Circular Peyote Hexagon Stars by Jeri Riggs
Lately I’ve been enamored of beadwork again, and decided to
design an interlocking star pendant, about the size of a US nickel, inspired by
my niece’s upcoming Bat Mitzvah, and coinciding with the 75th
anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust Remembrance Day. May we Never
Forget….
Star #1: Double Interwoven Star.
This star is created by the technique of flat circular
peyote stitch, and begins in the center with 3 beads. Then beads are added in
rounds, and the corners are formed by adding 2, 1, or 0 beads on subsequent
rounds. Adding 2 beads in a space I call a “double”. On the following round,
you come out between the double beads to add the single bead on top. The next
round, you pass through the single bead . Otherwise beads are added one at a
time. I create two stars (one with 11 rounds
and one with 10 rounds) and sew them together at the edges to make one pendant.
You can attach a jump ring to make it a pendant, or make a bunch of them for a
bracelet or necklace.
Materials: fireline beading thread, Delica beads. size 12 sharps ( beading needles).
First half:
A=purple beads, DBi35
(3 beads)
B=Aqua Db658 ( 12
beads )
C=Royal Ab, Db 165 (51 beads)
D= Red Db 602 ( 51 beads)
E=Gold Db 31 ( 54 beads)
Round 1: String 3A in a circle, and pass thru a second time.
Tie securely.
Working counterclockwise, and going up 2 beads at the end of
each round work:
Round 2: Add 6 beads in the round: (Double
B in next space), 3x
Round 3: Add 6 B in the round, one at a time.
Round 4: Add 12 beads in the round, (alternating Double C, Double D) 3x.
Round 5: Add 12 beads, one at a time: ( C,C,D,D,) three
times. Note you will come out of the middle of a color C double from the row
below, so add same color at tip, and same color in next valley.
Round 6: Add 12: (C,C,D,D) 3x
Round 7: Add 18 beads:[ (C double C ) (D,double D) ]
3 times. The doubles sit above previous doubles on round 4.
Round 8: Add18: ( C,C,C, then D,D,D,) 3 times
Round 9: Add 18: ( C,C, E, D,D,E) 3x
Round 10 Add 24: ( double
C,E,E , Double D, E, E ) 3x
Round 11: Add 24 [( C, E, E,E ) ( D,E,E,E) ] 3x.
Make another disc up to round 10, the weave them together so
the edges line up and the single color beads from round 11 are shared between
both sides. This interlocks nicely as peyote stitch alternates high and low
beads on the straight sides of the hexagons.
You can, of course, use different colors for different effects! Beads are difficult to photograph....
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