Brickstitch and Peyote Parrot

First, here's the diagram to follow

This weave requires two weaving techniques: brickstitch and peyote.

Start with brickstitch along the line indicated by the black arrow in the diagram above.

Continue to the bird's beak.

Be careful to choose one right-hand and one wrong-hand side of the work, and stick to them until the end. Threads are always ironed into the obverse side of the work.

Exposed threads remain behind, and will be cut and (en)glued at the end of weaving, during assembly.

Take up a new thread and start again with brickstitch weaving to make the parrot's back and feathers, line by line, following the diagram.

You'll notice that the parrot's base is straight, and that you can easily thread a "missing" bead between each bead: this is the peyote weave.

To begin peyote weaving, first iron some thread into a few beads on the reverse side of the work and then begin peyote weaving, following the diagram carefully.

Here's the result, after several rows

It just so happens that, as in the previous photo, you have to put a last bead at the end of the row, but no bead to iron in. No problem! here are the intermediate steps to follow:

1. Thread your last bead,
2. Turn the work over,
3. iron the needle in a triangle so that the thread comes out through the last bead you've just threaded (nothing shows). You can continue weaving.

Here's a pictorial explanation of these three intermediate steps (when the parrot is upside down, you're on the reverse side of the work).

You can then reintegrate every other bead for peyote weaving.

A few rows later, you've continued the parrot's lower body.

An example of reduction: don't add a bead and go straight into the bead of the row below:

The peyote weave is finished.

Finish the parrot's tail (left side) with brickstitch, as this weaving method stiffens the work (peyote weaving is softer).

Using the brickstitch technique, weave your way up the tail to finish this side, leaving only the legs to finish.

For the legs: position yourself in the brown bead (you've already ironed in a few beads with the thread) to finish the last 5 rows of the work in brickstitch.

Now that your weaving is complete, you can cut the few threads sticking out at the back and glue them in place.