How to join two peytwist tubes to form a V shape necklace

By Bev Baines
If you want to have a ‘V’ join in your necklace and it has a pattern it will look better and more
balanced if the tubes either side are mirrored. I will take you through the process of reversing your
pattern and also how to join to make a rounded ‘V’ join.

Firstly, you will make your starting rectangle as you would normally. For the mirror version you join
your work to make your tube at the back of your rectangle rather than the front.

The first 11 rows have been worked ready to

join to make a tube. THEN the rectangle has
been flipped onto it’s back.

To make a mirror image of the pattern you

need to join your work BEHIND your
rectangle, not in front as you normally would.
So, having flipped, you now join as you
normally would but in reverse.

Once you have joined to make your tube,

your working side will be on the right and
your seam will be on your left.

When you finish a row down at the ‘V’ you

will turn around and bring your thread up
through the bead on the left (bead with red
dot) instead of the right. Then take it up your
row to the right through the bead you last
added (bead with blue dot).
Continue working up and down this right side
and your pattern will be a mirror image.
Once you have made both tubes, one the ‘normal’ way and one with ‘mirror’ image you can join them.

In this photo the ‘mirror’ tube is on the left and the

‘normal’ is on the right.
I have worked an extra row to the ‘mirror’ tube and
this will allow me to be able to zip the two edges
together. It doesn’t matter which tube this is added
to, it just happened to be the tube I was working on.
I have finished off the thread on the other tube. Not
needed.

When I line up the tubes you can see that

each tube will have a ‘sticking out’ bead
where the other has an ‘inner bead’ and
vice versa. This is caused by the extra
row being worked on just one tube.

Here you can see how they will meet

together in the correct position to zip up.
(I have used a yellow straw so that you
can see the black beads more easily.)

And here you can see the two seam

edges.
If you are going to use a filler it is a good
idea to use one before you join. With a V
join I prefer to use a soft filler i.e.
stockings!
However, as I wanted to keep things clear
for this tutorial I filled afterwards.
OK, let’s join them!
Placing the two tubes together at the
place you finished your last row, take
your thread through the first bead of
the other tube to join them.

Then take your thread to the other

tube and down through the first
‘sticking out’ bead.
You are now placed ready to start
zipping up.

Take your thread across to the other

tube and through the ‘sticking out’
bead and then across to the other
tube. Each time taking your thread
through the ‘sticking out’ bead.
Continue this until you reach the
seam edge.

The last bead you go through will be

this bead marked red.
 Pull your thread to join the beads snugly
together. This is what the front of your ‘V’ join
should look like.
You have, so far, only used the ‘working’
beads to form the front . Now we need to join
the seam beads.

You have taken your thread through the last

bead (red) and now need to position your
thread to join up these seam beads. Take your
thread through the bead to the left (blue) and
then through the seam bead marked green.
You will now go across to the seam beads on
the other tube. Take your thread through the
bead marked orange.
From this bead, take your thread across to the
next seam bead and so on, following the
purple path, until you reach the bottom.
Pull everything nice and snug. There will be a
little kink at the very bottom but not so
noticeable as it’s on the reverse side. If you
need to, go through the beads again to make
sure they are nice and secure.
The photos below show the reverse (left) and
the front (right).

There may be other ways to form this V, this is the way that works for me. I hope this is clear enough
but please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any problems.

Bev