Peyote Stitch Necklace

Peyote stitch is an easy way to make a big impact!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/peyote-stitch-necklace • Posted by Kate S.

If you are looking to learn a beading stitch, give peyote stitch a try. There are gobs of YouTube videos to watch and once you figure it out it is quite simple.

You will need

Delica Beads - black, white, red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, light pink/peach Beading Needle Nylon Beading Thread Scissors

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If you are looking to learn a beading stitch, give peyote stitch a try. There are gobs of YouTube videos to watch and once you figure it out it is quite simple.

Instructions

1. 

   Here is my pattern for creating this peyote stitch necklace. It is a simple stitch that you can learn from YouTube.

2. Once you have made the pendant, take a really long piece of beading string and thread it through all the beads in the top edge of the pendant. My piece of string was about 4 feet long.

3. Position the string so 1/4 is on one side of the pendant and the other 3/4 is on the other side.

4. Starting on the longer side of the string, load up beads in a random pattern. Fill the string with beads until it is the length you want for the final necklace.

5. Make a loop with your beaded string by looping it back through the top beads on the pendant and pull taut.

6. You should now have an un-beaded length of string on either side of the necklace. Bead each side of the string with the same random beading method as you did on the first strand.

7. Once you load both sides of the string with beads, knot the two strands together in the back of the necklace.

8. 

   Trim excess beading string.