Tubular Peyote

Row 1 & 2

Flat beadwork is boring, let's start doing 3D beadwork by making a tube! Remember how we picked up Row 1 & 2 together in Flat Peyote, we will do exactly the same with tubular;

If you want a tube of beadwork 12 beads wide we initialy pick up 12 beads (6 for Row 1 & 6 for Row 2):

Note: I am colouring the start bead of each row in pink to help guide you.

Row 3

We will now work around the loop we created in an anti-clockwise direction, picking up 6 beads.

After each bead picked up go through the Next But One bead of Row 1 & 2

Very Important: When you have added the last bead in row, your needle and thread will be extending from the last bead you picked up in loop. Continue up into the first bead in this row, ready to start the next row as shown.

In Round Peyote you will do this at the end of every row to bring your thread up a level. Inexperienced beaders will go wrong at this point as they can't remember which beads they picked up in the previous row or they don't step up into the first bead of row.

Always make sure that you are aware where the first bead in the row is and that your thread is extending from it before you start the next row (Every row in Round Peyote will bring you back to the first bead, if it doesn't you have gone wrong).

Row 4

See now how by adding Row 3 we have pushed the beads from Row 1 down to create 3 seperate rows.

We will once again be picking up 6 beads to create Row 4.

After each bead picked up go through the Next bead of Row 3.

Remember at the end of the row to go through the first bead in row, as shown:

Tip: look at the beadwork from the side, all beads in Row 4 will be higher than all the other beads.

Row 5

We will once again be picking up 6 beads to create Row 5.

After each bead picked up go through the Next bead of previous row.

Remember at the end of the row to go through the first bead in row, as shown:

Row 6

We will once again be picking up 6 beads to create Row 5.

After each bead picked up go through the Next bead of previous row.

Remember at the end of the row to go through the first bead in row, as shown:

Note: how the first bead of each row is creating a spiral. As we are adding each row and stepping up into the first bead each time we are shifting our position each row (don't worry all our patterns deal with this so you don't have to, but just be aware this is what is happening).

Row 7 Onwards

All rows onwards are a repeat of Row 6