 3 mm fire-polished beads

(crystal marea)• 5 g 110 cylinder beads (metallic gold iris)• 6 150 seed beads (metallic dark bronze)• Fireline, 8 lb. test• beading needles, #12

Basics, p. 79• peyote stitch: flat even-count• ending and adding thread• attaching a stop bead

Cassie Donlen is an associate editor at Bead&Button. Contact her at cdonlen@beadandbutton.com.

next cylinder in the following column (figure 4, a–b). Pick up a 150 seed bead, a 5 mm pearl, and a 150, and sew through the corresponding cylinder on the opposite flap (third column from the outer edge) with the needle point-ing toward the beadwork (b–c).2 Sew through the next two columns (c–d). Pick up a 150, a pearl, and a 150, and sew through the following corresponding cylinder on the other flap (d–e). 3 Sew through the next two columns. Pick up a 150, a pearl, and a 150, and sew through the following two corresponding columns on the other flap with the thread exiting an edge cylinder (e–f). 4 Pick up four 3 mm fire-polished beads, and place the beads under the flap

against the base (photo b). Sew through the fourth edge cylinder on the flap, with the needle pointing toward the beadwork (photo c). Pull the thread tight. Sew through the base to exit the cylinder your thread exited at the beginning of this step. Retrace the thread path through the fire-polished beads to reinforce the connection.5 Sew through the adjacent connec-tion cylinder with the needle pointing toward the beadwork (photo d), and continue through the adjacent cylinder (third from the end) in the same outer column of the flap without the fire- polished beads, with the needle point-ing away from the beadwork. 6 Repeat step 4, and end the working thread and tail. w

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