Drip Mask
- Masks
- Mask
- Peyote stitch
- All-nighter
- 5 hr 30
- 275 beads
Pink and purple drips running off the top edge of a black panel, with HYDRATE across the mouth row, because a mask that says something is a mask people talk to. Eleven rows by twenty-five, woven on fishing line; the only elastic is the ear straps. Check the fit before you strap it.
What it looks like finished
What you need
| Color | Beads |
|---|---|
| Black | 158 |
| UV Pink | 85 |
| UV Purple | 25 |
| ALetter beads“HYDRATE” | 7 |
| Total | 275 |
- Cord
- 600 cm (236 in), including slack for the knot
- Color beads
- 268 of the total are plain pony beads
- Spells "HYDRATE".
- Letter beads come as mixed A–Z packs — you need 7 of them, so check the pack has enough of each letter.
- Weave the panel on fishing line — it has to hold its shape. The length below is the panel only; add about 6 in (15 cm) of 1 mm stretch cord per ear strap.
- Cord length already includes about 20% slack. Cut long, trim after you tie off.
Chart — follow this when you string it
Get the beads
Black Opaque Pony Beads (500pcs)
BeadTin158 × black in this pattern
Blackout stacks and cuff outlines eat black faster than anything else. A dedicated bag means you are not fishing black beads out of a mix one at a time at midnight.
View on BeadTin$2.89 / 500 beads · checked 2026-08-30Magenta Neon Bright Pony Beads (500pcs)
BeadTin85 × uv pink in this pattern
The hot pink in half the UV charts here. Fluorescent finish, so it reads under stage lighting and blacklight, not only in a daylight photo.
View on BeadTin$2.89 / 500 beads · checked 2026-08-30Mixed Sunshine Pony Beads, UV color-changing (200pcs)
BeadTin25 × uv purple in this pattern
These are the sun-reactive kind: white indoors, saturated the second you walk outside. A daytime-set trick, not a blacklight one — for blacklight you want the neon bags above.
View on BeadTin$4.29 / 200 beads · checked 2026-08-30Beading fishing line, 0.2 mm
Amazon600 cm (236 in) per piece
A mask panel has to hold its own shape. Elastic lets it sag against your mouth; monofilament does not.
1mm White Stretch Cord, 90m spool
BeadTinabout 6 in (15 cm) per ear strap
The default cord on this site — every cord length in every bead count assumes 1mm. One spool is dozens of singles or a handful of cuffs before you reorder.
View on BeadTin$4.99 / 90m · checked 2026-08-30Alpha Letter Bead Mix, black on white (144pcs)
BeadTin7 letter beads
A mixed A–Z pack instead of buying single letters. 144 beads covers a couple of full phrases with spares for the letters every word runs short on — you will still run out of E.
View on BeadTin$4.39 / 144 beads · checked 2026-08-30
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How to make it
- 1Cut the lineCut 600 cm (236 in) of fishing line for the panel. Fishing line is what holds the shape — keep the 1 mm stretch cord aside for the ear straps.
- 2String rows 1 and 2 togetherThe first two rows go on in a single pass — 50 beads straight onto the line. They separate as soon as you add row 3.
- 3Drop every new row into the gapsAdd a bead, skip a bead on the row below, pass through the next. Keep the tension easy: the spacing between beads is the airflow. Carry on to the top — 11 rows.
- 4Leave the panel flat and slightly bowedDo not bring the ends together and do not zip it into a cuff. Ease the top and bottom rows so the panel bows outward instead of pressing against your lips.
- 5Add the ear strapsAnchor 1 mm stretch cord at the top corners, about three rows down from the edge, and again at the bottom corners. Roughly 6 in (15 cm) per strap. Try it on before you trim.
- 6Tie it offKnot the working line against an edge bead, weave both tails back through a few beads, and trim. A dab of clear glue on the knot is optional.
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