How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

NanetteG — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:04:44 GMT

How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern: It's Easier Than You Think!

is the blog post I like because I get confused when I do peyote with more than one color.

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

Jocille — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:18:30 GMT

I have always found it easier to begin by following the pattern from top to bottom. I guess I'm a renegade, but I prefer to see the design/picture develop this way, especially when working a pattern such as a tiger's head.

I also use a magnetic board, and a bar magnet to follow the pattern. These are often available in stores that sell counted cross stitch materials.

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

Bobbie@69 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:36:37 GMT

I have made many peyote bags and flat pieces and teach it, also. The easiest way to keep your place is to copy the pattern and then use a nice large headed pin to put in the pattern square. Mine has a pearl head. At the start , or for beginners, you can poke a hole in each square you do on the pattern copy and you never get lost! Only the copy will bear the pin holes and not the original.

Bobbie Guillory

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

ruthkaplan1950@gmail.com — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:06:27 GMT

When I taught a peyote class at my local bead store, I had the students tape the starting thread to the table, then flip over their work to go in the other direction. That helps keep track of where to start the next row.

I find that many of the directions I've seen feel backwards to me. I've always started on the right hand side of the row and worked across. Sometimes I hold the rows vertically and work from top to bottom but I find starting on the left side awkward.

A helpful hint for starting from Leslie Rogalski: Put an extra needle through the first row to keep the beads from twisting.

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

bmoore3630 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:17:28 GMT

Like Kathfor, I got the metal board, then I used one of those printable magnet sheets and cut the edge to match the "up" row. Now I just slide it as I go and I can instantly see exactly the beads I need to add. I found it still confusing when I could see part of the row below. I also add an extra red bead to the left side of my first row so there is never a problem with which side is which when I come back to work on it again.

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

MaryR@150 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:01:03 GMT

I slide the pattern into a clear sleeve (sold in office product stores). I then put the pattern in the sleeve on a clipboard and use a colored pen to mark each row. This is especially helpful when doing more complicated patterns that have a lot of color changes.

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

BethanyT@3 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:53:45 GMT

I use super-sticky post-it notes to keep track of my spot in the pattern. They stay put and don't take up much space -- I like this, because I keep my projects in pencil cases!

re: How to Read a Peyote Stitch Pattern

kathfor — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:33:05 GMT

Any easy way to keep track of where you are in a complicated peyote pattern is to get a metal board and flat magnetic strips, such as those used in counted cross stitch. They are available in all the big craft stores. Then you can attach the pattern to the board with some of the strips and use others to mark your row in the pattern, moving the flat magnetic strip down for every row you finish.