Blackout UV Single
- Singles
- Single
- Single strand
- First string
- 12 min
- 28 beads
Twenty-eight beads, twenty-one of them flat black, seven UV spaced on a repeat. In daylight it looks like you gave up halfway through. Walk into a blacklight room and seven dots lift off your wrist like a barcode with nothing holding them up.
What it looks like finished
What you need
| Color | Beads |
|---|---|
| Black | 21 |
| UV Aqua | 2 |
| UV Lime | 2 |
| UV Pink | 2 |
| UV Purple | 1 |
| Total | 28 |
- Cord
- 45 cm (17.5 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)
BeadTin28 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 2026-08-30Black Opaque Pony Beads (500pcs)
BeadTin21 × 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 2026-08-30UV Aqua pony beads
Amazon2 × uv aqua in this pattern
A single-color bag beats sorting a mixed one every time you restring.
1mm White Stretch Cord, 90m spool
BeadTin45 cm (17.5 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 45 cm (17.5 in) of 1 mm stretch cord. The extra is what you hold on to while you string — you trim it at the end.
- 2Count the beads out firstLay all 28 beads out in chart order, left to right. Sorting up front is the difference between one clean pass and restringing at 2am.
- 3String it in orderThread each bead on in the order you laid it out, keeping the cord flat so it never twists inside a bead.
- 4Check the fit before you knotSize it so it clears your knuckles, then check it can slide over two clasped hands — that is the move the Respect beat makes. If it will not slide, it is a keeper, not a trade.
- 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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