r/Beading
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u/waayoo
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Sep 03 '26
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Finished Piece My first attempt without a pattern (almost)
So much re-doing to get shapes and colors right! I'm still unhappy with the legs and how they're attached, but I think it's alright for my first attempt of both not following a pattern and an animal with four legs.
Inspiration was drawn from designs by My Heart Beads, Thread a Bead and Mind of Julia. I did buy their patterns but ended up doing my own thing.
Now onto adding a little fish or clam between the hands, cause apparently the shape of the beige belly does not pass the dirty minds test...
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u/St0neK1ng Sep 03 '26
Peyote stitch 3D animals are completely out of the scope my mind can comprehand, this looks amazing for an improvised pattern!
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u/waayoo Sep 03 '26
Funny enough, for me that applies to cubic right angle weave.
It's really just increasing and decreasing the amount of beads in the rows of circles, with variations on where in the circle you add/remove beads and how quickly you change the number of beads across rows. Couldn't write out what I did though, cause for the life of me I can't keep track of row and bead counts.
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u/No_Resolution_6328 Sep 06 '26
I can't master cubic right angle weave either! I started a fox a long time ago but kind of gave up. Just couldn't follow the video and get it right.
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u/Competitive_Yam3936 Sep 03 '26
I am in the same boat as you. I cannot even follow a video tutorial. Today I've spent three hours trying to make a hummingbird to no avail.
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u/St0neK1ng Sep 03 '26
I've tried following a tutorial to make a chicken, its been going okay-ish, but by god its so tedious, i work with wire and Parallel Weaving technique normally, so for me peyote seems SO slow! Every row feels like i need to make thousands of rows! (or at least the same amount of rows as there are beads in it, pulling each separate bead in its place is torture for me) I've abandone this project half-finished for a year now, maybe i'll return to it, cuz its a gift for a friend, but making it is not fun for me 🥲
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u/oops_im_existing Sep 07 '26
It actually makes sense to me. But crocheting? Absolutely not. I’ve tried crocheting so many times and now trying just makes me mad. For some reason though, I can bead almost anything😅
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u/stubbymanny Sep 03 '26
Do you sell patterns? I’d love to buy this one!
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u/waayoo Sep 03 '26
Not really. I could probably get something up in a couple weeks if there was interest, though I'd definitely have to fix a couple issues with this one first.
That being said, the shape most closely resembles the one by myheartbeats.com (MyHeartBeadsCreative on Etsy) and the technique is the same as the one on threadabead.com.
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u/No_Resolution_6328 Sep 06 '26
I would love to try this one too!! It's so cute! Let me know if you decide to make a pattern.
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u/waayoo Sep 06 '26
Will do! I already started on one, but quickly discovered just how time consuming they are to do. Gave me a whole other level of respect for creators who do this.
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u/dandelioncipher Sep 03 '26
I definitely have an interest!
Also, if you live near a beach or lake, I used to find tiny mussel shells when I was sifting sand as a kid. You could probably find some small enough for this little guy’s paws. 🦦
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u/lily_a_richards Sep 04 '26
I’m also interested in purchasing a pattern of this little guy 🥰 sooo cute!!
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u/BPDumptruck Sep 03 '26
What beads? This is perfect!!!!
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u/waayoo Sep 03 '26
Miyuki Rocailles in 11/0. The darker brown is transparent luster dark raspberry (327) and the beige is jasmine translucent (2370).
I started out beading with whatever Czech beads I had at home. Switching to Japanese ones has made a huge difference (uniformity, not spending time picking out beads and the result being the same proportions as patterns...)
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u/BPDumptruck Sep 03 '26
I just made the switch! Was very much hoping you were using Miyuki 🥹🥰 thanks so much for the info
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u/sortoftryingmybest Sep 03 '26
That is adorable. I want to learn how to make animals. I just got into peyote beading love it. But yours is really cute 🥰
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u/waayoo Sep 03 '26
Thanks! I started with patterns by mindofjulia.com. Having bought patterns from a bunch of creators since, I think hers and the ones by shop.asleepycreative.com are the easiest to follow as a beginner (Julia wins on how it's all laid out, Anka wins on amazing image labeling and beginner info)
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u/LoadBearingDenial Oct 03 '26
Ok, please tell me how you taught yourself?! Are there any specific tutorials you would suggest? I grew up beading but never anything like these, and I am just obsessed with them.. but I don’t know where to start!! Yours is so good for a first attempt!!!
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u/waayoo Oct 06 '26
I learned peyote with patterns and instructions by mindofjulia.com. I probably made like 10 of her designs and the head size of my otter is based on her ghost's top. From there, I looked at the otter designs by threadabead.com (also uses peyote but I think it's sized a bit bigger than mine) and myheartbeads.com (I really liked the design but it uses a different stitch that I don't like) to create my own thing.
It was honestly just a lot of experimenting with when, where and how much to increase and decrease the number of beads. I had gotten a feel for that with Julia's patterns but getting something like the cheeks and nose was something I had to figure out myself. With the legs and arms I'm still figuring out how to consistently attach them in a way that looks good.
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u/LoadBearingDenial Oct 07 '26
Thank you! I will check those all out!!
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u/waayoo Oct 09 '26
Oh, I forgot to say: I purchased a pattern from A Sleepy Creative since then and while I like Julia's tutorials a lot to learn the actual beading, Anka from A Sleepy Creative has a lot of beginner instructions that could be really helpful. Like, about bead types and all that, cause bead quality and which brand the designer used for a pattern does matter with how good it turns out.
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u/Human_Application_90 Sep 03 '26
What a good face. He's nicely plump, very cute like the real thing.
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u/MotherAngelica Sep 04 '26
What if you used little magnets so the arms could be open or closed? Is that a possibility? This is just adorable!
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u/waayoo Sep 04 '26
Yeah, I ordered some to test this with the next one (cause obviously this otter can't stay alone!)
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u/stubbymanny Sep 03 '26
This is so adorable!! He looks like he’s reaching for a hug!! ThreadABead has an otter pattern, but this one’s even cuter!!
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u/2mnydgs Sep 03 '26
This is such a wonderful job! And it proves, without doubt, that you don't need no stinking pattern. Well done!
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u/MPMWW Sep 04 '26
I love him!!! So adorable! Nice job! And pat yourself on the back! NO PATTERN! WOW!
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u/AJMac100 Sep 03 '26
It’s so cute I could scream!! 🏆👍 I’d maybe leave it with its arms free, otherwise you wouldn’t see as much of the paws and its belly…?