Tutorial: Pen Wrap (Pilot G2 with Delicas)

Pen wraps are a new found love of mine!  I think they look really good and make lovely gifts.  Who doesn't need a nice pen?

Begin by creating a piece of peyote beadwork using Miyuki size 11 delicas.  It should be 44 columns across and 21 rows deep.  Leave one working thread and finish all other threads off.

Pilot G2 pens are great for this and widely used by beaders.  

The pens are refillable and because they unscrew to allow a refill to be put inside, it also allows for the pen wrap to be slid off if necessary.  

The pen wrap sits on the clear section of the barrel of the pen and must be slid under the clip.

Position the wrap so the two sides of the wrap that will be zipped together are on the opposite side of the pen to the clip.

The two sides of the pen wrap must now be zipped together to form a tube of beadwork on the pen.  The pink dot shows the bead that the working thread exits from, before beginning zipping it up.  Thread through the high bead on the other side of the join.

Take the thread back across the join and through the next high bead.

Keep going, zig zagging across the gap, pulling tight so that the beads mesh together, so no join is visible.

Weave the working thread away and finish it off in your normal way.  It can be tricky weaving through as there is not much give between beads once the pen wrap is tight to the pen, but it is possible to wiggle through.  You can angle beads a little to create gaps.

Finished Pen Wrap!