Confetti Spiral b y M a r i l y n T . A r o n s o n

Tubular peyote stitch gets fancy when you change up the beads in each round. Marilyn T. Aronson's Confetti Spiral looks like you made lots of complicated increases and decreases throughout this colorful peyote rope, but just using different sizes of seed beads is what creates the ins and outs of this peyote bracelet. Create your own fiesta using vivid, bold colors in a Dutch spiral, where simply changing bead sizes in tubular peyote creates a dynamic twist effect. Once you get the hang of the spiraling stitches, you'll have a samba of a peyote stitch bracelet on your wrist in no time!

Mat erials

10 g lime green opaque size 11° Japanese seed beads (A)

10 g turquoise opaque size 8° Japanese seed beads (B)

10 g salmon opaque size 8° Czech seed beads (C)

10 g lavender luster size 8° seed beads (D)

15 g amethyst translucent size 6° Japanese seed beads (E)

15 g lavender milky size 6° Czech or Japanese seed beads (F)

15 g silver-lined orange transparent size 6° Japanese seed beads (G)

1 lime green 17mm plastic shank button

Smoke FireLine 6 lb beading thread

Tools

Size 11 or 12 beading needle

Scissors

Fini

1: Spiral body.  
Work rounds of tubular peyote stitch with different size beads to form a spiral:

Rounds 1 and 2:  
Use 5' of thread to string : 2E, 2F, 2G, 2B, 2D, 2C, and 9A, leaving an 18" tail. Pass through all

beads again to make a circle; exit from the first E.

Round 3:  
Work peyote stitch around with 1 bead in each stitch: 1E,1F, 1G, 1B, 1D, 1C, and 4A. 

Exit the first E to step up for the next round

(Figure 1).sh

Rounds 4 and on:  
Repeat Round 3 until you reach the desired length;

continue the pattern by always adding the same bead from which you exited.

2: End decrease
Use A to work decrease rounds in circular peyote stitch (Figure 2):

End Rounds 1 and 2: Exit the final round’s E; work 1A in each stitch.

End Round 3 
(decrease): Work the round, making a decrease in every other stitch.

End Round 4: 
Work 1A in each stitch.

End Round 5 
(decrease): Work the round, making a decrease in every other stitch.

End Round 6: 
Work 1A in each stitch. Weave through the beads of this round again to tighten. 
If there is a gap in the middle, string 1B and weave through beads on the other side of the gap.

ed size: 10"

3: Button
Weave through beads to exit from a bead of End

Round 5. 
String 7A, 1D, the button, 1D, and 7A. Pass through the A in Round 5 opposite the one you last exited (Figure 3). Repeat the thread path several times to reinforce. Secure

the thread and trim.

4: End decrease and loop
Thread the needle with the tail thread. Repeat Step 2 to decrease

the end. Weave through beads to exit from a bead of End Round 5.

Rounds 1 and 2:  
String 19A or enough to make a loop that fits snugly over the button. Pass through the A in Round 5 opposite the one last exited. Weave through beads to exit from the

first bead of the loop.

Round 3: 
Work 4 stitches using 1A in each. Work 1 stitch using 1B. Complete the round using 1A in each stitch (Figure 4). Repeat the thread path to reinforce. Secure the thread and trim.

Over the designer
Marilyn T. Aronson of Van Nuys, California, has been beading for fifteen years. 
She teaches at area bead shops and can be contacted at bogieandbeads@roadrunner.com. 
She thanks her friend Lynn Berman for inspiring her to teach this project