Technique Series — Peyote Stitch Basics

In this peyote stitch Technique Series video, instructor Addie Kidd demonstrates some general beading basics and instructor Linda Augsburg teaches you the basics of peyote stitch.

Learn how to:

• Use a stop bead
• Condition thread
• End your working thread and add a new thread
• Tie a square knot
• Stitch flat odd- and even-count peyote
• Stitch tubular peyote
• Work two-drop peyote
• Shape your work by increasing and decreasing both gradually and rapidly
• Zip up or join the edges of a flat peyote piece

 
This Jewelry Classes on Demand Technique Series download includes:

• A video showing demonstrations of each technique listed
• A downloadable PDF that includes written instructions and photos of each technique AND easy-to-follow instructions with photos for two projects so you can use your new skills right away.

The PDF included with this video features an odd-count peyote cuff bracelet that uses increases and decreases to add visual interest and a tubular peyote bracelet where the tubes form chain-like links.

Jewelry Classes on Demand's Technique Series is brought to you by Bead&Button, BeadStyle, and Art Jewelry magazines. Each Technique Series video includes a downloadable PDF with written instructions and illustrations of the techniques demonstrated, as well as easy-to-follow instructions and photos of a project or projects. Download a Technique Series video now, and you’ll master the technique in no time, plus you'll have the video to refer to as you make new projects.

Art Jewelry magazine associate editor, Addie Kidd, became a jewelry maker the moment her toddler fingers first slid a pony bead onto a length of cord.  She adores creating jewelry from many media including wire, beads, stone, and metal. She edits, writes, and designs projects and technique articles, and she serves as the metals technical editor for the magazine.

Linda Augsburg has been designing and making jewelry for 10 years. She’s spent her 20-year career helping would-be creative folks learn new skills so they can make their own fabulous jewelry, quilt, and craft projects. She is the senior editor of online content for Bead&Button, BeadStyle, and Art Jewelry magazines.

Jewelry Classes on Demand also offers a Bead Stitching Basics Technique Series video for $12.95. Or you can purchase the Bead Stitching Basics and Peyote Stitch Basics as the Stitches Technique Series bundle for just $24.95.