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Luscious Links
Shelley Nybakke
Originally published in
Beadwork February/March 2008

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techniques >> right-angle weave • peyote stitch

Luscious Links Shelley Nybakke

Shelley jokes that her passion for beading is her “ball and chain.” With chain in mind, she uses
right-angle weave to create links of metal seed beads. She wears this bracelet proudly
as a sign of her life sentence as a beader!

FINISHED SIZE: 9"

Materials

36 g size 11° metal seed beads

Smoke FireLine 10 lb beading thread

Tools

Size 10 short needles b

a
Scissors Figure 3

Figure 1
Figure 2
1: Primary rings. Work 2 rows of right-angle
weave, then join the top of Row 1 to the bot-
tom of Row 2 during Row 3:
Row 1, Unit 1: Use 4' of thread to string 4 beads.
Pass through the first 3 beads again to form
a circle, leaving an 8" tail.
Row 1, Units 2–19: Work right-angle weave
(Figure 1).
Row 1, Unit 20: Join the first and last units to
form a ring; do not twist the ring. String
1 bead, pass through the end bead of Unit 1,
string 1 bead, and pass through the end bead
of the last unit. Pass through beads to exit
the bottom of Unit 1 (Figure 2).
Row 2, Unit 1: String 3 beads; pass
through the nearest edge bead of the pre-
vious row and the first bead just strung
(Figure 3a).
Row 2, Units 2–19: String 2 beads; pass
through the next edge bead of the previ-
ous row, the last bead passed through in
the previous unit, and the 2 beads just
strung. Pass through the next edge bead of
the previous row (Figure 3b); string 2
beads, pass through the last bead of the
previous unit, the edge bead just passed
through, and the first bead just strung.
Repeat around.
Row 2, Unit 20: Pass through the next
edge bead of the previous row and the end
bead of the first unit in Row 2. String 1
bead and pass through the current and next
unit to exit from a side bead (Figure 4).
Row 3, Unit 1: Push the center of the right-
angle-weave panel inward so the edges curl
up and the side beads meet in the middle.
String 1 bead, pass through the correspond-
ing side bead in Row 1 (Figure 5a), and
string 1 bead. Continue through the first
bead strung.
Row 3, Units 2–19: Pass through the next side
bead (Figure 5b); string 1 bead and pass
through the corresponding side bead in
Row 2. Pass through the first seed bead
added in Unit 1 of this row and continue
through the bead just strung. Repeat
around.
Row 3, Unit 20: Pass through the last side bead,
but do not add a new bead; pass through the
second bead strung in the first unit of this
row. Pass through the last side bead on the
opposite side and pass through the last bead
strung for Unit 19. Exit through a side bead.
2: Edge beads.
Round 1: String 1 bead. Pass through the
same row’s next side bead. Repeat around
(Figure 6).
Round 2: Pass through beads to exit a side bead
on the opposite side. Repeat Round 1.
Weave through beads and trim.
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 three times for a total of
4 rings with 20 units each (A). Repeat Steps 1
and 2 twice making only 18 units in Step 1 (B).
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 twice using a base row
with 16 units (C).
3: Connector rings. Use 8' of doubled thread to
work a panel of right-angle weave 11 units long.
Pass the panel through 1 B ring and 1 C ring;
join the ends into a ring as in Row 1, Unit 20.

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 Work 12 rows of flat even-count
peyote stitch 2 beads wide. Pass the
end of the strip through 1 C ring and
attach it to the peyote tube. (The C
ring on the other end of the bracelet
Figure 7
Figure 4 acts as the toggle ring.) ✦

Repeat Round 1 of Step 2, adding edge beads. Shelley Nybakke is the owner of The Bead Parlor in Bloom-
b a Weave through beads and trim. ington, Illinois, where she teaches a variety of classes. She
Repeat Step 3 six times using connector also sells her own jewelry at several juried shows in the
rings to join the links in this order (Figure area each year.
7):
Figure 5 C-B-A-A-A-A-B-C. Add 1 C ring if a longer RESOURCES
length is needed. Check your local bead shop or contact: Metal seed
beads: The Bead Parlor, (309) 827-7708, www.
thebead
4: Toggle. Use 8' of doubled thread to string parlor.com.
12 beads. Work 12 rows of flat even-count
peyote stitch. Zip the first and last rows to-
gether to form a tube. Weave back through
beads to exit the seventh bead in from the
side.
Figure 6

Right-Angle Weave Flat Peyote Stitch

(Single Needle) B One-drop peyote stitch
String 4 beads and pass through the first 3 C
begins by stringing an
beads again to form the first unit (A). For the even number of beads
rest of the row, string 3 beads, pass through D to create the first two
the last bead passed through in the previous rows. Begin the third
A row by stringing 1 bead
unit, and the first 2 just strung; the thread
path will resemble a figure eight, alternating and passing through the second-to-last bead of
directions with each unit. To begin the next row, pass through beads to the previous rows. String another bead and pass
exit the side of the last unit. String 3 beads, pass through the last bead through the fourth-to-last bead of the previous rows.
passed through, and the first bead just strung (B). *String 2 beads, pass Continue adding 1 bead at a time, passing over every
through the next edge bead of the previous row, the last bead passed other bead of the previous rows.
through in the previous unit, and the last 2 beads just strung (C). Pass Two-drop peyote
through the next edge bead of the previous row, string 2 beads, pass stitch is worked
through the last bead of the previous unit, the edge bead just passed the same as
through, and the first bead just strung (D). Repeat from * to complete above, but with 2
the row, then begin a new row as before. beads at a time
instead of 1.

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