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Bead a Beaded Bead

by Paula S. Morgan
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Beaded Bead Top Vew - From the Hole Side

Beaded Bead - Top View

For the next row, put a blue bead in each of the spaces where we skipped last time and a pink bead in each of the others. Now make an all white row. For the next row, add a white bead above each pink one and a blue bead above each blue. Now do a full Peyote Stitch round of blue beads. Next, prepare to decrease again. This time, skip every other space. Put a blue bead in the spaces over the cute little flowers you just made and skip the spaces in between. Add two more rounds of blue, and finally, go through each of the beads you added in the last row with your thread and pull the circle snug. If you get any little gaps where you decreased, weave back through the bead above and the two beads on either side of the skipped space and back through the bead above. Tighten to close the gap. The ends of your beaded bead should look like the picture below. Now weave your way to the other side of the bead and fill in the other end in the same manner. You've got yourself a beaded bead!

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