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Materials
The ring:
60 Brown seed beads size 15/0
20 Beige seed beads (or delicas) size11/0
Beige or brown beading thread

The stick:
80 Brown seed beads (or delicas) size 11/0
10 Beige seed beads size11/0
Beige or brown beading thread

Gereedschap
A fine beading needle (size 12)
Scissors

The ring
Make a stop bead by picking up one seed bead and then going through that same bead
once more. This stop bead will be removed later on. (Fig 1)
Pick up 40 brown seed beads size 15/0 and go through the first bead again, so it will
become a circle. (Fig 2)

Fig 2
Fig 1

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 Make a round of 20 peyote stitches. One peyote stitch is as follows: Pick up a new bead,
skip one bead on the existing ring and then go through the next bead on the ring. (Fig 3)
After a few stitches it will look like Fig 4.
Complete the complete round like this (Fig 5). When the stop bead gets in the way, just
slide it back a little.

Fig 3
Fig 4

Fig 5

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 Now make a round of 20 peyote stitches using beige 11/0 seed beads. (Fig 6 and 7)
Now your ring is finished and you can attach it to one side of a bracelet or a necklace.
(Fig 8)

Fig 7
Fig 6

Fig 8

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The stick
Make a stop bead.
Pick up 2 brown, 1 beige, 12 brown, 1 beige en 2 brown 11/0 seed beads. (Fig 9)

Fig 9

Make a peyote row using 1 brown, 1 beige and 7 brown 11/0 seed beads (Fig 10 and Fig
11)

Fig 10 Fig 11

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 Repeat the previous step exactly 8 times. Now you have a peyote rectangle. (Fig 12)

Fig 12

Fold the rectangle and go diagonally through the peyote stitches at the side (fig 13 and
14) until you have gone through all peyote stitches and spull the thread tight.

Fig 14
Fig 13

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 Now you have a nice peyote tube. (Fig 15).
Use the longest thread to attach the tube to a bracelet or a necklace. Make sure the tube
can go easily through the ring. If necessary, add a string of beads between the end of
the necklace and the peyote tube.
Remove the stop bead and finish off the loose threads.

Fig 15

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