Miyuki black and silver bracelet in Peyote Impair

Cut 1.7 m of thread and thread it onto the needle. This length of thread will not be sufficient for the entire weave. In bead needle weaving, you cut a length of thread that you're comfortable weaving with, and pick up a new one when the first one runs out. This is called "thread arm length", because the ideal length is the length of your arms. So you don't use a single thread for the whole weave, and that goes for all the tutorials of this type you'll come across.

As the cuff is symmetrical, you'll start weaving from the middle so you don't need the pattern for the other side of the weave. This corresponds to row 88 on the diagram. Thread rows 88 and 87 in sequence.

Let's start with row 86. Thread a new black bead and pass the needle through the silver bead. Tighten and position the two beads side by side.

Continue weaving the beads of row 86 to form the "crenellations" of the peyote weave: thread a silver bead through the second black bead of the previous rows. Tighten and position the silver and black beads side by side. Add a black bead and thread through the black bead from the beginning and tighten. Continue weaving the third and exit through the white bead at the end of the first row.

Continue weaving row 3 with a white bead. Come out through the white bead at the end of the first row. Thread a black bead and weave back through the white bead at the end of the row.

Return to the black bead and start weaving row 85, filling in the spaces created by weaving the first three rows. Beads are in order: black, white, silver, black.

At the end of row 85, thread a silver bead to start row 84 and pass through the last black bead of row 85. Continue to complete row 84. At the end of row 84, repeat steps 4 and 5 to attach the last bead of the row. This row change takes place every other row in the odd weave, so always on the same side.

To begin the decrease, attach the last white bead of row 4 by passing the needle behind the thread linking the white and silver beads of the previous two rows, as shown in the diagram. Then return to the white bead and start weaving row 3.

Repeat step 7 to attach the last bead of row 3. All that's left is to add the only bead from row 2.

Keep at least 15 cm of wire at the end to attach a wire guard. Once the end bead is attached, thread through the silver bead next to it, then the one below. You can then return to the white bead at the end. Pass the needle through the wire guard and back into the bead from the opposite side. Do this 3 times, then catch the thread in the weave and cut it off. Then attach the clasp and extension chain with open rings.