Example · Peyote pod3D peyote pod pattern maker
Design every petal of a peyote pod on its own diamond, see the zipped pod in 3D, and export the butterfly charts and word charts you stitch from.
No credit card required
- Plan
- Hobby
- Included in Hobby and Pro
- Starting grid
- Diamond petals
- Make mode
- Petal by petal, zip row last
- Export
- Butterfly charts, word chart, PDF
Finished peyote pods
Example · Peyote pod
Example · Peyote pod
Example · Peyote pod
Example · Peyote podWhat is a peyote pod?
A peyote pod is a three-dimensional beaded bead. Each petal is worked in peyote outward from a seed bead, with herringbone pairs at the ends, then the petals are zipped together edge to edge so the piece closes into a pod.
Seen from outside, every petal is a diamond. Printed patterns usually show the unfolded "butterfly" you actually stitch, which makes the finished design hard to picture. Wevy lets you draw on the diamonds you will see and produces the butterflies for you.
What a pod pattern is for
Pendants and charms. A single pod on a cord or a bail.
Earrings. A pair of small pods, or a pod as the drop of a longer earring.
Pattern sales. Butterfly charts and word charts, ready to sell.
How Wevy handles a peyote pod
Draw on the diamond
Each petal is shown as the diamond face of the finished pod, side by side.
Every petal its own
Paint one petal without touching the others, or repeat a motif around.
3D of the zipped pod
Turn the finished pod round to check how the petals meet.
Charts you stitch from
The export unfolds each petal into numbered and lettered butterflies with a word chart and the zip row marked.
Peyote pod questions
What is a word chart?
A written list of the beads to pick up, stitch by stitch: "2A, 1B, 3A". Pod patterns are usually stitched from the word chart, with the graph as a reference.
How many beads are in a petal?
It depends on the number of rows. A petal of N rows has N² − 1 stitched beads; its second seed bead belongs to the neighbouring petal.
Can every petal be different?
Yes. Each petal is stored and exported on its own.
Which plan includes the pod grid?
The peyote pod grid comes with Hobby and Pro.
Use the bead pattern maker for free. Upgrade when you need more patterns, exports, image tracing, or custom beads.
Free plan
Start designing
Free
Start with
- 3 cloud patterns
- Cloud backups
- 1 watermarked export per month
- Make mode
- 3D preview
- Bead catalog
Hobby plan
For regular projects
$4.99/month
What’s included
- Everything in Free
- 10 cloud patterns
- 5 PDF exports per month
- 5 image tracings per month
- All beadwork grids
Pro plan
For professional designers
$14.99/month
No more limits
- Everything in Hobby
- Unlimited cloud patterns
- Unlimited exports
- Unlimited image tracing
- Reusable motifs
- Custom beads