Quick Stitch Circular Brick / Peyote Stitch

Kaleidoscope connection
Connect a collection of kaleidoscopic components for
a brick stitch bracelet that works up quickly.

designed by Julie Olah

For earrings, make an open circle

and a patterned circle, and connect
them as in Assembly. Attach an
earring finding as in Clasp, but
use just four 110s.

materials
bracelet 7 in. (18 cm)
8 60 seed beads
46 g 110 seed beads in
each of 46 colors: A, B,
C, D, E, F
clasp
3 9 mm split rings or
soldered jump rings
Fireline 6 lb. test, or nylon
beading thread, size D
beading needles, #10
or #12
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stepbystep
Open circle
[1] On 1 yd. (.9 m) of
Fireline or thread, pick up a
9 mm split ring or soldered
jump ring and two color A
110 seed beads, leaving a
6-in. (15 cm) tail. Position
the As side by side around
the outside of the ring, sew
through the ring, and sew
back through the second A
(figure 1, ab). (For tips on
keeping the first A in place,
see the Editors Note, below.)
[2] Working in brick stitch
(How-Tos), pick up an A,
sew through the split ring or
soldered jump ring as if it is a
[3] Repeat step 2 around the
split ring or soldered jump
ring to add about 14 As.
[4] When you reach the first
A added, sew down through
it, through the split ring or
soldered jump ring, and back
through the A (figure 2).
[5] Pick up two color B 110
seed beads, sew under the
thread bridge connecting the
first two As in the previous
round, and sew back through
the second B (figure 3, ab).
[6] Pick up a B, and sew
under the next thread bridge
and back through the B (bc).
[7] Continue working in
brick stitch, adding one or
two Bs per thread bridge to
round of As. Tie a few half-
hitch knots (How-Tos), but
do not trim the working
thread. End the tail (How-
Tos).
[8] Make a total of three
open circles, cycling through
colors AC or AF.
Patterned circles
[1] On 1 yd. (.9 m) of Fire-
line or thread, pick up five
As, and tie them into a ring
with a square knot (How-
Tos), leaving a 6-in. (15 cm)
tail. Sew through the first A
again (figure 4, ab).
[2] Pick up a B, and sew
through the next A in the
ring (bc). Repeat around,

thread bridge, and sew back make the second round of Bs and step up through the first
through the A just added (bc). fit snugly around the first B added (cd).
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