SIDE QUEST Single
- Singles
- Single
- Single strand
- First string
- 15 min
- 26 beads
Orange and purple flanking nine letters, bright enough to catch a phone light. For the detour: the art car you found at 4am, the stranger who walked you to the wrong stage and then the right one. Trade fuel with the joke already loaded.
What it looks like finished
What you need
| Color | Beads |
|---|---|
| UV Purple | 8 |
| Black | 5 |
| UV Orange | 4 |
| ALetter beads“SIDE QUEST” | 9 |
| Total | 26 |
- Cord
- 45 cm (17.5 in), including slack for the knot
- Color beads
- 17 of the total are plain pony beads
- Spells "SIDE QUEST".
- Letter beads come as mixed A–Z packs — you need 9 of them, so check the pack has enough of each letter.
- 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)
BeadTin26 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)
BeadTin8 × 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 2026-08-30Black Opaque Pony Beads (500pcs)
BeadTin5 × 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 2026-08-301mm 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 2026-08-30Alpha Letter Bead Mix, black on white (144pcs)
BeadTin9 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 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 26 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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