Bluebirds in the Heather Necklace Tutorial

Blue Ring with a Random Bead Pattern

Create an even-count peyote stitch ring by stringing eight beads from the Artbeads Bluebird Designer Blend for the first two rows of the ring. Continue the pattern until the ring is the desired size, and stitch up the ends of the stitch.

Even Count Peyote Stitch Text Tutorial
Even Count Peyote Stitch Video Tutorial
Peyote Stitch Ring Tutorial

Blue and Pink Ring with a Random Bead Pattern

Create an even-count peyote stitch ring by stringing ten beads from the Artbeads Blue Heather Designer Blend for the first two rows of the ring. Continue the pattern until the ring is the desired size and stitch up the ends of the stitch.

Blue Flower Ring

Create an odd-count peyote stitch ring by stringing seven dark blue beads from the Bluebird Blend to create the first two rows of the stitch. Start your design using the subsequent patterns for each row:

• Row 3: Four dark blue beads
• Row 4: One dark blue bead, one light blue bead, and one dark blue bead
• Row 5: One dark blue bead, two light blue beads, and one dark blue bead
• Row 6: One dark blue, one shiny blue, and one dark blue bead
• Row 7: One dark blue bead, two light blue beads, and one dark blue bead
• Row 8: One dark blue bead, one light blue bead, and one dark blue bead

Create three rows of all dark blue beads and then repeat the pattern above. Continue until your ring is the desired length and stitch the ends together.

Odd Count Peyote Video Tutorial
Odd-Count Peyote Stitch PDF Diagram

Pink and Blue Triangle Ring

Create an odd-count peyote stitch ring by stringing seven light blue beads from the Blue Heather Designer Blend to create the first two rows of the stitch. Start your design using the subsequent patterns for each row:

• Row 3: One pink bead, three blue beads
• Row 4: Two blue beads, one pink bead
• Row 5: Two pink beads and two blue beads
• Row 6: One blue bead and two pink beads
• Row 7: Three pink beads and one blue bead
• Row 8: One blue bead and two pink beads
• Row 9: Two pink beads and two blue beads
• Row 10: Two blue beads and one pink bead
• Row 11: One pink bead and three blue beads
• Rows 12-16: all blue beads
• Row 17: Three blue beads and one pink bead
• Row 18: One pink bead and two blue beads
• Row 19: Two blue beads and two pink beads
• Row 20: Two pink beads and one blue bead
• Row 21: One blue bead and three pink beads
• Row 22: Two pink beads and one blue bead
• Row 23: Two blue beads and two pink beads
• Row 24: One pink bead and two blue beads
• Row 25: Three blue beads and one pink bead
• Row 26-28: all blue beads

Continue until your ring is the desired length and stitch the ends together

Necklace

Create a tubular herringbone rope using eight beads from the Blue Heather Designer Blend for your first row. Follow this pattern for the next rows:

• Nine blue seed bead rows
• One pink seed bead row
• One row of 3mm Bicone beads in Majestic Blue 2x AB
• One pink seed bead row
• Five blue seed bead rows
• One pink seed bead row, one bicone row, one pink seed bead row
• Five blue seed bead rows
• One pink seed bead row, one bicone row, one pink seed bead row
• ten blue seed bead rows

Secure and trim your thread. Slide the tubular herringbone rope onto a sterling silver 18-inch 1.5m bead chain necklace.

Tubular Herringbone Stitch Video Tutorial
Tubular Herringbone PDF Diagram
Twisted Herringbone Stitch Text Tutorial
Bead Weaving Basics: Starting, Adding, and Ending Thread

List of Components
Artbeads Blue Heather Designer Blend, 11/0 TOHO Round Seed Beads (ADB0524, qty 1)
Artbeads Bluebird Designer Blend, 11/0 TOHO Round Seed Beads (ADB0521, qty 1)
5328 3mm Bicone Majestic Blue 2x AB (5328-MAJB2AB3, qty 24)
Sterling Silver 18-Inch 1.5mm Bead Chain Necklace (NECK-0097, qty 1)