Reading Peyote Patterns_Flat Peyote.pdf

Reading Patterns for Peyote Stitch: Flat Peyote

Step 1: Orient yourself.

Determine which is the best way to read the graph - either vertically or

horizontally.

A vertically oriented graph will look like this:

Pattern read vertically

A horizontally oriented graph will look like this:

Pattern read horizontally

As you will learn, whichever way the holes face is the way in which you will read the

graph when doing peyote stitch. Another way of looking at it is that whichever edge is

jagged is the direction that you will read.

Step 2: Counting Rows

Rows are always counted on the diagonal:

How many beads lay underneath the arrow? _____is the number of rows!

Step 3: Starting the “First Row” of Flat Peyote:

The term “First row” of peyote stitch is confusing! When you begin a new

project, you must first set up the rows so that the beads will be oriented properly. You

will really be reading rows 1 and 2 together, and then adding row 3 to create your

“First row” or “Start” of peyote stitch. This is done as follows:

a. You will begin by stringing a row of beads onto your thread. We will call this

the “Base row”. This string of beads is actually the first and second rows combined.

The beads are strung in a sequential manner , as you read the first two rows:

read

start

Your “Base Row” strand of beads should look like this:

b. Now, to set up the stitch for Peyote. You will begin reading the third row from

the right side heading back to the left and adding these beads onto your strand,

skipping every other bead in your base row (as you normally would for a peyote stitch).

The third row beads are black :

read

third row

(black beads)

c. Your completed “Start” of your pattern should look like this:

Note that you have woven the first three rows of the pattern!

Step 4: Weaving the Pattern: Now that you have created your peyote “Start”, you are

ready to weave the rest of the pattern. You will now weave your fourth row of beads.

Begin by reading from the left to the right. You will be adding the orange beads:

fourth row

orange

Your peyote piece should now look like this:

How many beads are under the arrow?_______ rows have been woven!

Step 5: Reading the Pattern as you Weave : Note from the above example that the

third row has all black beads and the fourth row has all orange beads. Imagine that

this is a beautiful pattern of flowers. Each bead in the row will be either colored or

have a symbol which represents the actual bead that you should weave. As you come

to each bead in the row that you are reading, pick up the appropriate bead and add it

to your woven piece. As you weave, a beautiful image will begin to appear!

fifth row

In the above example, the fifth row of beads would be added by reading right to

left. You would add a purple bead, then a green, then a purple, then a green...

The above examples use even count peyote (an even number of beads along the

edge row) as an example. Be sure to create your “start” beginning with the bead in the

“up” or “indented” position (red bead on left). For odd count peyote, add or subtract an

edge row to create an even count piece until you master the odd count technique

(found elswhere on this site). Enjoy!

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