"Warped Beaded Triangle” necklace came about as a result of me playing around with a basic shape, warping it .. and letting the resultant shape speak to and surprise you. I am still playing around and getting familiar with basic geometric shapes. Learning the groundwork rules are important to being able to achieve flow and freedom in the longer run.
Warped Beaded Triangle Necklace (CH0359)
The “logic” behind this is:
start off with a flat beaded triangle
create vertical sides down (to create a 3D effect)
carry on with making/increasing shape of triangle as well as ..
warping the (Peyote stitch) triangle by having increases along its side. (Herringbone stitch will help create the increase).
I worked multiple attempts. So in the following photos, there are a mixture from these various attempts. But if you can ignore that, I think I can explain some of the basic construction of how to warp this beaded triangle.
The photo below shows the front and back of the beaded warped triangle. We start by making the center (purple) triangle. This will be just a standard (Peyote stitch) triangle shape. (see: How to Peyote Stitch a Triangle shape).
So we start with 3 beads, threaded in a circle. (Here I am using Swarovski Crystal Helix Bead, 3mm, Purple Velvet).
And carry on, as you would normally, to create the beaded triangle shape.
Once you have the size (for the center, smaller triangle) you want, you will work a Point Round.
(A Point Round is where you work a round of standard Peyote stitch along the sides and ONE bead only at the corners of the beaded geometric shape – thus creating a “point”. This, I learnt from Kate McKinnon’s fabulous Contemporary Geometric Beadwork.)
I will now use “Variation 2” to carry on with our explanation. We now want to create the “vertical sides” to the beaded triangle. And by so doing, create the start of the 3D center. To create the “vertical sides”, we just need to do straight Peyote stitch (with no increase) till we create a bit of a vertical wall.
The “vertical sides” do not have to be very high. About 2 peyote rows will do. Then just carry on with the standard way of creating the beaded triangle shape: peyote stitches along sides and herringbone stitch in corners.
Once we have the outer & larger beaded triangle of a sufficient size, we can start warping the triangle. Just insert a Herringbone (double bead) stitch at the points where you want the increases.
And that is basically how to create a warped beaded triangle (with increases). The rest are embellishments, however you would like them. And you shape your creation more or less according to how the warping suggests and whatever looks pleasing to your eye. There are endless possibilities.
