Printable bead graph paper

Seed beads are shorter along the hole than they are wide, so a square grid squashes every design. Each cell here uses the chosen bead's length and diameter: on a loom beads stand upright in an aligned grid, in peyote every other column drops half a bead, and in brick stitch beads lie on their side with every other row shifted half a bead. A drawing on this paper keeps its shape once it's beaded.

Example: peyote with Miyuki Delica 11/0
At the medium size, one US Letter page of Delica 11/0 peyote paper holds 39 beads across and 40 down — enough for a cuff bracelet section or a pair of earring panels.

Peyote paper staggers the columns: beads stand upright and every other column sits half a bead lower. Brick stitch paper staggers the rows: beads lie on their side and every other row shifts half a bead sideways. A chart turned 90° reads as the other technique, which is why some designers keep one sheet for both.

The one you'll bead with. Delica cylinders are almost as long as they are wide, so their cells are close to square; round seed beads such as Preciosa 10/0 or TOHO 11/0 come out noticeably taller than wide on a loom. The cell size on paper (4–6 mm) only changes how many beads fit on a page.

Print the PDF at 100% or "Actual size", not "Fit to page". The grid already stays inside a 10 mm margin, so home printers won't clip it.

Yes. Wevy's pattern editor uses the same grids, paints with real bead colors, and counts every bead as you draw, then exports a printable chart. You can start free with three patterns.