Eclipse Band
- Peyote
- Peyote
- Peyote stitch
- Weekend maker
- 2 hr 10
- 126 beads
Three black discs ringed in orange on an oil-slick ground, repeating the whole way round. For people who want to be wearing kandi without wearing a rainbow: it goes with an all-black fit and still catches every wash of light that hits it.
What it looks like finished
What you need
| Color | Beads |
|---|---|
| UV Orange | 54 |
| Oil Slick | 48 |
| Black | 24 |
| Total | 126 |
- Cord
- 290 cm (114 in), including slack for the knot
- Cord length already includes about 20% slack. Cut long, trim after you tie off.
Chart — follow this when you string it
Get the beads
Neon Bright Mix Pony Beads (500pcs)
BeadTin126 beads in total
The multicolor bag most charts on this site are built around. Fluorescent neon, so it lights up under a blacklight instead of going gray at 1 a.m. — 9mm barrel beads that run true to size.
View on BeadTin$2.89 / 500 beads · checked 2026-08-30Mixed Sunshine Pony Beads, UV color-changing (200pcs)
BeadTin54 × uv orange 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 2026-08-30Oil Slick pony beads
Amazon48 × oil slick in this pattern
A single-color bag beats sorting a mixed one every time you restring.
1mm White Stretch Cord, 90m spool
BeadTin290 cm (114 in) per piece
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 2026-08-30
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How to make it
- 1Cut the cordCut 290 cm (114 in) of 0.8 mm elastic cord. The extra is what you hold on to while you string — you trim it at the end.
- 2String rows 1 and 2 togetherThe first two rows go on in a single pass — 36 beads straight onto the cord. 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. That skip is the half-bead offset you see in the chart. Carry on to the top — 7 rows.
- 4Zip or tie the endsBring the two ends together and zip the interlocking beads to close it into a cuff, or leave it flat and finish with a cord tie.
- 5Tie it offSurgeon’s knot, pull it into the gap between two beads, then a dab of clear glue. Trim the tails once it is dry.
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