In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas. An extremely short version of the story is that after a bunch of stuff happened, Zeus translated the women into stars.

Tennyson mentions the Pleiades in one of his poems:

“Many a night I saw the Pleaids, rising through the mellow shade,
Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.”

This design takes its inspiration from the “silver braid” mentioned in the poem, as well as the fact that there were seven sisters. Seven beads are placed inside a woven cable braid.

This pattern is written in two sizes, for a women’s small/medium and a medium/large.

Yarn: Starsheep Yarn Moonglow, Superwash BFL/Tussah silk (55/45), 231 yards/100 gms; less than one skein for either size

Needles: U.S. size 4 (3.5mm), or size for gauge

Notions: 38 size 6/0 beads, tiny crochet hook, cable needle

NOTE: beads are placed using two different methods for this pattern; both pre-strung and using a crochet hook.