Are you searching for great beading patterns for beginners? You just found a great one! This hexagon bracelet gives you great practice in both peyote and brick stitch.
Brick stitch is great for creating rows of beads in that aren’t all the same length. My beaded pansies are a great example of this. Brick stitch also allows you to extend the design of a peyote bracelet, adding some dimension to it.
The main bracelet can either be done with odd count peyote, or you can stop a column short, do even count peyote and then add the extra row on with brick stitch.
If odd-count peyote still terrifies you, then check out the easier way to do odd-count peyote stitch. Or you can download my free Peyote tutorial below which shows you how.
The bracelet is about 2.25 inches at the widest part and about 1.5 inches for the rest of it. I love the magnetic clasp I found on Etsy. If you decide to go that route, pay attention to the inside width of the opening. Some of them are extra wide because they are made for leather pieces. Your Delica beads will only take up about half the width leaving you with a big gap. A 2.5mm opening is ideal. Don’t get confused between the outside dimensions of the clasp and the inside dimensions of the opening. If you decide to go with a magnetic clasp, buy the clasp first so you can customize the bracelet to fit. My clasp is 43mm x 17mm with an opening that is 40mm x 2.5mm. The bracelet fits inside the opening perfectly.
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The Basics of Brick Stitch
Step 1
When adding a row of brick stitch, the center of the beads is going to be over the space of the 2 beads below it. You will start with the bead next to the one getting the first bead. I like to work from right to left, so I am going to come up the maroon bead to the left of the last gold bead.
Add 2 beads to your needle. (The picture shows 2 gold beads, but it should have been one gold and one maroon).
Step 2
Insert your needle into the space between the second and the third beads, underneath the thread.
Step 3
Now bring the needle back up through the second bead. Note: If you don’t go under the thread in step 2, the thread will just come back out and you’ll be back where you started. The first bead will settle down where it’s supposed to be over the first bead.
Step 4
Now add another bead and go under the thread in the next space. Loop around and come back up that bead. Continue in this manner to the end.
How to go up a row
Since this pattern goes up the rows in a slanted direction, I need the first gold bead to land between the gold and maroon beads. I need the thread to be coming out the maroon bead, but it’s coming out the gold bead. (NOTE: If I needed to add a bead to the left, this is where I’d want to be. If I added 2 beads with the thread coming out of the gold bead, the left bead would hang over the edge of the gold bead.) To overcome this, I will go down the maroon bead, loop around the two beads below and come back up through the maroon bead. See Picture below. Then continue down the row.
