This section is actually several bands the work together to make a complex compound band. The designer, Thea Dueck, broke it into two sections, but there are actually four distinct bands. First a simple cross stitch border frames the area on both the top and bottom of the band. Thea has this as Band 12.
Next there is a band of slightly modified half diamond eyelets; the center vertical stitch is shortened by one thread to accommodate a bead on the tip of the pyramid. Then there are darling little Rhodes Stitch butterflies in the overdyed silk - two threads with antennae of a single strand of the darker silk.
I love doing Rhodes Stitch; clever designers can tweak it to make all kinds of interesting shapes. You do have to use a laying tool to get the strands to lie parallel - having a smooth appearance to the threads really is essential to having the Rhodes Stitch look good.
Next there is a band of slightly modified half diamond eyelets; the center vertical stitch is shortened by one thread to accommodate a bead on the tip of the pyramid. Then there are darling little Rhodes Stitch butterflies in the overdyed silk - two threads with antennae of a single strand of the darker silk.
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