Technique Tuesday!

Today's topic is just a tip of the iceberg for this stitch. The Peyote Beading stitch, also known as gourd stitch, is probably one of the most popular stitches.

It can be done flat, tubular, free form, circular, spiral, diagonal, and I'm pretty sure a whole bunch more that I can't think of at the moment. You can do peyote stitch with almost any bead type and the possibilities are endless.

We start today with a little introduction. There is an Even Count and Odd Count. I'd like to say first off that so many people say that odd count peyote is sooooo difficult. No it is not! 

When you learn peyote, you learn how to change or add new thread, and if you can change or add a new thread, you can do odd count because it is just relocating the thread around a bit on one side, using the same paths that you use to change a thread. It puts you in position to do the next row. Then you are ready to continue.

Sometimes I hear people say they will only do even count... Well then you can never have a pattern with an exact center line.. More on this next week. I say just bite the bullet and do it. After all it's all just beading. You can watch two video's I have on You Tube. One is Flat Peyote, and the other is how to do the odd count turn around...if you want to get a jump on that.

https://youtu.be/zqnrcJYZmvM

https://youtu.be/C365hKa21Pw

Glenda