Peyote, brick or loom stitch?

A bead pattern is always a grid of colours. What changes between stitches is where each bead physically sits, and that changes which part of the picture each bead should show.

Loom and square stitch

Beads sit in straight rows and columns, like squares on graph paper. Loom work and square stitch use the same chart; one is woven on a warp, the other with a needle.

Peyote

Alternate columns sit half a bead lower, so the beads interlock. A peyote chart is staggered up and down, and a pattern made for a square grid looks sheared when worked in peyote.

Brick stitch

Alternate rows sit half a bead across, like courses of bricks. A brick stitch chart is staggered side to side.

Why a converted square pattern isn’t enough

Nudging a square chart half a bead doesn’t move what each bead shows: every bead still carries the colour of the square it came from, now half a bead away from where it sits. PicToBead re-reads the photo for each stitch, taking every bead’s colour from where that bead actually is, and a staggered stitch adds half a bead to the outline so the finished piece keeps the photo’s proportions.

Switch between stitches on a finished pattern and PicToBead rebuilds it from the photo.