Blog posts of '2020' 'March'

Elements are parts you may potentially connect together to create earrings, bracelets, charms, pendants and necklaces to your heart's content. As in the “Plum” bracelet, the flat “Square Element” is a peyote with a tweak that breaks a straight line in two pieces to create a corner.

Challenge:

Don't forget to create a step-up to get to the following round. Pay attention to add two beads in each corner.

Supplies for the “Square Element”:

• 11/0 Japanese tubular seed beads type Delica in two colors: color A and color B
• S-lon thread size D and needle #12
• scissors and a bead mat

Weaving instructions for the “Square Element”:

• cut off about 1,20 m thread and keep 20 cm tail thread
• set-up: pick up a PAIR number of Delica beads for each side: side 1 - 3 in color A for the side, 1 in color B for the corner, side 2 - 3 in color A, 1 in color B, side 3 - 3 in color A, 1 in color B, side 4 - 3 in color A, 1 in color B

• you picked up 16 beads in total
• pass your needle through all the beads to make a circle and continue till you get in front of a corner bead in color B

• round 3: *pick up 3 beads in color B, skip the corner bead and go through the next bead which is in color A

• pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead*

• pick up 3 beads in color B, skip the corner bead and go through the next bead
• note: this is the only round in which you add three beads in each corner
• pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead
• repeat the process *...* two more time
• go through one more bead (which is in color B) to make a step-up and get access to the next round

• note: the step-up consists of two beads of which one of the recent round and one of the next round without skipping a bead
• round 4: **pick up 2 beads in color B, skip the corner bead and go through the next bead which is in color B

• pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead, pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead**
• repeat **...** three more times
• make a step-up by going through the next bead

SEE - part 2

CONTINUATION: a "Square Element" in flat peyote stitich

• round 5: ***pick up 2 beads in color B and go through the next bead which is in color B

• note: you do no longer skip a bead in the corner
• pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead, pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead, pick up a color A, skip a bead and go through the next bead***
• repeat ***...*** three more times
• to summarize: each side in regular peyote adds an extra bead in each row, each corner is made by adding 2 beads
• make a step-up

• to finish, you add only one bead in each corner instead of two beads and do the rest in regular peyote

• attach your thread by zigzagging through your work piece
• have fun !

Suggestions:

• for a larger center, start with: 4 times (5 beads in color A and 1 bead in color B), thus a total of 24 beads or 4 times (7 beads in color A and 1 bead in color B) giving a total of 32 beads
• for a larger square: simply add more rounds
• you could also use seed beads instead of tubular seed beads (type Delica)
• of course, you could make the “Square Element” in a single color or in as many different colors as you want
• in round 3, you could add two beads in the corners instead of three beads creating a regular herringbone effect in the corners, but the final shape will be a little less square
• for a bracelet: connect several squares by attaching bugle beads in between them

We used the following beads:

• https://dunebeads.com/en/db203-delica-size-11-pastel-cream-ceylon-luster
• https://dunebeads.com/en/db1221-delica-size-11-marigold-pinkish-yellow-transparent-glossy

Thank you for choosing your beads and finding @ https://dunebeads.com/en/ ! 

Happy day, see you soon!