Easter Beads — Beading PDF Tutorial | Odd Count Peyote & Carrier Beads

Five Easter-themed Delica designs on double carrier beads — a tiny peyote canvas you can wear, hang, or gift.

Each of these five designs — Basket, Bunny, Carrot, Chicken, and Easter Egg — is worked in odd-count peyote using Delica beads, then zipped around a pair of clear plastic carrier beads to create a chunky, colourful focal bead. They're quick to make individually, wonderful as a full set, and completely versatile: use them in a necklace, earrings, bracelet, as gift tags, napkin rings, or mini Easter decorations around your home. Every design includes a full colour-coded graph and row-by-row bead counts.

This PDF includes all 5 Easter designs — Basket, Bunny, Carrot, Chicken, and Easter Egg — each with a full-colour graph, Delica bead counts per colour, and step-by-step finishing instructions for the carrier bead assembly and size 15 edge stitch.

Bead list (per bead, varies by design — all use Delica beads):
Basket: 6 Cyan, 272 Purple, 1 Yellow, 33 Brown Delicas + 2 clear plastic carrier beads + <1g size 15 for edging.
Bunny: 32 White, 3 Charcoal, 6 Pink, 271 Sky Blue Delicas + 2 clear plastic carrier beads + <1g size 15 for edging.
Carrot: 29 Gold, 271 Lime, 12 Forest Green Delicas + 2 clear plastic carrier beads + <1g size 15 for edging.
Chicken: 2 Charcoal, 3 Gold, 12 Olive, 47 Lemon, 248 Blue Delicas + 2 clear plastic carrier beads + <1g size 15 for edging.
Easter Egg: 253 White, 9 Gold, 9 Green, 41 Magenta Delicas + 2 clear plastic carrier beads + <1g size 15 for edging.

Skill level: Intermediate — knowledge of odd-count peyote required.
Techniques: Odd-count peyote, zipping, carrier bead wrapping, size 15 edge stitch.

On A String is a small Australian beading business created by Paula — a beader, teacher, and maker who believes the craft is better when it's shared. Every tool is designed from the beading table. Every tutorial is written from experience.